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The FreeWheel for manual chairs.
One of the best pieces of outdoor equipment I've bought, like many, is the Freewheel from Pat.

Back in the days on another forum, that is now no longer, Pat started making and showing his finalised design, and allowing a few of us to buy a prototype! I've had one ever since!

This wheel clips onto the front of your chairs solid or tubular footplate, (there is a folding chair attachment also), and upon rotating its fork by wheeling forwards, it lifts your castors off the floor a bit and off you go... wheeling along on this fabulous off road piece of kit. I've had three Freewheels so far, and my last one has been welded back together twice! I use and abuse these things on my backpacking adventures... infact I use my wheel everyday to walk my dog, get on the beach, even roll round the garden when it's muddy! I've wheeled down flights of stairs, down hills and fields, is never be without it.
The other wondrous thing thing about it is, it can be used as a tow hitch between your handcycle and your chair, allowing one to take their chair whilst out riding.

I promise im not afliated in any way with the company, I've just been a repeat customer for years! there's not much I've done in it... plus I've had it on an angle adjust footplate on a quickie ti, and the rgk Tiga with a tubular footrest. I have had a new footplate made for the Tiga, as the freewheel broke it after just a month of use, so RGK made me a new double tubed one, which hasn't yet broken in 3 years. I will say, I'm incredibly rough with my wheel and chair, but I just like to have a lot of fun.

Back in the days on another forum, that is now no longer, Pat started making and showing his finalised design, and allowing a few of us to buy a prototype! I've had one ever since!

This wheel clips onto the front of your chairs solid or tubular footplate, (there is a folding chair attachment also), and upon rotating its fork by wheeling forwards, it lifts your castors off the floor a bit and off you go... wheeling along on this fabulous off road piece of kit. I've had three Freewheels so far, and my last one has been welded back together twice! I use and abuse these things on my backpacking adventures... infact I use my wheel everyday to walk my dog, get on the beach, even roll round the garden when it's muddy! I've wheeled down flights of stairs, down hills and fields, is never be without it.
The other wondrous thing thing about it is, it can be used as a tow hitch between your handcycle and your chair, allowing one to take their chair whilst out riding.

I promise im not afliated in any way with the company, I've just been a repeat customer for years! there's not much I've done in it... plus I've had it on an angle adjust footplate on a quickie ti, and the rgk Tiga with a tubular footrest. I have had a new footplate made for the Tiga, as the freewheel broke it after just a month of use, so RGK made me a new double tubed one, which hasn't yet broken in 3 years. I will say, I'm incredibly rough with my wheel and chair, but I just like to have a lot of fun.

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