Building the mountain bike of wheelchairs
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- čas přidán 17. 01. 2017
- Developed in a class at MIT, the Leveraged Freedom Chair is an affordable, all-terrain wheelchair made up of bike parts and a lever system. In this video, four MIT alumni share the story of how a class project became a mass-produced product.
Read the full story on Slice of MIT: bit.ly/lfc-slice
I have disc degeneration in my neck and lower back and have a Service Dog that was trained to assist me with forward momentum using a side bracket attached to the wheel hub on the wheel. I don't have the use of my neighbor's recumbent bike since I moved out of state. I know one day the frayed nerve cord down my legs will sever completely and I'll be needing a wheelchair since I'll be completely paralyzed. I don't have strong upper body strength especially when the nerves in my neck are being pinched on vertebrae grinding bone on bone and my fingers, hands sometimes have pain/numbness when I tried moving a wheelchair when I went to hospital for PT. One of my therapists of bringing my Mobility Service Dog to train more in assisting me when I am paralyzed and full time in a wheelchair. I'm not yet needing a wheelchair to move about the small apt. I live in, but have been unable to go for the walks 2 X's a day or do anything outdoors for a long time. The arthritis in my back, neck and legs has been bad this last winter. But when I saw your video on the mountain bike of wheelchairs, I was excited and wanting to regain independence and freedom to be outdoors again. I wouldn't be able to afford to buy one of your wheelchairs, but could you help me be able to modify a medical wheelchair I can apply for through my medical insurance? I've looked at the Sacco quad carts, but it wouldn't fit inside or easily go through the doorway...and of course I can't afford 5-6 thousand dollars. The neighbor came up with the idea of me getting tubing from Home Depot and making it into a bracket to bolt to his recumbent bike, he also modified it with a battery to assist even him up hills (he had bad knees) so when needed I could help my Service Dog when going up hills or steep driveways etc. I would deeply appreciate any help and info. on how I can modify me a wheelchair to be able to gain access to being outdoors again. Especially after nearly 2 yrs. of Covid lockdown.
Except its 3,000 thousand bucks in usa
A very good product, great for quadriplegic, this is a push and pull system
I love mine. I have mounts for my fishing rods, gun rake, all removable as needed.
It's opened doors back up.
Would love to see some pics of your mounts. My freedom Chair should be here any day.
Where can you buy freedom chair in usa
brilliant stuff guys... best of luck in your work across the world. anyone in the third world lucky enough to have a freedom chair will have their life transformed. bravo you guys.
u all r doing great...
Really neat!
I like that it says affordable but the chairs cost $3,000
which is more than some of the currently available nicer manual wheelchairs
Like a rowing motion front and back but needs to be able to turn right and left also for a amputated person but no motor
I found one on EBay for 1700 and the guy won’t respond to me about the freight shipping 😢
energy from this system is very usefull on dam large scale all over the world
Génial !
I love it. I would like to buy it.
Please check Google, similar chairs are available in Europe.
Wouldn't want to fall on those handles. Maybe a bent wrapped end for hands.
Wow, lovely to know. We should do wheeling and cycling together in Nepal around the cross border societies. Let's work together. Wishing all the best.
I badly need one of that but is there anybody out there to buy one for because i can't afford it.
Hola buen día me gustaría saber dónde puedo conseguir información sobre esta adaptación
How can we engineer the hub to get power on both strokes of the crank levers?
What a brain you have, that is the best comment, work the lever on a cog and when you move the lever forward then backwards the cog is making a full rotation, should be simple for these guys, I hope they do it, add another cog halfway up the lever handle is how I think it could be done
What is the cost? Less than $200?
how manage to go backword?
Need to contact the builder I want to talk and maybee collaborate in a project
Where can they be bought in the USA or a parts list or a kit to install on my chair and how much does it cost
Lo mismo pero en México
how to afford in Egypt?
How mosse ruppesh in Nepale
As a mechanical engineer,I'm here for mechanism but OK!! An yahh!! U showed wrong Indian map!!