Enjoy the Outdoors Off-roading in a Wheelchair with the Mountain Trike

The great outdoors is usually very inaccessible to wheelchair users, but thanks to the invention of a new manual all terrain wheelchair, the gap between wheelchair accessibility and outdoors fun has become significantly narrower. Two engineers from the University of Bath, UK have been working diligently for four years to design this revolutionary off-road wheelchair – marketed as the Mountain Trike.

The wheelchair is propelled by pushing forward on two levers connected to the front wheels and uses an air-sprung suspension to absorb the shocks encountered on rough terrain. This off-road ingenuity allows you to travel through mud, grass, gravel, uneven terrain and modest amounts of snow and, you are also able to climb hills without rolling backwards. The Mountain Trike is built with safety in mind. For example, it has two small front wheels that prevent its user from tipping over forward when braking abruptly or going down a steep descent.

Tim Morgan and John Wardle, the inventors, plan to launch this exciting all terrain wheelchair at the Rehacare disability exhibition in Dusseldorf Germany later in the year. We wish them good luck with the launch as this new off-road wheelchair is certainly going to benefit a lot of wheelchair users who would love to explore the outdoors more freely.

Witness for yourself how cool this all terrain wheelchair really is by checking out this video that provides an excellent narrated overview of its most exciting features.

Or watch this brief off-road journey where the latest prototype is demonstrated.