LOOPWHEELS

Pricing

Loopwheel Classic: $2,068 MSRP with anodized pushrims

Loopwheel Carbon: $2,768 MSRP with anodized pushrims

Loopwheel Urban: $3,968 MSRP with anodized pushrims

Loopwheel Extreme: $3,968 MSRP with anodized pushrims

Characteristics of LoopWheel

A Loopwheel is a wheel with integral suspension, designed to reduce vibration and increase performance and provide greater comfort.

Loopwheels give you a smoother ride. They are more comfortable than standard wheels: the carbon springs absorb tiring vibration, as well as bumps and shocks. They’re designed for everyday use and are strong and durable. They don’t run as true as a spoked wheel, and you’ll notice more sideways movement, especially in the Loopwheels Classic, but they’re a lot more comfortable.

How do they help with the wheelchair

Our loopwheels for wheelchairs help you push over uneven streets, rough tracks and gravel paths more easily, and the carbon springs give you extra power to get up or down kerbs. They reduce jolting and vibration, by as much as two thirds compared with a spoked wheel. With standard quick release axles, a choice between 12mm or ½ inch bearings and available in 24″ and 25″ sizes, loopwheels fit most manual wheelchairs.

How does the loopwheel technology work?

Loopwheel springs are made from a carbon composite material, carefully developed and tested to give optimum compression and lateral stability as well as strength and durability. Specially-designed connectors attach the springs to the hub and rim.

The three loops in each wheel work together as a self-correcting system. This spring system between the hub and the rim of the wheel provides suspension that constantly adjusts to uneven terrain, cushioning the rider from bumps and potholes in the road. In effect, the hub floats within the rim, adjusting constantly as shocks from an uneven road hit the rim of the wheel.

The spring configuration allows the torque to be transferred smoothly between the hub and the rim.