Wheelchair bike

My friend Chuck had a great idea to combine my old wheelchair with an old bike he had so that I could go on bike rides and feel the wind on my face again. We filmed the process of making it and the first test drive, I think it turned out pretty cool . Let me know what you think.
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[@tersiushaasbroek2061]

Its absolutely great to have friend like this and they are scarce. The bicycle is a Great idea.

[@bellopez70]

Please make an instructional video. I need to make one for my son. What a wonderful friendship you have. Great job !

[@fouroneseven]

+bellopez70 We tried our best to make it easy to understand so others could replicate. We should have made a separate instructional video. I can put together a step-by-step manual tho if you'd like?

[@Guzzilunatic]

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[@627monica]

fouroneseven Hello This is so awesome! Did you ever put a step by step manual together? I would love to make this for my 16 y/o daughter!

[@paullaw6988]

@@fouroneseven Please make an instructional video. Great job! Kind regards, from, PaulLaw.

[@SLAPSHOP42]

@@fouroneseven do you have a step by step video or instructions ???

[@Kanakagirl1]

Your great idea is the answer to my friend's prayers. Her brother Mike had a stroke and can't get out much--stuck in a VA hospital. His sister Trish is my best friend. She didn't think she could afford the fancy bike we saw in another video. You are a genius and one hell of a friend. Thank you so much for sharing your invention. It will mean a lot to so many people who can't afford thousands of dollars for what you created for almost nothing. Loved seeing the smiles on your faces.

[@kristinseeley535]

My husband had a stroke and I am wanting to try this too. But, no $$. did it work safely enough for a 91 yr old? He was completely capable and active prior???

[@virginiatalerico9995]

I'm so happy you guys posted this! I've been trying to figure out a way to take my son out on bike rides, and you guys have really inspired me to make this. Thank you guys, y'all are awesome 😸

[@ephraimcamacho9296]

I just finish looking at a family on Facebook hoping one day to get one for thier son. But this bike cost to much for them they saw it go for $6000 dollars! I told them they can get it for less by looking for a builder. Your idea has been the best and cheapest way to go! Thank God I found your video! Bless you!

[@charlotteandreachi1773]

I am going to try to do this for my bike and my husbands wheel chair. He has been suffering from lung cancer for 2 1/2 years now. I love to bike but he can't anymore. this way I can take him with me. You guys are genius's!!!

[@Guzzilunatic]

One tip, be sure to cut and de-rake the headstock. Make the steering stem straight up and down, not slightly angled as it is on a bicycle. If you don't do that, cornering will be . . . . .awkward.

[@MsViva710]

How is he today?

[@caroldeacon]

OMG I am going to make this for me and my son, I have been watching and watching now lets see if I can do it, looks easy but I am sure its not going to be, thanks for the great idea, U are a awesome friend.

[@BillAumack]

Love this! been thinking of the same thing. I have to find a wheelchair like yours. Ours is different and that was stumping me. This is great!!!!

[@kevinyoung42]

You guys thought & talked about it, and then DID it. That's the part I like best!

[@nkaujhmoobntximhlub-rm7gz]

Holy cow...I've been trying to find a idea to create one for me so I can haul my daughter around.thanks to you .I'm going to do it this weekend!!!

[@vanessasanchez9039]

I love this idea I am going to try to make it for my son Harley so I can take him out for a bike ride. I loved ve it! Thanks 😍😍😍😇👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Mrs.Motivation213]

I was looking for ways to make my daughter something this is great

[@LectronCircuits]

Orthopedic challenges have never before been this much fun. Good job. Cheers!

[@adelelenane6562]

Great job guys!

[@Greyxoxo]

Bloody genius I love this idea! Thanks for sharing :)

[@carybrown3192]

Kickass,what a great friend you have!

[@jaysonmalagkit7305]

So Sweet and Inspiring 🥰😍🥰 GOD Blessed all your works Brother 🙏😇

[@Soli2deYT]

ingenuity, gotta love it. fuk'n love this shit. thx for posting it on the spinal cord page even tho i'm several years late to the party.

[@habazbooz69]

i need friends like those.

[@dtalav2]

too cool bro. such inspiring love...... u guys ROCK!!!!!

[@canadalass]

Absolutely an inspiration! Thank you!

[@pantyflash]

Like, wonderful contraption for buddies whose spines are hosed. Way to go, babes!

[@merlincarroll4097]

exactly what I wanted to build and great video. Great production value.

[@whitelion7976]

This is good never thought of .I would make front brakes on both wheels.

[@cori182]

I just saw a video for an invention like this and you guys made it happen in under 10$. That's awesome af.

[@marthapartha6260]

That's really cool! 😆 I used a wheelchair for about three months, and I missed riding my bike. It would've been cool to have something like this. You've got some awesome friends!

