User with off-road chair on a sandy beach
An addition with a large front wheel with a broad tire can be screwed onto a manual wheelchair in the same place where the small castors usually sit. All tires have a deep tread. The user tried different front wheels that are mounted in various ways: the current solution takes 5 minutes to switch (when not sitting in the wheelchair).
Users comments
The user loves the outdoors. Since it is difficult to move around with a manual wheelchair on uneven terrain, she developed this solution. She tested different variations, see pictures.
Users should be aware that although the design works well, it overturns a little more easily than usual. The adaptation should be done at the user’s own risk.
Paid for by
In part by the Swedish Social Insurance Agency as an aid; improvement developed with a grant from HI
Whose idea
User
Editors comments
See also spinalistips.se/en/tip-extra-wheelchair-wheel or bespoken.me/photo/trike-in-field (last checked November 2020)
User with off-road chair in snow on the mountains
User with off-road chair on a mountain trail
User with off-road chair. Photo: Jonas Arneson
