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Personal Mobility Devices: Disabilities and Tolerances

In the past few years there seems to have been an explosion of new personal mobility devices that cater to a host of varying wants and needs. Some are built with the elderly in mind, some with emphasis pointed toward those with disabilities, and some purely for personal pleasure. All are of different designs and come in varying shapes and sizes. Some are fast, some slow, some have three wheels, some four and still others, only two. All of these new devices have a purpose, some type of usefulness, a niche they fill in some way.

I want to share an experience I had recently that involved two different types of personal mobility devices. I don’t normally venture into this type of territory when I write about such things as new items on the market or how a certain product is manufactured or how useful a particular item can be. But sometimes very personal evaluations of a situation and taking a small stand is the only way for me to, in my own mind at least, positively deal with the topic.

On day about a week ago, I traveled off to a large local general merchandizing establishment to partake in the almost ritualistic weekly shopping. As I entered the store, parked against the building, I noticed a uniquely styled tandem tricycle. I thought to myself as I walked past it how stylish and fresh it looked, and marveled a bit over its side by side design. I even went so far as to...  Entire article is HERE

Copyright © 2008 Scott Best

The face of short range personal transportation is changing

Pocket bikes, small scooters, mobility products:  The face of short range personal transportation is changing.

You may have noticed recently some odd looking two, three and even 4 wheeled vehicles buzzing around your neighborhood, the mall or the city sidewalks and streets.  Portable scooters, pocket bikes and mobility scooters have for many replaced those short car trips these days.  With the price of gas well over 3 dollars a gallon in most parts of the country, its making more and more economic sense to utilize these types of personal transportation vehicles.

Remember when you were a kid and you had a two wheel push scooter?  Maybe you never had one as a child, but in fact they have been around for a long time.  They became popular for children in the early 1900’s as a toy and were still quite readily seen into the early 70’s.  From those humble beginnings of course someone put a motor on it and the powered scooter was born

There are many types of scooters these days to be certain, ranging from the low cost low profile sleekly designed push scooters that are reminiscent of the first push scooters we knew merely as a toy, to super fast ...  Entire article is HERE

Copyright © 2007 Scott Best

New Designs Provide Flexability

New Scooters are showing up almost daily, something that speaks of the ever going popularity of the scooter in general. The functionality of the appearing designs highlight the ease at which new technologies such as thermoplastics and high tech aluminum alloys can be adapted to structures not originally considered candidates for their use.

The fast advancements in hi tech polymers and metal alloys has given the humble scooter new life in an ever broadening market today. Not only are these material being used in high end powered scooters, but in the modest push scooter or kick scooter as they are also known.

These small inexpensive scooters tend to be thought of more as a sidewalk toy for young children. But more and more a new style of what is known as a foldable scooter is being utilized by an older generation ...Read entire article here

Copyright © 2007 Scott Best