[@robinsonosa]

Good invention

[@pamelaprice8562]

AWESOME IDEA AND VIDEO!!!!

[@fouroneseven]

+Pamela Price Thank you!

[@laszlotasnady3679]

Your the best friend ever! I want to do this for my special needs son and his chair!

[@spankthewan]

That's pretty great. Chill vid too!

[@fouroneseven]

+spankthewan thanks!

[@paullaw6988]

@@fouroneseven That is pretty great. Great video too! Kind regards, from, PaulLaw.

[@anitahowell9327]

"Just winged it" You guys are amazing!!! We need to build a wing it team in our area!

[@ZombiieLoveQuadCreations]

That's amazing!

[@abbymendoza6298]

Gracias gracias GRACIAS i was trying to figure out how to doit for papito, you are awesome

[@justjenn23]

God bless you both

[@nchurro271]

Looks great Cant see how the wheel chair was attached too well, close ups would be helpful, thanks

[@etsirtle]

awesome idea, get it patented, you might be onto something. cheers ;)

[@fouroneseven]

+etsirtle Have had so many discussions about this, maybe one day

[@Guzzilunatic]

patenting anything means that people who need it, can't afford it. There seems to be a myth that people in wheelchairs have a pile of money to spend on things. No, they do not. Being in a wheelchair is a real kick in the employment.

[@Phenor1]

Lee Bruns May your video keep this idea free domain and unpatentable! So much truth :)

[@sniderscrickets]

LOVE...

[@fouroneseven]

+Nancy Snider All love :D

[@steveraman4562]

super you made and he looks happy cool keep it going

[@alaasaleh9798]

you guys are so creative and smart! great filming

[@fouroneseven]

+lolo saleh Thanks a lot!

[@MsViva710]

+lolo saleh Its true. they are gifted. will you be taking orders?

[@fouroneseven]

+Valerie Anderson I wish

[@janetedwards7306]

lolo saleh

[@paullaw6988]

@@fouroneseven Great filming! You guys are so smart and creative! Kind regards, from, PaulLaw.

[@agp10701]

Nice project :) Can you send some details of the assembly? I need to build one for the sister of my wife that is on a wheelchair forever :(

[@garymiller5807]

You guys beat me to it! Dang! :)

[@jhayes4333]

Awesome job, and what a great friendship!

[@fouroneseven]

+J Hayes I have some amazing friends! Thank you for enjoying!

[@paullaw6988]

@@fouroneseven what an awesome job, and a great friendship! Kind regards, from, PaulLaw.

[@bird0nawire783]

Awsome

[@d.i.c.c7355]

This is great, I liked it a lot. I have old aunt and I would love to take her for a ride on the afternoons in a bicy like that. How to use the brakes on the chair?

[@tfinch92]

Any chance of you guys sending me some photos of the fork mounts on the back of the chair? Keen on making one

[@yrenebrazon1846]

Excelente proyecto pero sería más excelente si presentaran detalles del diseño, cómo ensamblar la bicicleta a la silla con las piezas.

[@mmaria7]

awesome!!! I need to make one for my son. an insructional video please :)

[@fouroneseven]

+mmaria7 We tried our best to make it easy to understand so others could replicate. We should have made a separate instructional video. I can put together a step-by-step manual tho if you'd like?

[@TheWackoGreenAlien]

I think it's really cool

[@patrickomnes5611]

Hi I discovered your video but don't understand how you mounted the whole apparatus. English is not my language and am not a handyman at all. Have you a 2nd video about the mounting ? That would be fantastic Patrick omnes

[@virginianolivos]

Would love this for myself and daughter with special needs. She has difficulty with the movement amd steps/sequencing to riding a bike. I, however, am not mechanically savvy. We have a bike and a wheelchair but there is no bar across the chair to attach the bike. A detailed instructional video would be very helpful. Thx!

[@tanjay1686]

Good job mate. Fantastic idea. I do have a few questions: 1. Is the turning radius wider than usual? 2. It looks very heavy during a turn. Do you think it suitable for female or younger riders? Regardless, double thumbs up to you. 👍👍

[@johngavina1]

What wheelchair has a back crossbar? I assume this wheelchair originally didn't fold? Thanks for this video.

[@DANNY-gz1iq]

Nice tree guys thumbs up! But come on where are the helmets

[@KevinSnow]

What improvements would you do? I really want to make one for my son. Have you figured out a way so that the chair can detach and be pushed? I am 9 miles from the beach. I want to build one that will allow us to ride there and back as well as go into a restaurant or store. I was thinking about getting one of those fat tire bikes for it.

