For many wheelchair users, the gap between wanting to go somewhere and actually getting there isn't about willpower — it's about kit. Standard powered chairs handle pavements and shopping centres well enough, but put one on a forest path and it's over in seconds.

Sarah B, 47, from Buckinghamshire, knows that better than most. She's been a full-time wheelchair user for six years. Three years ago, she stopped even attempting the woodland walks she'd shared with her family every weekend before her diagnosis.

The moment everything shifted

Sarah first tried the SD Motion Trike at one of our Wendover Woods events. She describes it as "the first time in years I didn't feel like I was holding everyone back." The Rock Shox suspension absorbed the roots and ruts that had defeated every previous attempt. The fat, knobby tyres gripped the wet chalk and clay that defines the Chilterns in autumn and winter.

"I can go on walks in the woods with my family, up hills I never thought possible. It folds into my car boot. I cannot recommend it enough." — Sarah B., SD Motion Trike customer

The Trike is a standalone all-terrain system — not an add-on to an existing chair. That distinction matters. It means the geometry is built around off-road performance from the start, not compromised by the constraints of a chair frame designed for indoor use.

What makes it work on rough terrain

Three things set the Trike apart from adapted mobility solutions that claim all-terrain capability but rarely deliver it:

  • Rock Shox suspension front fork — the same technology used on mountain bikes, tuned for the loads and speeds of a wheelchair trike. It absorbs impacts that would jar a standard frame and destabilise the rider.
  • Fat knobby tyres — wider contact patch, better grip, and more resistance to punctures on rocky ground. Crucially, they're tubeless-ready if you want to run lower pressures for soft terrain.
  • Low centre of gravity — the seating position and weight distribution are optimised for cambered paths and hillsides, not just flat ground.

The practical bit: it fits in a car

All-terrain capability is worth nothing if the system is too large or heavy to transport. The Trike folds flat — not "fold that takes two people and ten minutes" flat, but genuinely quick to collapse and load into a standard car boot.

For Sarah, this is the detail that makes the difference. She can drive to a trailhead, unload the Trike herself, and meet her family at the start of a walk — not wait for someone to set up the equipment while everyone else stands around.

Six months on

Sarah bought her Trike in November 2024. Since then, she's covered Wendover Woods, Ashridge Estate, and the towpath along the Grand Union Canal. She's back to the family walks she'd written off entirely. Her family has stopped planning routes around her limitations — because the limitations have changed.

That's not a small thing. That's the point of the whole product.