The #1 Mobility Aid for Active Seniors in 2025 (It’s Not What You Think!) Best E-Trikes for Seniors

The best mobility aids for active seniors.

Hey everyone, I'm Dustin. I've nearly 20 years of experience in the bike and e-bike industry. Today, we're going to talk about the best mobility aids for an active senior. All right, right here I've got three electric tricycles from sixthreezero that are great Mobility aids for active seniors. Now at sixthreezero, we focus on electric bikes and electric trikes, and they are gaining popular with the senior popularity with the senior community. Now, when you talk about active seniors, what that can mean is that different seniors are very different, right? What's active for one person may not be active for another. So if you're looking to get exercise, be mobile, or get out, many different options exist. It also depends on what you're looking for, and what I mean by that is, are you looking for a device that you just sit on, or a scooter that powers you? Are you looking for more of a walker that can allow you to walk and help you balance? Or perhaps you're looking for an e-bike or an e-trike, and I wanna talk a little bit about e-trikes today and how they're a great mobility aid for active seniors.

We've done a lot of test rides here, and we sell a lot of electric tricycles across the United States. We find that an e-trike or an e-bike is something that resonates with active seniors for a couple of reasons. Now, number one, many people, as they start to get older, start to have balance issues, but they still want to get out and ride a bicycle. Bicycles are a very low-impact form of exercise that's great for keeping your legs moving. But unfortunately, when many riders have lost their balance, they would move to a tricycle. Well, the old school tricycle is very cumbersome, heavy, hard to take long distances, and hard to take up hills. So for a lot of seniors, maybe it's not the best choice. Also, they can be unbalanced and uncomfortable to ride. Well, welcome to the new age of trikes and electric tricycles. Electric tricycles are the upgraded version of standard tricycles, and they resonate with the active senior community because electric tricycles have a motor, either located in the rear, the front, or the middle, and they can assist you while you pedal on your own. Now, when you have the electric assist, you can introduce these safety features like the fatter tires and the recumbent style, and you can still pedal because now you can utilize the assistance of the motor, and like I said, what's great is you can dictate how much assistance you get.

You can get the least amount of assistance, which is level one, or the most amount of assistance, which is level two. The other great thing is, let's say that you were a senior who opted for a mobility scooter, and that's something that you use in your life. The cool thing about e-trikes is that they can also act as a mobility scooter because you can have a throttle on here. The throttle can be twisted, or sometimes they have push throttles, and you press it, and you go without pedaling at all. So now you have an electric tricycle that you can either pedal to get exercise if you want, or you can utilize the throttle to go without pedaling whatsoever. Huge benefit because you can stay active, get exercise, or take a break, utilize the throttle, and this becomes your mobility transportation. So if you're an active senior out there, you want something that can get you out into the world, get you around, and you can also go on long-range rides, 10 miles or more, an electric trike is a really, really good mobility aid option for you. Now, in addition to that as well, again, find a trike that suits your body. You can see these two right here are the Simple Glide. These have high backrests, very comfortable. You can also get something like the Relaxed Body, more of a traditional trike, but it still has that recumbent style with the forward pedaling design. The other benefit of the Simple Glide right here, you have a footrest. 

So if you want to stop pedaling and get around, you can do that. So these are things you can use to go out and run errands. Again, so much better than the traditional tricycle because now you can do errands, turn this into a mode of transportation, like a golf cart, but smaller, and you can pedal on it. So really, a cool option. A great way for everyone to stay active out there and keep their body moving. Now, any other questions on the topic, please reach out to us at theteam@sixthreezero.com or call us at 310-982-2877. In addition to that, we offer a 30-day test ride on your e-trike policy. If you don't love it in the first 30 days, send it back. No questions asked, no money out of your pocket. Also, we warranty everything for one year. If anything goes wrong in the first year, we take care of its parts and labor. And if you want to come out for a test ride, we are here in San Clemente, California at 1046 Kairokoto Unit K. Come test ride any of our e-trikes before you purchase and join our community. We have a Facebook group called Sixthreezero Pedalers. There are thousands of members in the group. Join the group before you purchase to talk to existing riders to ensure you're making the right choice. Then, when you have yours, post in the group, make friends, and finally download the app to track your rides and compete on the leaderboard. So thanks for sticking around, and don't forget, it's your journey or experience. Enjoy the ride.