All Entries in the "Manual Wheelchairs" Category
Two New Magnesium Frame Sports Wheelchairs From Lasher Sport
It looks like Lasher Sport is serious about magnesium frames. Their two latest offerings are both sports wheelchairs and both come rigged with magnesium frames. Lasher supports their choice of frame material with the following: "Magnesium is the lightest structural metal on the planet! By volume, magnesium is roughly 35% lighter than aluminum and 62% [...]
Shelli Hand Pedal Wheelchair
From Australia, the Shelli Hand Pedal Wheelchair. Shelli offers the Hand Pedal Wheelchair that uses pedals’ to drive each back wheel independently by means of a chain and freewheel sprockets. This helps to eliminate some of the work involved in traditional manual wheelchair propulsion. Each back wheel has a back pedal hub brake fitted which [...]
Sunrise Medical Quickie GTi
A recent offering from Sunrise Medical, the Quickie GTi is a rigid frame manual wheelchair with open frame titanium tubing. It kicks off at 18.6 lbs in the 16″ x 16″ seat model stripped down and with spoke wheels. Chunky guys and voluptuous ladies who cannot squeeze into the 16 x 16 can expect a [...]
Superquad Wijit
Wijit by Superquad is a revolutionary driving and braking system for manual wheelchairs. It uses precision geared levers that amplify the user’s pushing power, while reducing strain on the user’s shoulders and upper body. There are also some very cool features packed into this add-on that can go a long way in assisting those who [...]
Hippocampe All-Terrain & Beach Wheelchair
Getting around the outdoors can sometimes be enough to drive a wheelchair user indoors. This is especially true when the places one wants to wheel to are not on the straight and paved path. Hippocampe is an all-terrain and beach wheelchair with some very cool features. It can traverse sand and is buoyant so it [...]
Two New Magnesium Frame Wheelchairs From Lasher Sport
Just out this week from Lasher Sport LLC are two new lightweight rigid frame wheelchairs. Both have Magnesium alloy frames and center of gravity adjustability. BT-Mg-AS The BT-Mg-AS is a lightweight wheelchair with front and rear suspension and center of gravity adjustability. The rear wheel center of gravity adjustment allows center of gravity placement from [...]
Magicwheels- Geared for the push
Pushing a manual wheelchair can often be difficult. This is especially true for those wheelchair users who have poor upper extremity function and difficulty in pushing their manual wheelchairs up hills, ramps, or over rough terrain. Magicwheels are a mechanical add on to an existing manual wheelchair that allows the wheelchair user to manually select [...]
