How to Make Trike for Disability?

pixwix

How about this?
www.americanchariot.com
- No seat? A mere detail for anyone handy...

They even do a military version! Though strangely enough they seem to see no application whatever for the disabled.

Jacqui_Jones

You could also try Handcycling UK, www.handcyclinguk.org.uk for advice, BUT be careful of rules & regs covering mobility vehicles, speed limits, etc as set by the Dept for Transport, and whether this is intended to be a pavement or road vehicle. Jacqui

linni

Thanks for all your suggestions. I will look into them all.

mattp - I did have one like this but it was too big to go through gates and also too heavy and bulky.

pixwix - I love the chariot. I wonder if I could put a chair on it!

Unfortunately I cannot do the work myself and hubby is useless!! Oops shouldn't say that! It would have to be really simple to do.

trying-very-trying

If anyone has a copy of the Sept/Oct Able magazine, there is an ad under second hand goods, for a mountain bike converted to a tricycle. I've seen the photos and can pm if anybody would like to see them.

This is a professional engineer's conversion. No use if you're looking for an electric trike, though, but certainly worth a look if you're in the Essex area, and at £300, it's not as ludicrously priced as some of the ones I've seen.

I have emailed the seller and invited him to come onto this forum and maybe share some advice.

furrytractor

There's plenty of handcycle designs on the market, too many to mention in fact. Everything from ones that will fit to a standard wheelchair in seconds, to all out purpose built race machines. Here's a couple of links to give you an idea: Bromakin, DaVinci The latter do the very popular PDQ power trike.

trying-very-trying

Furrytractor, thanks for those links. I've had a quick look, but can't see the prices. Might make further enquiries tomorrow.

Bart

furrytractor wrote: »

There's plenty of handcycle designs on the market, too many to mention in fact. Everything from ones that will fit to a standard wheelchair in seconds, to all out purpose built race machines. Here's a couple of links to give you an idea: Bromakin, DaVinci The latter do the very popular PDQ power trike.

BEWARE of the PDQ power trike xtra it isn't reliable. See here http://victims-of-pdq.com/ I hope this helps as a warning.