Adjustability
“...I love the chair - I was very comfortable sitting in it and I have sat in a lot of chairs. Typically I need to do many adjustments and still can't get comfortable - maybe it was luck, but the Marvel chair was just perfect ‘out of the box’.”
D.B. - Canadian Paraplegic Association Ontario
An ongoing frustration for people who use wheelchairs is the need to find that perfect fit in order to make sure that the equipment that they rely on is optimized for their body type (which often changes over time), and level of use.
Recognizing that getting all the measurements right is challenging, we made the decision to create a chair that would allow as much adjustability as possible. We paid an enormous amount of attention to making sure that the adjustability wouldn’t add weight, or risk parts coming loose. Because of our partnership with Cervélo Cycles, we turned to them for advice on how to make our chair as adjustable as their bikes.
Cervélo is the only bike manufacturer in the world who does not make a custom bike for any of their professional riders. The riders all ride stock bikes, using the geometry and adjustability built into the frames in the design phase to get the perfect fit. If Cervélo could figure out how to make a bike adjustable enough for the pro team that won the Tour de France in 2008, they might have a thing or two to contribute to our wheelchair design.
With Cervélo as our inspiration and mentor, we have created an ultra-light wheelchair with adjustable width, center of gravity, knee angle, backrest height, backrest angle, footrest height, and seat angle. In addition, the modular components allow for quick changes to seat depth, seat to floor height, and camber.
