Mountain Trike Adds New All-terrain Wheelchair Colors
Author: Mountain Trike
Published: 2015/03/18 - Updated: 2026/05/02
Publication Type: Announcement
Category Topic: All-Terrain - Related Publications
Contents: Synopsis - Introduction - Main - Insights, Updates
Synopsis: This information details the expanded custom color frame options now available from Mountain Trike Company for its bespoke all-terrain manual wheelchairs, supplementing existing finishes such as metallic orange, candy red, metallic gold, raspberry pink, and emerald sparkle. Comments from Tim Morgan, inventor of the Mountain Trike, explain why the personalization choice matters to users, and the article also outlines a re-paint service for existing owners, in which the original powder coat is acid-stripped, sand blasted, and re-applied in a new shade for an additional labor and materials charge. The content is useful for wheelchair users, families, and seniors considering an off-road manual chair who want to match their equipment to personal preference, identity, or visibility needs, and it confirms that standard and new color charts are supplied as a PDF on request - Disabled World (DW).
- Topic Definition: Wheelchair Frame Color Customization
Wheelchair frame color customization refers to the manufacturer or aftermarket process of finishing a wheelchair's structural frame in a user-selected color or finish, typically applied by powder coating rather than conventional liquid paint. Powder coating involves electrostatically applying dry pigment to the bare metal frame and then curing it under heat to form a hard, durable layer that resists chipping, corrosion, and UV fading. Customization options can include solid colors, metallics, candy finishes, and sparkle or pearl effects, and reputable manufacturers can also strip and re-coat existing frames through acid baths and sand blasting when an owner wishes to refresh or change the color. For wheelchair users, this option allows mobility equipment to reflect personal style, improve visibility, or align with preferred aesthetics while maintaining the structural integrity of the chair.
Introduction
The wheelchair company offer various bespoke elements for customers to choose from and one of the choices is that customers can opt to have their preferred color they would like their Mountain Trike to come in.
Main Content
Talking about the color ranges available, Tim Morgan, inventor of the Mountain Trike, says,
"To be able to offer customers a choice of color frame is quite unique and it's surprising how important it is to most of our customers - it's very personal and can really help represent their personality. We've produced some incredible colors in the past, such as metallic orange, candy red, metallic gold, raspberry pink, emerald sparkle to name a few and someone even had their favorite football club team colors - it's great to see the final finish of each individual Trike and every unique color always looks so stunning. In order to keep things fresh and to continue to offer customers the opportunity to personalize their Trike to their own style we can now offer some additional bright and exciting alternatives to our existing range."
The Mountain Trike Company can also offer a re-paint for existing customers wishing to update and have a refresh in color for their Trike.
The company use a powder coat rather than a paint, so the powder coat can be stripped off in an acid bath, sand blasted and then re-powder coated in the new color.
There would be a cost for this and as the Trike would need to be fully stripped down there would be labor costs too.
The standard color chart and new color range chart can be sent to customers as a PDF or found on their website.
The Mountain Trike Company believes in access for everyone and manufactures all-terrain manual wheelchairs.
Each chair is designed using a masterful blend of unique innovation and drive system with high specification mountain bike technology.
Their wheelchairs provide users with far greater freedom and independence than ever before to travel off the beaten track - trips to the park, woodland trails, mud, snow, sand, cobbles and even mountains!
No other manual wheelchair provides comparable high level of maneuverability and uneven surface performance, practicality, comfort and safety.
Despite deep mud and wet ground the unique lever drive and steering system means your hands stay clean and dry.
The Mountain Trike Company currently distributes and sells direct to customers worldwide from their UK business and a number of distributors also operate worldwide.
All Trikes are custom built and come with a 3 year warranty, choice of frame color, adjustable frame, footrest and seat.
Insights, Analysis, and Developments
Editorial Note: Color choice on a mobility device may sound cosmetic, but for many wheelchair users the frame becomes a daily extension of personal identity rather than a piece of clinical equipment. Mountain Trike's willingness to offer powder-coat repainting on existing chairs - rather than treating the original finish as permanent - is a small but practical gesture that recognizes how long-term users actually relate to their equipment, and it sits well alongside the company's broader commitment to custom-built, lifetime-use design - Disabled World (DW).Attribution/Source(s): This quality-reviewed publication was selected for publishing by the editors of Disabled World (DW) due to its relevance to the disability community. Originally authored by Mountain Trike and published on 2015/03/18, this content may have been edited for style, clarity, or brevity.