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Figarosmom

(14,028 posts) Sat Jun 6, 2026, 09:35 PM 6 hrs ago

Attachments for wheelchairs

This is an ad but it's information I think should be shared.

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Attachments for wheelchairs (Original Post) Figarosmom 6 hrs ago OP

Brilliant! Enter stage left 6 hrs ago #1

I thought so. I just wonder if they would be street legal. Figarosmom 6 hrs ago #2

I certainly hope so. Can you even imagine how this could change the life of every... Enter stage left 6 hrs ago #3

I was thinking about how to take it to the store etc. Figarosmom 6 hrs ago #4

Brilliant! Looks like a ton of fun too! summer_in_TX 2 hrs ago #5

Leave out the motor, and you've got a (hand-cranked) recumbent bicycle. Street-legal ? Of course! eppur_se_muova 2 hrs ago #6

Enter stage left

(4,662 posts)

1. Brilliant!

Reply to Figarosmom (Original post)

Sat Jun 6, 2026, 09:59 PM

6 hrs ago

Figarosmom

(14,028 posts)

2. I thought so. I just wonder if they would be street legal.

Reply to Enter stage left (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 6, 2026, 10:01 PM

6 hrs ago

If three wheel bicycles are, this should be at least for the bike lane.

Enter stage left

(4,662 posts)

3. I certainly hope so. Can you even imagine how this could change the life of every...

Reply to Figarosmom (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 6, 2026, 10:09 PM

6 hrs ago

Wheelchair bound person?

I would recommend they be limited to 15-20 mph, with a 10 ft flag like off road vehicles are required to have. I would like the flag to show a wheelchair in bright orange!

Figarosmom

(14,028 posts)

4. I was thinking about how to take it to the store etc.

Reply to Enter stage left (Reply #3)

Sat Jun 6, 2026, 10:14 PM

6 hrs ago

And how to lock up the attachment of if it folds up and could be put in a basket attachment like 3 wheeled bicycles have on the back.

summer_in_TX

(4,340 posts)

5. Brilliant! Looks like a ton of fun too!

Reply to Figarosmom (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2026, 01:25 AM

2 hrs ago

eppur_se_muova

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6. Leave out the motor, and you've got a (hand-cranked) recumbent bicycle. Street-legal ? Of course!

Reply to Figarosmom (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2026, 01:30 AM

2 hrs ago

When I was at MIT (late 70's) there was a student who rode one of these through the hallways.

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