[@fouroneseven]

+Kevin Snow The fat tires for the beach for sure. It'd be best to develop a bracket that can attach any chair to any bike only requiring the removal of the front bike wheel. We've played around with Ideas, but nothing workable yet. Turning is the only real issue, nothing too bad, just have to make somewhat wide turns, but because of the weight in the front when I'm in it, we just lift the bike and spin easily to turn around or similar. We have an idea to attach a spring or bungee cord that will tighten when turning so that it always pulls back to straighten itself out, wants to turn at high speeds.

[@Guzzilunatic]

Just de-rake the steering head, Problem solved. Check out my video of a similar project. Once the steering head is straight up and down, it turns fine.

[@kristinseeley535]

I found your video Lee Bruns. I can't figure out how to Contact you...plz...contact my [e-mail]

[@Guzzilunatic]

I did post a video now, Kristin. HOpe it helps.

[@noemilara2832]

Muy buena opción para salir a pasear con tu familiar discapacitado,yo saldría con mi mamá e iría a muchos lugares. Q precio tiene se arahon muy caro

[@myturkishprison3285]

Doing big thingz

[@fouroneseven]

+Adam Yolton Need to get back to this level

[@paulroberts5677]

Great and low cost too. Take it you only had the back brake. How easy is it to turn please?

[@fouroneseven]

+Paul Roberts Yes, back brake only and it is quite difficult to turn. This is from the angle of the neck, different bikes and chairs will effect this a lot. We have an idea to attach a spring or bungee cord that will tighten when turning so that it always pulls back to straighten itself out. No accidents yet :)

[@Guzzilunatic]

De rake the neck to fix the steering problem. I posted a video on how to do it. It'll turn just fine once that is done.

[@susanvallejos7258]

Woundering if you have problem making a turn, ease explain. Tks

[@buckwheat7424]

bad ass, if you have a fixed crank, you'd have a reverse also. that might be tough for hills. You probably have a patent idea for some serious hardcore customers. Medical industry is hard hit and has been with atrocious cost, it's why a ]lot of things are in trouble these days. I can't tell from the vid if it's balanced and easy to turn sharp at near to a stand still speed. It can be done. Stick with the price range of cost, and build production models. Most people aren't in shape enough to ride around the block, seriously. 2 miles to them are far. I have a 1957 Gravely walk behind tractor. It's a large 5hp driven farm tool, that has attachments, I welded a trailer tongue to a rotary lawn mower and put a ball hitch on the tractor. I could stand on the rotary cover and push on the bars to pivot at a stand still. Because the handles on the tractor are long, there's a lot of leverage to lift the front end of the tractor up and pivot the trailer (the lawnmower, or your bike) on a dime. The Gravely Tractor company sells the attachment called "Sulky Chair," something like that, it has a steering wheel. It's just not clear what's going on dimensional with it until you do things like what you're doing, then it's like damn this thing works. If you can change right there where you are, you can change everything everywhere.

[@fouroneseven]

+Buck Wheat We've Have had so many discussions about this. We feel like it'd be best to develop a bracket that can attach any chair to any bike only requiring the removal of the front bike wheel. The "sulky chair" looks like something to incorporate for sure, even as a separate concept trailer for the back of a bike. Turning is the only real issue, but nothing too bad, somewhat wide turns, but because of the weight in the front when I'm in it, we just lift the bike and spin easily to turn around. We have an idea to attach a spring or bungee cord that will tighten when turning so that it always pulls back to straighten itself out, wants to turn at high speeds.

[@buckwheat7424]

way cool! I have a Gravely Tractor in my backyard, bought it some years ago from the original owner's daughter at a garage sale, for $35.00. It didn't sell for the first three days, it was listed in the newspaper as a rototiller. I called and drove 15 miles, soon as I seen, I didn't know what it was, but I knew it was a tractor. It had a mulching attachment and a plow attachment. It's a 1957, with a lot of rust cleaning it works great. It came with the manual, an attach, you probably already know about it, is the "sulky" or sulky chair. I don't have that, but I had a trailer tongue, that I welded onto a rotary lawnmower and hitch it to the tractor. The seat was on the mower and to pivot you just push down on the tractor handles to lift the front wheels off the ground, pivoting the hitch, forward or backwards. Gravely was an inventor with the customer in mind #1. His first tractor products were produced to last a lifetime of service. Keep thinking, and market your design. The history of Go Pro is insanely successful. It started not long ago with a 35mm camera.

[@MrMangelamarde]

In case it could help ! Thank you for the idea man you just make my day ! facebook.com/Le-guidon-HCP-v%C3%A9lo-pousseur-pousse-fauteuil-425895437466515/ Thank you for the idea man you just make my day !

