Tomcat Apprentice Special Needs Trike in Scotland

The Tomcat Apprentice is a road trike for riders with mild to profound, and multiple disabilities. It is suitable for teenagers through to adults.

The Bullet Apprentice™ is a single speed machine that is ideally suited to riders requiring a little or lot of carer supervision.

It has very open access, exceptional stability and it is ideally suited to semi-ambulant or hoist using riders when the optional swivel seat is used.

Like all Bullet models, it can be fully accessorised, with foot, leg, trunk and head supports.

We offer free assessments throughout Scotland when our fully trained Product Specialists take time with the rider and their family and health professional to ascertain suitability and advise appropriate accessories.

Call us today on 0131 440 3929 to arrange this.

Typical Apprentice options might include;

• Carer Control or Carer Braking
• Removable basket and Basket frame
• Bullet transportable “Two Piece Frame” with Removable seat
• Tow-bike trailer conversion.

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The Tomcat Apprentice has a fixed drive as standard, or an optional free-wheeling or combination drive, (both) if preferred.

Key features

• “Fixed” single speed drive
• “See and be seen” sitting position
• Adjustable between 58” and 74” user height
• Park Brake
• Front and Rear Lights
• Cushion seat and backrest

Optional Features

• Single Speed Free-wheel or combination drive
• Swivel Seat and Backrest
• Carer Control or Carer Braking
• Full postural accessories
• “Quick Release”, Two Piece frame with Removable Seat
• Trike Tidy Wall Storage (Two piece frame versions)
• Can be upgraded to Tomcat’s innovative Trailer trike ™ conversion

You can speak with a product specialist in regards to accessories that are advisable. The accessories available include;

• Back rest
• Foot shoes with straps
• Foot shoes with leg supports
• Tomcat hand mits
• Head support
• Lap strap

“The Bullet is equipped with many “world firsts” for disabled users, for example, its swivel seat makes standing transfers easier, and hoist transfers possible whilst Carer Control, allows those with learning difficulties, blindness or spatial impairment to ride in perfect safety.

The Bullets telescopic seat and pedal adjustment, mean that riders with moderate to severe physical disability can stay seated whilst leg length adjustments are made.”

We offer free home assessments or visit our showroom in Edinburgh

See the full range of Tomcat Special Needs Trikes available in Scotland

We offer the full range of Tomcat Special Needs Trikes in Scotland

Our fully trained Product Specialists offer free, no obligation assessment of the Tomcat Special Needs Trikes range throughout Scotland. One of our experienced assessors will visit you and the rider in question, with all the essential pieces of equipment needed to find out exactly what type of trike, support and features are needed. The Assessor will also be able to help answer any questions that you have on the day. Tomcat Trikes are all custom-built so we do need the rider to be present at the assessment. You will be welcome to book an assessment at our mobility showroom in Loanhead, Edinburgh – or we can come to you. All assessments are without any obligation whatsoever and our team are patient, knowledgeable and friendly!

Call us today to arrange your Special Needs Trike assessment in Scotland on

Tel: 0131 440 3929

A little about the inventor – Bob Griffin

Tomcat Special Needs Trikes founder, Bob Griffin, has been a lifelong professional engineer, with many years experience in manufacturing, marine engineering and innovation.

In 1997, Bob met his wife Anne, and her son Thomas who had Angelman’s syndrome, a profound disability, typified by severe learning difficulties, sleep disturbance and poor coordination.

Bob and Tom soon became best friends and Bob looked for ways to help Tom sleep through increasing his exercise. At that time, trikes were considered unsuitable for children like Tom on safety and ability grounds, however Bob invented an entirely new kind of trike called a “Tomcat” which overcame the difficulties that were holding children like Tom back.

Its main feature was “Carer Control” – a rear steering and braking innovation that put the carer in control of every aspect of the child’s safety.

It became Tomcat signature invention, and the industry standard for special needs trike manufacturers worldwide, however, Tomcats patented system remains the gold standard by which all others are judged.

In 2013, Tomcat won the Queens award for Innovation for the 30 plus innovations that Tomcat developed for the disabled community.