Month: January 2018

For those of you who don’t know (where have you been!) the Mountain Trike all terrain wheelchair was born 10 years ago (wow time flies!) as an idea that Tim Morgan had during his final year design project.  Tim studied Innovation and Engineering Design at the University of Bath in the Universities Department of Mechanical Engineering. The first Mountain Trike prototype 2007 The Mountain Trike as it looks today Tim still has close connections with the University of Bath and his success story is one that is often highlighted to other design engineering students. Tim’s latest case study can be viewed on the Universities website and highlights the challenges of running a small business and how it is now a thriving small business. Read here for the full story.

Rolling Resistance After developing the Loopwheel suspension system to minimise vibration, one of our key considerations was not to absorb too much forward energy and hence reduce momentum (i.e. making the wheechair harder to push). Therefore we tested the Loopwheel against a spoked wheel to examine the rolling resistance. We argue that while stiff spoked… Read more

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I was walking in Dunkeld a few months ago with Andrew in his wheelchair… I am a keen mountain biker and spend a fair amount of time in Dunkeld, Scotland, I love the place and so it’s nice to be able to share it with Andrew, my son who has special needs – developmental delay, visual impairment and epilepsy.  Adam Flint, who I know from Progression Bikes and the MTB community, rode past and stopped as he saw us struggling over the muddy, rooty trail. He suggested we trial the Mountain Trike. The Mountain Trike – self propel all terrain wheelchair We took it out for a spin and I was immediately impressed with the ease of negotiating roots, muddy bog and off camber trails. Unfortunately due to Andrews cognitive impairment he is unable to use the handles to propel himself and I found him constantly putting his hands on…

Mountain Trike, a start-up mobility company based in Cheshire, has outlined a strategy to sign up more retailers in the UK and global markets as part of its plan to bring its off-road wheelchair to more end-users. The company was founded in 2011 but only struck its first UK distribution deal in June this year with a firm in Exeter and now it plans to target a wider network of major and specialist retailers in the UK and abroad. MD, Tim Morgan, hoping to expand his off road all terrain wheelchair business Managing director Tim Morgan told AMP that when the company first launched it made the decision to sell directly to the end-user. That allowed the firm first-hand contact with customers who could provide feedback and help to make improvements along the way. Read the full story online or in the January issue of Access and Mobility Professional magazine. Click the…