Building the mountain bike of wheelchairs

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.
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[@8wheelsrider48]

A very good product, great for quadriplegic, this is a push and pull system

[@Its_Me_Wheelz]

I love mine. I have mounts for my fishing rods, gun rake, all removable as needed. It's opened doors back up.

[@JeremyLFreas]

Would love to see some pics of your mounts. My freedom Chair should be here any day.

[@hotshoter2]

Where can you buy freedom chair in usa

[@2shay337]

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.

[@lizardywizard]

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.

[@johnnorris9377]

Except its 3,000 thousand bucks in usa

[@anilkumarsharma8901]

energy from this system is very usefull on dam large scale all over the world

[@jeanproulx1732]

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

[@AshleyHCRcurvie]

I like that it says affordable but the chairs cost $3,000 which is more than some of the currently available nicer manual wheelchairs

[@himanktiwari5276]

u all r doing great...

[@AndrzejLondyn]

I love it. I would like to buy it.

[@geneve2008]

Please check Google, similar chairs are available in Europe.

[@joshuarankin1905]

Really neat!

[@L0st-n0found]

Wouldn't want to fall on those handles. Maybe a bent wrapped end for hands.

[@AnonMedic]

How can we engineer the hub to get power on both strokes of the crank levers?

[@SOUTHWEST778]

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

[@blood_rayven3253]

I found one on EBay for 1700 and the guy won’t respond to me about the freight shipping 😢

[@ushatitikshuphoto]

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.

[@elandeeceniceros6746]

Hola buen día me gustaría saber dónde puedo conseguir información sobre esta adaptación

[@jeanproulx1732]

Need to contact the builder I want to talk and maybee collaborate in a project

[@kwattasse1574]

Génial !

[@hotshoter2]

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

[@elandeeceniceros6746]

Lo mismo pero en México

[@pabloramirez4690]

I badly need one of that but is there anybody out there to buy one for because i can't afford it.

[@limbsleg]

how manage to go backword?

[@chukchee]

What is the cost? Less than $200?

[@winterhome6449]

As a mechanical engineer,I'm here for mechanism but OK!! An yahh!! U showed wrong Indian map!!

[@MsAlifaramawy]

how to afford in Egypt?

[@bishalpun3772]

How mosse ruppesh in Nepale