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Access for all as National Trust Stourhead add Mountain Trike wheelchairs to fleet

The Mountain Trike Company who manufacture and produce all-terrain wheelchairs have been working with the National Trust for some time and in 2015 developed the MT Push, a buddy chair.  This was developed from the original Mountain Trike wheelchair at the behest of the Visitor and Services Manager at the National Trust Brownsea Island site.  They could see the benefit ... Read More »

UK Paralympian’s greatest challenge

Aaron Phipps has been a long term supporter of both Meningitis Research Foundation (MRF) and Shaw Trust after contracting meningitis in 1999. As a result of the disease Aaron needed both legs amputating below the knee as well as the tips of his fingers. His determination has seen him compete in wheelchair races and representing Team GB at the London ... Read More »

Woman with spina bifida aims to be the first female Mud Runner in a wheelchair

 A young woman from Northolt, London, will be the first female wheelchair-user in the UK to participate in the Mud Runner Classic, and only the second manual wheelchair user to participate. Sita Patel, 34, who was born with spina bifida and hydrocephalus, will be taking part in the Mud Runner event at Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire on 18th October 2015, to ... Read More »

Two wheels good, four wheels better!

Scotland’s mountain biking hotspots – including trails in the Highlands, Dumfries & Galloway and the Borders – are attracting cyclists on four wheels as well as two, thanks to a specialised club. Rough Riderz gravity biking club was formed in 2006 to help disabled and able-bodied mountain bikers participate in the UK’s newest downhill mountain biking (MTB) scene, and promote ... Read More »

Kent man will climb Mount Kilimanjaro with the help of a Mountain Trike

A family will be embarking on the challenge of a lifetime to raise money for a cause close to their hearts. Graham Fryatt and his three sons Iain, 27, Callum, 24 and Craig, 23, who live in Erith in Kent, will climb Mount Kilimanjaro in October this year. But this will be no ordinary ascent. Iain has a condition called Friedreich’s ... Read More »

Adapted bikes now affordable thanks to bikeSwankey

bikeSwanky – the innovative online cycling retailer – has further underlined its credentials as an inclusive cycling business, run for cyclists, by partnering with leading adapted bike brand Mountain Trike to launch a special promotion. Read More »

Will Mountain Trike get a rough ride on Dragons’ Den?

Excitement is bubbling this week at Mountain Trike HQ as entrepreneur Tim Morgan is making his debut TV appearance with his all terrain wheelchair invention on the Dragons’ Den. To find out what happens tune in Sunday, 8th September 2013, 8pm, BBC2. Read More »

MOUNTAIN TRIKE COMPANY Announces The All Terrain Wheelchair is now available in US

The UK company has been trading and selling in the UK, Europe and all other territories for just over a year.  Approval has now been confirmed by the FDA who have deemed the All Terrain Wheelchair is for recreational and sports purposes, which means Mountain Trike are delighted to announce they can now accept orders directly from customers in the ... Read More »