#Slidepad alternative manual#

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#Slidepad alternative manual#

General Manual Handling Warning: Manual Handling products are designed to assist carers to help patients. They will not make the carer stronger or fitter, but with correct training and use of the products, should make manual handling easier and safer for both staff and patients. When training, practise with an able-bodied colleague. If any procedure is not comfortable or is difficult and puts the carer or patient in a dangerous position, the participants should call out to stop the manoeuvre, recover and recommence.

Never jeopardise your health by straining, twisting or being incorrectly positioned when manual handling. Always select the most appropriate equipment for the patient’s current condition and if in doubt, use mechanical equipment. Surestop slidepad manual#Īsk your Manual Handling adviser for individual guidance.Ĭorrect Buckle Threading: Click here to view a video showing the correct way to thread a buckle onto the webbing. It is vital that the buckles on this product are correctly fitted.

If you put a brakepad under the rim due to poor adjustment on the rear you loose both front & rear braking.Contact us if you need to order a replacement buckle if one is broken. If the front cable snaps or slides in its pinch-bolt the pad will be ejected from the slidepad holder and you will have either very minimal or no braking. With the Slide pad system failure in either the front or rear brake brake could result in a failure of both brakes. I see a lot of people riding around with one set of brakes disconnected. This is especially important on cheaper bikes and non-enthusiast bikes as they tend to be less well maintained. In the even that one of the brakes fails you have a second brake. The nice thing about your typical bike brake system is you have redundancy. No word on whether $59.99 includes the additional brake cable, housing, and noodle, but my guess would be that it does. Slidepad will be available for sale in June 2011, and will retail for $59.99 and will be sold in three different colors. In addition to applying both brakes at once, Slidepad also works as a sort of ABS, as in the event of the rear wheel leaving the ground as if you grabbed too much front brake, the front brake is instantly released which will likely prevent an unwanted endo. As the rear brake pad engages the rim, eventually it is pulled forward in the sliding track of the carrier, then actuating the front brake through the attached brake cable. Slidepad harnesses this potential disaster, and actually encourages it, only the rear brake pad is tethered to the front brake via a standard brake cable. This is due to the fact that if the slot was in the front of the carrier, the natural motion of braking could cause the pad to eject from the carrier. Obviously, when you replace cartridge brake pads, you insert them from the back of the carrier. While the front brake is still there, it is now controlled in tandem by the rear brake, operated by the Slidepad. There isn’t even a front brake lever, so braking operation is simplified as one rear brake lever controls both brakes. The genius behind Slidepad, is that the user applies only the rear brake just like they normally would. (for the mechanics out there, try to ignore the frayed, and uncrimped brake cable!) So how do you get recreational riders to use both brakes without clubbing them over the head and forcing them? The creators of Slidepad think they have the answer, and it involves removing one brake completely. Regardless of the reason, using only the rear brake results in braking that may feel more safe to the rider, yet lacks in power due to the fact that you are only using one brake, and that more braking power comes from the front brake than rear. Why? Well, whatever the reason, most cyclists who don’t fall into the enthusiast category, for whatever reason feel safer when applying the rear brake compared to the front. When it comes to brake pad replacement on your average recreational cyclist’s bike, you will find that more often than not, the rear brake pads are replace well in advance of the front, and sometimes even more than once before the front is even touched.