Other Mobility-Impaired Sports Equipment Info

Compiled by Kevin Cole on July 12, 1994, Updated: February 1, 1997

This is an expanded version of a list that I got from Larry Binger a few years ago. I've contacted the following people/companies regarding bikes, trikes, and better wheelchairs. Based on my limited experience, I'd concentrate on the video from New Dimensions Design... Get a bicycle, not a tricycle. Also, if you have $8.32 to spend, I suggest you order the Wheelchair Survey and the Handcycle Survey from Sports and Spokes Magazine. See below for details.

The Rolling Sportsman - Larry Binger
(703) 548-2835

Mobility Engineering Peter C. Rieke <pcr@televar.com>
The NEW manufacturers of the HandBike
9104 W. Pooler
Pasco, WA 99301
509.545.0659
http://www.televar.com/~pcr/pcr1.htm

Frog Legs wheelchair front shock/suspension system

Lightfoot Cycles
179 Leavens Road
Darby, Montana 59829 USA
(406) 821-4750
singletree@cybernet1.com

Cannondale Bicycles
A major bike manufacturer in the US, Cannondale has decided to branch out into the wheelchair biz. Their Seated-Sports Technologies (SST) line is slated for release on January 24, 1998...

Titanium Sports Technologies (TST)
It appears Cannondale WON'T be in the wheelchair biz after all. TST has taken on the task.

Whirlwind Wheelchair International
Home of the Whirlwind Network, a group providing other countries with the know-how to build cheap, sturdy, off-road wheelchairs.

A.T. Freedom Factory (Thunder-trike) ***** Really helpful *****
San Jose' CA
(408) 259-1122

Top End (a.k.a. Action Medical?)
Florida
(800) 532-8677

Freedom Ryder
Oregon
(800) 800-5828

Eagle Sportschairs
California
(800) 932-9380

Innovation
Pennsylvania
(814) 364-2677

Quickie Designs (**** has distributer in Baltimore? ****)
California
(800) 342-1579
(206) 872-0741

Wayne Carter
Deleware/Maryland Paralyzed Veterans of America
(800) 786-2039

Lightning Handcycles
360 Sepulveda Blvd, Suite 1030
El Segundo, California 90245
(310) 821-0259
(310) 335-1543 (FAX)

Futurecycles Ltd.
Friends Yard
London Road
Forest Row
East Sussex RH18 5EE
ENGLAND
Phone: +44 (0)1342 822 847
Fax: +44 (0)1342 826 726

InvaCare Medical Equipment
Wheelchairs and other health needs

Sports & Spokes Magazine
2111 East Highland Suite 180
Phoenix, AZ 85016
(602) 224-0500
Annual Lightweight Wheelchair Survey (Mar/Apr) $4.00
Annual Handcycle Survey (Nov/Dec) $4.00

PAM Assistance Center
Michigan
(800) 274-7426

NARIC -- NAtional Rehab Info Center
Macro International
Silver Spring, MD
(800) 227-0216
(301) 588-9284
(301) 589-3563 BBS

telnet fedworld.gov
After several registration screens, type D,D,115 to get to NARIC and ABLEDATA (Menu item D, sub menu D, 115)

handicap.shel.isc-br.com
FTP site for all AbleData fact sheets. Also available from the Cornicopia (CODI). Likely candidates for filenames are: Fact Sheet 19 (FS19), WHEELCHAIR.ICG, SCOOTERS.FS5

Cornucopia of Disability Information (CODI)
Yet another way into the ABLEDATA database. See also, on this menu the NAtional Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC).

Wildernet, Inc (Phoenix All-Terrain Wheelchair)
Denver, CO
(800) 734-8432
Don't waste your time with this one: They never responded to requests for information, in spite of the fact that they were contacted by fax, phone, e-mail and snail mail. And they change their web provider name every few months.


Other links to disability info

The Hub
for information for people in wheelchairs

Home Products from ParaMed
(Exercise equipment)

U.K. Disabilities database

Advanced Wheelchair

Untangling the Web

Disability Resources from Evan Kemp Associates

The Accessibility Alliance

Handicapped Scuba Association (HSA) International