Our One Arm Drive (OAD) is already proving very popular. With all major manufacturers now wanting to fit the Nomad OAD to their one arm driven wheelchairs, things are looking good. Talking of looking good, here's a photo of the OAD, as fitted to our Mrk1 wheelhair...you would hardly notice it's there at all!  

Early reports from demonstrations confirm what our tests found. This is the most efficient One Arm drive on the market. The minimal amount of play in the drive mean that the user saves a massive amout of energy when propelling themselves with the Nomad OAD.

We had the pleasure of meeting a motor racing legend at a recent event - Sir Stirling Moss!

 Mark and Sir Stirling Analysing Nomad's productsSir Stirling was very nice and took a great interest in our new products, as we had made use of motor racing tachnologies in the One Arm Drive (thanks to a racing fanatic Director at Nomad...).

Here's an extract of a recent press release on the subject:

Nomad was selected out of some 100 exhibitors to meet Sir Stirling, due to Nomad Director Mark Owen’s activities in motor racing, as well as the innovative new products we launched at the show.

“Sir Stirling was on fine form”, says Jon Owen, Mark’s brother and co-Director of Nomad, “you can still see that fire in the eyes”.

Mark and Sir Stirling swapped race track stories, as well as some technical thoughts on the one arm drive, which Sir Stirling thought was great.Mark deomonstrating the One Arm Drive to Sir Stirling

Mark adds “Getting positive technical feedback from a legend like Sir Stirling was amazing. He immediately saw the benefits of applying the technology we have and thought we should do very well with it.”

The one arm drive is proving very popular all round, with most major manufacturers wishing to use the Nomad product on their chairs.

This Year's Mobility Roadshow (East of England Showground, July 1st - 3rd) is Nomad' selected platform for the launch two new products...

ONE ARM DRIVE

The first product will be a new one arm drive (hemiplegic) unit. This allows the wheelchair user to propel and manouevre a wheelchair with one arm. As you ould expect, many features are unique to Nomad's design: It uses Spinergy Wheels, making it the coolest OAD around. It also allows up to 9 degrees of camber, making it ideal for sports. Both wheels are also quick release.

The clever design makes for much les play between the two pushrims, making it far easier and more effcient to push. Plus, because it's an original Nomad design, it looks great to....why compromise?

Portable Transfer Aid / Monkey Pole

Our second product should help to revolutionise travel for people with limited mobility. We have designed a portable transfer aid, or 'monkey pole'. For the first time, there is a transfer aid that is truly mobile - Nomad's design lets it dissasemble and fit into a regular holdall bag! This makes it perfect for travel, as well as for home use. Mark Owen, Nmad Director says:

“Thi product has quite simply changed my life. I travel a lot with work, and I also like to holiday whenever possible. Transfers were always an uncertainty before – you never knew what you would get at your destination. That got me thinking about something I could take with me. This now gives me perfect peace of mind…No matter where I go, I take the Nomad transfer aid with me.”

More information (names, images, prices) will be available from Nomad after the official launch at Mobility Roadshow. Both products will be available direct from Nomad and from all good retailers.

Thanks as always.

The Nomad Team.

Update on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 11:15AM by Nomad

Our two new products have been launched and you can now download brochures for these items on this website...enjoy!

Able Magazine have given Nomad's Mrk1 Wheelchair 4 Stars in it's product rating feature.

Mark Owen, Nomad Director said "This is a huge compliment to all involved in the design, manufacture and sale of this award winning wheelcair."

The award is given following an extended trial by a wheelchair user, so this really is the ultimate statement of success. The wheelchair is already an award winner in design circles, having won a 2009 Design Management Europe Award, but winning high praise in the field is where it really counts. Nomad are ready to launch two new products at the Mobility Roadshow, which takes placeat Peterborough's East of England Showground on 1st - 3rd July.

Nomad will be atending the Mobility Roadshow again this year.

This year, the venue of the event has changed to Peterborough, at the East of England Showground.

The roadshow takes place on July 1st, 2nd and 3rd and promises to be the best yet.

Nomad will be unvailing not one, but two new products at the show...No clues yet, but keep checking these blogs for updates.

We also regularly update our  profile, as well as our  page (@nomadwheelchair)

Nomad will be exhibiting on stand E6 at the Mobility Roadshow and look forward to seeing lots of new (and old) faces there.