Wood Trike Wheel Attachments

I have made two different types of trike wheel attachments that are compatible with the Disruptor wheelchair.  For rough urban terrain and road races, I use a 5"x 1.4" solid wheel plate caster. I buy this caster from Home Depot for about $26. It doesn't flutter at high speed.

For nature trails and gravel roads, I use a 6"x2" pneumatic wheel plate caster from Amazon for a similar price. Since I happen to have a better quality wheel on hand from electric skateboarding, I swapped out the cheap wheel with my better one. This caster will flutter on smooth terrain. Note that casters don't flutter on uneven ground.

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The trike attachments are secured to the Disruptor by wood blocks and hand clamps. At this point, this method seems to work fine. It may change in the future, if I think of something better.

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The frame of the trike attachments are made from 1"x4" white wood that I trim down to be 1"x3" (because I like the smaller width look). The frame of Urban and Nature are slightly different in order to account of the different wheel sizes. The Urban has a useful small shelf in the front. In both cases, the frames can be used for carrying items.

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