Wheelchair Diffusion Blog

Art is where you find it. For some of us it’s on the walls of museums, walls of homes, or almost everywhere in nature.

Art can also be found in some unlikely places like spinning along on the rear wheels of a wheelchair. Many wheelies have taken to tricking out there wheelchairs with a bit of art.

Whether it’s a personal statement or just for the heck of it, spokeguards are one of the coolist and least expensive mods available.

Here are some of my personal favorites.

Spoke guards were originally homemade by wheelchair athletes who used them to protect their spokes and wheels from impact damage during games.

The guards then moved on and were used to protect the fingers of wheelchair users who had no hand sensation and might get their fingers caught up in the wheelchair spokes while pushing.

Now they are also used as art or to make a personal statement of almost every kind. They are a great palette to work on.