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Rugby Sports Wheelchair

Rhino Rugby Wheelchairs are built to withstand the high impact and aggressive nature of Wheelchair Rugby. The Rhino is one of the World’s best Rugby Wheelchairs. All our Rugby Wheelchairs are built by highly experienced fabricators who are working for a company that has over 20 years involvement in the sport.

“Want to be the best athlete in your game a Melrose Rhino will help you achieve this.”

We use the highest quality materials and components to build our wheelchairs, many of the components are built in-house by our team of qualified engineers using the latest CNC technology.

Offensive chairs with various wing alternatives or defensive chairs with variations of pickbars can be built - you can view these and many other options below.

  Standard Specifications
  • Offensive or Defensive chair
  • Choice of pick bar styles in alloy
  • Fixed camber bar between 12° and 20°
  • Cross spoked wheels 24” with high pressure tyres
  • Hard anodised pushrims and quick release axles
  • Rollerblade castors
  • Adjustable height alloy tube footplate
  • Adjustable height back
  • Adjustable tension seat sling with height adjustable back upholstery
  • Holes for bindings
  Options and Accessories
  • Individual designs for wings can be accommodated - double, single and/or inverted
  • Tapered seat width and back
  • Adjustable tension back upholstery
  • Heat Treated Frame
  • Ergonomically designed seating system - Ergo Seat
  • Anti-tips with alloy or plastic plating protection
  • ABS or alloy footplate fixed or fully adjustable
  • Offensive or defensive style steel bolt on pick bar
  • Spinergy wheels - 24”, 25” or 26”
  • Various spoke guard designs:
  • - Polycarb offensive and defensive
  • - Polyethylene offensive
  • - Polyethylene / red rubber defensive
  • - Alloy spoke guards
  • Red or black rubber coated pushrims. Oversize pushrims with 6 or 12 tape
  • Hip strap, leg strap, foot strap
  • Back bar cover, cushions 1” 2” 3” or 4”
  • Fabric, Alloy or ABS side guards
  • Wheel bag to accomodate (two or four) 24”, 25” or 26” wheels

Features

We provide a wide array of Usable & Flexible Features
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SEATING DIMENSIONS

We all sit differently, we all push differently, precise fabrication to your measurments ensure comfort and efficient propelling.

PICK BAR STYLES

Our pick bar styles have been developed over 20 years by our clients, or design your own - we can build them.

DIFFERENT WING TYPES

Don't want to be "picked", then use wings - Melrose builds you wings™.

WHEEL & CASTOR CHOICES

We can build your Rhino to suit Delfi, Meyra or Spinergy wheels, our castors are 92a hardness and come in two sizes.

RESTRAINT SYSTEMS

Velcro straps in different widths and lengths or ratchet straps for seriously secure immobilisation.

HEAT TREATED FRAME

Our aluminium frames can be treated to remove residual stress and impart strength.

Titanium Options

Light and Strong - The top 2 things you need.
In 1992 our very first Melrose wheelchair was fabricated from titanium, although it was a day chair it highlights our 28 years experience in working with titanium.   Later in 2006 we developed our first titanium rugby wheelchair for a Japanese rugby player.

We had been previously testing titanium fabrication for weld retention during impact by creating titanium pickbars and testing them on existing aluminium frames - results can best be described as spectacular. Fast forward several years and with further development we now build lo point titanium rugby wheelchairs.

Although titanium is twice as heavy as aluminium, titanium's high modulus (stiffness) allows for much thinner sidewalls in the tubing that is used - this means much less metal is used in the frame compared to an aluminium frame. The thinner sidewalls along with the higher melting temperature means that skilled fabricators require longer build periods. This increases the cost of a titanium sportschair - a new titanium defensive rugby chair for example would be twice the cost of an aluminium rugby chair.

Contact us and talk to our fabricator's - they can answer all your rugby wheelchair questions and help you script your new titanium rugby wheelchair.

Heat treated frames

Stronger stress free Aluminum frames

We can heat treat your aluminium Rhino frame using a solution annealing process.

The Rhino frame is first attached to a jig frame to prevent deformation during the procedure, its then placed in an oven and heated above its upper critical temperature to 430-540°C, at which point the alloying constituents are taken into solution (i.e., brought near their melting point), this removes residual stress from the welded and bent parts.

Its then quickly cooled (quenched) in a water - polymer based solution. After its cooled it is measured and adjusted for tolerances and then placed in the oven again to temper over several hours to impart some toughness.

Although this process removes stress around welds and adds some additional toughness it also adds time to the build so the time and cost are increased.

SPORTS WHEELCHAIR OPTIONS

Melrose Sports Chairs come with a large range of custom fittings and accessories. Choose from the selection below and tick the box/s on the wheelchair script form.

DEFENSIVE / MIDPOINT PICKBAR STYLES

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PB005
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PB006
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PB007

OFFENSIVE PICKBAR STYLES

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PB009
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PB010
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PB011
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PB012
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PB013
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PB014


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PB015
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PB016

SPOKE GUARDS

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SG001
Alloy with Alloy Pushrim
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SG002
Clear Polycarb with separate Red Rubber Pushrim
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SG003
Black Poly with separate Red Rubber Pushrim
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SG004
Black Poly with Red Rubber Pushrim
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SG005
Black Poly with Black Rubber Pushrim
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SG006
Black Poly with Alloy Pushrim


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SG006OS
Black Poly with Oversize Alloy Pushrim
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SG006OS
Black Poly with Undersize Red Rubber Pushrim

ANTI TIP GUARDS

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AT001
Aluminium Anti Tip Guard
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AT002
Poly Anti Tip Guard
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AT003
Rolled Poly Anti Tip Guard

FOOTPLATE

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FP001
Carbon Fibre Dish Footrest

SINGLE ARM DRIVE

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Single Arm Propelling Side
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Non Propelling Side
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Drive Axle
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Both Push Rims

GLOVES

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45410
Melrose Palm Gloves - Suede
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45420
Melrose Palm Gloves - Double Strap
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45440
Melrose Palm Gloves - Leather
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45450
Melrose High Wrist Gloves

STRAPS AND BINDINGS

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50020
Ratchet Binding - Hips
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XXXXX
PelviLoc Ratchet Binding - Hips / Legs
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50010
Ratchet Binding - Foot
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50011
Ratchet Binding - Feet
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45350
Melrose Hip Strap
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45404
Melrose Foot Strap


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45402
Melrose Leg Straps
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45210
Melrose Chest Strap
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45212
Melrose Chest Strap - Wide

UPHOLSTERY

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1" / 45240      2" / 45250
3" / 45260      4" / 45220
Melrose Standard Foam Cushion
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45181
Melrose Custom Wheel Bags
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45500
Melrose Fabric Skirt Guards

ACCESSORIES

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40498
Melrose Flexible Back-post Cap
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Melrose Grip Goo
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Melrose Rhino Legal Measurement Tool