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Introduction: Finding the Best Wheelchair Bag Choosing the right bag for your wheelchair is more than essential. This article guides you through the quest to find the best wheelchair bag, comparing top choices on key features. For wheelchair users, it’s important to have a bag designed to meet your unique needs, rather than using a […]

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For more than 50 years the NRPA Annual Conference has been the premier annual meeting of the park and recreation community. Taking place on October 10-12 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Conference Center, Dallas, Texas. This year Paul Speight from Spokes ‘N Motion – our US Mountain Trike distributor from Colorado will be exhibiting at the expo to help bring the attention of adaptive, mobility equipment to the park and recreation community. Paul has two new all terrain wheelchair demo models he will be taking to the expo – the MT5 and the MT Push which will turn heads and we are sure will draw lots of interest from visitors to help them understand how the Mountain Trike all terrain wheelchairs can help with access to the parks and recreational activities for those with limited mobility.The Mountain Trike and MT Push new demo models ready for the NRPA expo…

Rehacare is the leading trade fair for assistive technology and the rehabilitation sector which takes places annually in Dusseldorf, Germany. The exhibition halls open tomorrow, 13 September, until 16th September 2023. Mountain Trike UK won’t be exhibiting this year, however our Mountain Trike products will be represented by several of our European distributors who are exhibiting. In attendance will be Accessrec who distribute the Mountain Trike products in France, they’ll be located in Hall 5 booth number H19.1. and will have the eTrike, electric assist all terrain wheelchair to show off to visitors. You’ll find our Netherland distributor, Mobility Products on booth, 5J34, which they are sharing with their parent company Decon Mobility. Paul from Spokes n Motion, our US distributor is visiting the show from overseas. Paul is looking forward to hooking up with fellow Mountain Trike distributors to discuss the unique products, understand the market trends and…

Accomplished Mountain Triker, Steve, his wife, Renny, Jasper the not so little puppy and another fellow Triker recently decided to hike along the Monsal Trail in the Peak District. The Monsal Trail is a traffic free old railway line which passes through some of the Peak District’s most spectacular dales. It is very flat with a good solid surface so a really suitable route for wheelchairs. Steve was particularly keen to get out on the route to test the battery life of his eTrike on the 18 mile round trip – knowing that if the battery did run out of power he would be able to manually ride back on the fairly easy flat terrain. Here is Steve’s account of his latest adventure… “We started out a 9am from the Hassop Station carpark, Renny hired a bike from here to ride on the trail with us. We headed for…

Below is a list of what we are calling our ‘Top 10’ gadgets for stroke survivors. This is a selection of what we think are the most useful products, designed to overcome obstacles caused by a stroke. Suffering a stroke can be both life-threatening and life-changing. The longer the brain is starved of oxygen, the …

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Come and join us for fun, exercise and a challenge at the first ever Regain Cycling Festival at Thruxton Motor Racing Circuit in Andover, Hampshire on Saturday 16th September 2023! A Challenge for Everyone The Regain Cycling festival is fully inclusive – open to all ages and abilities and whatever type of bike/handbike/wheelchair with attachment …

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For many of us, travelling with a disability can simultaneously be one of the most liberating and daunting of undertakings. Whether driving a couple of hours for a city break or flying halfway across the world to embrace a different culture, a change of scenery and a break from normality can act as the perfect …

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Here at Active Hands, we endeavour to cater to every type of upper limb disability. Starting out primarily working with high level spinal injuries, our initial range of products focused solely on those of us with limited grip in one or both hands. However, disability comes in many forms, and some people are born with …

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