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A bigger Rollator wheel performs better than a small wheel
Big wheels make big difference, 12” wheels for great passing ability, help you lightly going through some rugged surface like stone-road, boardwalk, lawn.
The wheel size matters
The performance of a rollator or walker relies heavily on the size of the wheels. The bigger the wheel, the easier it is to pass obstacles and uneven ground, and the comfort level also increases with the wheel size. A bigger wheel simply performs better than a small wheel, especially outdoors.
12" & 14" big wheels as standard
The Velopeds all have 12"/31 cm and 14"/36 cm big front- and rear wheels as standard. In comparison with conventional rollators, thanks to its bigger wheels the Veloped manages gravel, curbs, cobblestones, rocks, roots and wooden trails with both greater ease and higher comfort.
The capacity of a wheel
The maximum obstacle height that a wheel of a given size can climb when pushed, corresponds to 15% of the wheel's outer diameter. Coventional rollator usually have only 8"/20 cm small wheels that only manage 3 cm high obstacles (requires considerable force). In the right diagram you can see the maximum obstacle height that the wheel sizes 8", 12" and 14" can manage when being pushed.
| Wheel Size | A Wheel's climbing Ability in cm |
|---|---|
| 14"/36cm Walker 14er |  5.4 |
| 12"/31cm Walker 12er | 4.6 |
| 8"/20 cm Rollator | 3.0 |