Design Your Own Wheelchair

[pete-barron]

I just got a grant for (from CAF: Challenged Athletes Fund) and purchased a “Grit Freedom Chair”. It is a manual lever drive chair meant for off road. I had been looking for something to use on relatively flat trails and across the beach to get to the water. I decided against the all-wheel drive power chairs because they are so heavy and maintenance and battery life would be problematic. The Grit chair is light, comfortable, and easy to propel. For the levers I need no grip and they are an easy position for my hands. Were I to design a chair to go off road, it would look like this!