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