Air Pump
My wheelchair tires take 120 psi. Can I get them ‘topped up’ in Japan easily or should I bring my pump ? Gas stations, etc. in Canada only go to 100 psi.
yafuu-daruma and Josh Grisdale4 CommentsView more comments
I’m not sure what my tires take (I use an Invacare power wheelchair), and Japan uses kPA instead of PSI, but I have filled up my tires at bicycle shops many times here. They are very kind and do it for free. There are also tonnes of them, so you shouldn’t need to search very hard.
Many shops like Donki have cheap pumps for sale as well if in…
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I use a manual wheelchair and plan to take my USB chargeable tyre pump, its called a ‘Fumpa Pumpa’ mini. My tyres are around 110 psi.
Although, the fumpa is a usb battery re-chargeable and not a manual pump so I’ll probably need to check it can be packed into luggage. Its only about half the size of an iPhone so easy packing.
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Has a hotel ever refused your lithium wheelchair?
There’s a story going around about a hotel in Australia refusing to let a guest bring her lithium-powered wheelchair into her room, citing fire risk. They stored it in an outside shed overnight.
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Excellent read
I thought this was a great article and wanted to share it
https://wheelchairtravel.org/reasonable-accommodations-how-much-gratitude-is-too-much/
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Reasonable Accommodations and How Much Gratitude is Too Much?
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New Orleans :0
We just got back from New Orleans, Louisiana. It was a very long drive from Pennsylvania.
The sidewalks were horrible, and there seemed to be tight doorways and little steps into the shops and restaurants in many places probably because it is an historical area. I don’t know why they don’t fix the accessibility in this city with the…
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Oh no! But looking forward to the video.
what was the worst thing about the sidewalk? No cuts?
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There were cuts on the corners most of the time but the sidewalks had holes and large cracks everywhere. There were times we had to bump down a curb because we could no longer travel down that same sidewalk due to building construction. There were people everywhere and the sidewalks at times were narrow. Pushing our son’s manual…
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