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bloodsweatwheels.bsky.social
Home for the racer for the next few months. Indoor training sucks at times, but is a necessary evil that one must do to keep ones fitness level up.
#AdaptiveAthlete #PushRim #Wheelchair #BloodSweat&Wheels
Image of back wheels of a pushrim racing chair sitting on top of a large roller.
November 13, 2024 at 7:09 PM
ncc21166.bsky.social
Possibly debating doing something stupid. Wondering how bad it would be to rent a pushrim chair for a week on vacation. About 10 miles a day, give or take?
June 23, 2026 at 10:57 PM
arcticharmacist.bsky.social
HMS: "But I'm trying to deliver your pushrim grips to your home. I need to fit them onto your wheelchair."
Me: "I understand that, but I and the wheelchair are at work. You'll have to bring it here to install it."
HMS: "But I'm trying to get into your home."
Me: "The wheelchair is at work."

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April 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
arcticharmacist.bsky.social
Hjelpemiddelsentralen: "We're delivering your pushrim grips to your home now."
(You get five minutes notice btw, because disabled people are always home)
Me: "I'm at work."
HMS: "Can someone let us into your home?"
Me: "No, me and the wheelchair are at work."

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April 1, 2025 at 11:18 AM
disabledgothic.bsky.social
thank you to the new england aquarium for a wonderful day. i’m a very big fan of the detailed access guide on your website (even if the elevator broke while we were there).
Stevie in the gift shop of the aquarium. They’re sitting in a black manual wheelchair and hugging a blue shark plushie approximately the same size as xe is. They’re wearing a black KF-94 mask, but you can tell from xyr eyes and appearance that xe’s smiling brightly at the camera. Stevie posed in front of an elevator with a penguin painted on it and yellow caution tape that reads “elevator out of service” blocking it off. They’re sitting in a black manual wheelchair with one hand on xyr pushrim and the other in a “thumbs down” position as they look disapprovingly at the camera.
July 27, 2025 at 2:40 AM
msjoeybug.bsky.social
I love getting to decorate chairs and put your own stamp on them. I'm a manual user, and have purple pushrim covers, my spokes are blue and purple, and I have my wheelchair bag that's also purple, and made it my own. It's an NHS chair so no perm changes, but damn if I don't put my own stamp on it!
October 14, 2023 at 11:07 AM
msjoeybug.bsky.social
Manual user here: I recommend decent gloves, and pushrim covers if you're able.

The place I got very good ones of both are here: www.rehadesign.com/s...

Based in Europe but ship worldwide and they are built with wheelchair users in mind. They have been great for me. Not sponsored, just love them!
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RehaDesign's shop offers wheelchair tire covers, gloves, pushrim covers, and more. Based in Europe, RehaDesign's shop ships worldwide.
www.rehadesign.com
September 26, 2023 at 6:33 AM
marssys.bsky.social
this kind of pushrim also contains your hand a lot more to grab into which gives you less room to avoid a potentially dangerous spinning metal disk
especially compared to a standard pushrim where i can lift my hand away entirely perpendicular or upwards, not having to move closer to the centre first
a hand on an ergonomic wheelchair pushrim. it shows the users hand curled around the lip with several knuckles a hand on a standard wheelchair pushrim. it shows the users hand curled around the lip with only one knuckle
February 13, 2026 at 5:57 AM
jellomutt.bsky.social
Added the final touches to my chair tonight and I am so, so happy with how it turned out!

Really wanted to embrace the Minecraft with it, and I think the shulker backpack did just that. Pictures don't do all the glitter/metallic thread/shine on this thing justice LOL.
Side view of a purple rigid frame wheelchair on a tan and brown patterned rug. The view highlights the rear wheel, which has a purple dragon spinner on it, along with embroidered Minecraft eyes of ender and ender pearls. The chair also has purple pushrim covers. The tubing of the chair is covered in purple and blue galaxy fabric guards. Behind the chair is a wooden organizer and an open closet. A 3/4 view of a purple rigid frame wheelchair on a tan and brown patterned rug. The visible tubing of the chair has purple and blue galaxy fabric guards over it, there is purple glitter grip tape on the footplate, and a small round purple bag under the tubing/behind where the legs of a person would sit. The rear wheel of the chair has a purple pushrim cover, a purple dragon spinner and embroidered eyes of ender and ender pearls attached to it. Behind the chair is a wooden organizer and an open closet. Back view of a purple rigid frame wheelchair, with a bag secured to the back that has patches resembling an open Minecraft shulker on it. The chair sits on a brown and tan patterned rug and the purple pushrim covers of the chair are visible. Behind the chair is a wooden organizer and an open closet.
January 2, 2025 at 5:28 AM
plantpollinator.bsky.social
Haha pretty jazzy! They're Alber eMotion M25s, they sense how much force you put into the pushrim and add power accordingly. Getting them to the higher assist level (which I need for daily use) requires either the app (via bluetooth) or a handheld controller (which I don't have), so I'm kinda stuck.
December 31, 2024 at 2:17 PM
plantpollinator.bsky.social
Put spoke covers on my wheelchair wheel spokes for both my eMotion and manual wheels in a rainbow pattern on each. So squeeful right now.
an eMotion power-assist wheelchair wheel with a black pushrim and large gray central hub. the short spokes between the wheel rim and the hub are covered in straw-like pieces in a rainbow of red-orange-yellow-green-cyan-blue-purple-pink, 3 spokes per color. the wheel is resting on a tan tile floor. a manual wheelchair wheel with a black pushrim and small silver hub. the longer spokes are in the same pattern of red-orange-yellow-green-cyan-blue-purple-pink, 2 spokes per color. the wheel is on a tan tile floor leaning against a light oak colored cabinet.
November 8, 2024 at 12:29 PM