BREYDON’s wheelchair trials: Melrose Hawk Ultra
breydon.id.au/locomote/trials/melrose/hawku
Tuesday 03 August 2021.
Welded, monotube chair.
Not to be confused with the highly adjustable Melrose Hawk!
A person shuffling awkwardly in an ultralight monotube wheelchair.
1. Assessment
1.1. Chair tried
| Seat width | ~ 400 mm (~ 16″) |
| Seat length | ~ 380 mm (~ 15″) |
| Backrest height | ? |
| Backrest angle | ~ 90° |
| Footrest height | ? |
| Hanger angle | ~ 90° |
| Chair length | ? |
| Chair width | ? |
| Weight in use | ? |
| Frame material | Titanium |
| Footplate | Fixed |
| Wheel camber | ? |
| Drive wheels (d.w.) | Two, towards rear |
| d.w. rims | ? |
| d.w. spokes | synthetic |
| d.w. hubs | ~ 16‐hole |
| d.w. axles | quick‐release |
| d.w. tyres | ~ 25‐540 (24×1″), pneumatic |
| Push rims | Pair A: standard narrow anodised |
| Pair B: textured narrow steel | |
| Castors | Two, 4×?″, towards front |
| ??? rim/hub/?‐spoke | |
| ??? tyres | |
| Model number | ? |
| Manufactured | ? |
2. Further reading
- ‘Hawk Ultra’ (Papanui: Melrose Kiwi Concept Chairs, 2020). https://melrosewheelchairs.co.nz/wheelchairs/hawk_ultra.html, accessed March 2021.