NEW WHEELS NEW WHEELS NEW WHEELS

[kaberett]

Item the first: NEW WHEELS. By which I mean: the last remaining part I needed showed up in today's post, as a parcel delivery scheduled for a time window conveniently after I got back from the endocrinologist, and so I swapped all the bits around and set up the app and pumped up the tyres and set the wheels charging and adjusted the brakes and then I took them for a spin and... good grief, they took some getting used to. As far as I can tell, they've changed the response curve a lot in a way that makes a lot of sense once you've worked out what's happening, but is like neither manuals nor M15 e-motions, and therefore Confusing, at least if you are a small and easily confused Alex. (Broadly: lower sensitivity and power-assist beneath some threshold of impulse on the wheels; higher sensitivity and power assist above some threshold. This seems to make navigating enclosed environments AND outdoor environments much more seamless, with much less requirement to faff around changing settings, but takes some getting used to.)

Item the second: PAPER READY TO SUBMIT, quoth the primary supervisor. I'm waiting on a last dribble of feedback from another co-author and squashing the urge to further complicate matters in terms of the modelling, but A Day Next Week gets dedicated to Submitting The Thing. I am getting my head back in gear for Project The Third; I am excited about science; it is really nice.

Item the third: I have POSTED my RESPONSE to some WRETCHED PAPERWORK and get to not think about it again at least until I have a court date.

Ytem the fourth: Adam didn't actually prompt me much, but: with Adam's prompting, I finally, this evening, got around to bringing the lemon tree inside (from the sheltered patio) (I really should see about installing a stealth greenhouse on the secret patio) and putting hats & scarves on the fig & the bay. They now loom ghostly in the murk, and I should really stick their Warm Apparel down so it doesn't blow away next time there's a breeze.

Ytem the Fifth: goodness but I am luxuriating in the relief of getting to gently put down some of the spinning plates for a little while.

Comments

[kaberett]

............... I am Seriously Considering whether there's any reasonable way to get my kinda-temperamental-but M15s to you [more to follow]

[niqaeli]

....!!!

Poking at UPS very very briefly has suggested a 70lb. (~32kg) package would run on the order of £100 which is not cheap but is not actually totally absurd, either, so, uh. That seems possibly reasonable? I mean obviously I would very much be willing to cover shipping in that scenario, in addition to a reasonable sum for the wheels as well?

(Unsurprisingly, there exists a bracket for my current frame, which is a Colours Razorblade! I mean, sure it's like $230 but it would provide me power while I get a proper new chair sorted which I imagine will take some time even once I know WHAT I'm getting and how exactly all it's being paid for.)

[kaberett]

Oh right thing to flag up -- the chair brackets for M15s and M25s are identical; the only thing that's different is the torque receiver, and a pair of torque receivers is about £30 (which you can then swap out at home, as in, I've done it). IDK if this changes your calculus about new chair first??? new chair later??? but it is a Possible Consideration in terms of Multiple Sets Of Brackets Kicking Around.

Also important point: I don't have spare eMotion anti-tips, so you will need to budget for those as well. xx