[@Grizzydan]

Found this looking for ideas how to put pedals on a wheelchair so I can get my dad to exercise his legs again. After numerous events back to back, coma, collapsed lung, stroke, heart attack, crushed discs in his lower spine and damaged knees he is still fighting. He has mobility back in his upper body and has gotten to where he can slideboard into a wheelchair but he's seemed to hit a fairly large plateau. We're moving to the east coast, somewhere in NC, in a city where he can get physical therapy 3x a week without a 3 hour round trip commute. He had a therapist come to the home at first, but from what I gather they mainly just shot the shit for an hour or two and the guy left without ever actually doing anything. He made progress while he was at the hospital (spent over a year there) but that has come to a standstill at home. I'm hoping to change that, and I think that getting out and being able to explore the outdoors will be a huge motivation for him. Some of the first videos I'll post on this account after this move will be my attempts at creating a wheelchair trike. I'll eventually get him into a tadpole recumbent trike but for now I need something that is compact enough to use around the house as well as stores and such on outing trips. He has not even been anywhere but the hospital and home for 3 years now other than a few dinners out. While watching this it brought tears to my eyes while I can only imagine what it must feel like. And I'm certain a ride around the park would do something amazing for my dad. And that he would even enjoy himself going grocery shopping. If all goes according to plan we will be moving this monday. Sorry about the ramble. This has become a subject I am passionate about. I want to give my father a way to earn his life back When people come together wonderful things can happen. With belief and determination we can do anything.

[@fouroneseven]

+Big Dan Hey Dan, first off, I'm sorry to hear about your fathers situation. As far as physical therapy, have you heard of project walk? It's the reason I moved to FL and I believe it's the best, however not covered by insurance. I've had a lot of experience with home therapy and it's very difficult to adjust the mindset to what it would be in a gym. I commend you for your determination to help your father have a better quality of life. The tadpole recumbent trike is a fantastic idea!

[@prbrownowl]

How did you get it to turn corners?

[@johngavina1]

This is exactly what I'm looking for my developmentally disabled client. Thank you.

[@ChannelHTS]

epic idea

[@fouroneseven]

+shane agnew it's been epic so far

[@ChannelHTS]

+fouroneseven motobike next haha

[@kinkankero]

how you put the other handle bar? I see a black part, what's the name for that?

[@MrMangelamarde]

+fouroneseven I have the same question ?

[@eileenwagner3364]

my cousin's son was hit by a car this past September and now he is unable to walk or talk if I supplied everything could u put one together for him

[@miguelangelrm6051]

Como se ace adaptar la bicicleta a la silla de rueda

[@aspenedgewalker]

Better than footing $5,000 plus for a duet bike

[@chrismorgan7481]

That is cool I want to do that for my wife but her wheelchair doesn't have that bar to connect the forks to

[@MsViva710]

WOW WOW WOW! I've been hoping to buy a trike and want to be able to take Ma out for rides with me but this is the first thing that looks like something I'd like to have. I was thinking to maybe attach the wheelchair to the back of the trike and just pull her along while she's still on the road or maybe put the wheelchair on some sort of platform with wheels - something you know? do you think one can be developed to just glide the chair on a sort of ramp attachable to the back of the trike, or ride on the street? What do you think. I'm her primary caregiver, and could use the outdoor exercise. can you develop something like what i described?

[@fouroneseven]

+Valerie Anderson like this? cdn.instructables.com/FTE/O250/G9NGU3SD/FTEO250G9NGU3SD.LARGE.jpg

[@MsViva710]

+fouroneseven thats a possibility. how high from the ground is it.? Did you fix that up like that? I never learned how to ride a bicycle I had great difficulty balancing. I wonder if I would experience balancing issue since the platform is to the side of the bike?

[@MsViva710]

+fouroneseven Where can i go to try both for a for a trial run? they are both amazing.

[@mustafabilgic4452]

great idea i will do as well as yours.. thnx

[@the_mad_ratter]

This is awesome. I'm in the middle of making my own - how did you deal with the bike "tipping" outwards when cornering? Did you just deal with it as it was, or did you do something to counter it? I'm thinking about chopping up an old go-kart to get proper steering on the front and not using the headstock as the pivot point. Excellent vid :)

[@Guzzilunatic]

Derake the bicycle head stock to be straight up and down. That will cure the tipping issue. Just cut the backbone ad notch the down tube, then crank the headstock forward till it is straight up and down, then weld it back together. The tipping is the result of the 15 degree headstock angle.

[@ryanje8147]

I assume it takes a lot more effort and strength to pedal.

[@indisugartaufik]

This is just like becak :D (Indonesian traditional transportation).

[@ellejohnson1075]

I love this,. But please wear helmets! Being a mom I know!

[@KTE678]

you can me and my friend hope..thanks a Mil.... Guys

[@garywsmith70]

🌈❤️😂😂😂❤️

[@mickeyh1995]

That's alsome

[@fouroneseven]

+Mickey H thx