What is a reasonable way to take a handicapped person along on a bicycle tour?
Posted: April 8th, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: Travel For Disabled | Tags: along, bicycle, handicapped, person, reasonable, take, tour | 5 Comments »i am up to build something or buy something, can’t be to expensive. The passenger will not be able to do any of the work. i would preferably have 2 people pulling/ pushing the person by tandem. must be safe, breaking is important.Thanks
if you rig something like a wheel chair to attach to the seat post. ive seen it before becuse for the MS150 in VA there is a team “team bruse”. burse has MS and cant walk that pulled him 75 miles in 5 hours….coolest thing i here saw…i know it was hard cause thay trained for it.. it wont be easy…think of what they use to pull trucks out of the mud…or tow bars
You can get a bicycle trailer from nashbar, and use the attachment to attach a very light four wheeled trailer. If you attach it behind a tandom crosstrainer, you should have no problems with breaking, and if you are extremely concerned with breaking, you can add dic breaks.
you can put a camera on your bike and live feed to a tv via rf and place the handicapped person in front of the tv in a room on a comfortable chair
A lot is going to depend on the level and type of disability their weight and how far you are expecting to travel.
A standard tandem with a strong rider as captain can get a quite disabled rider impressive distances.
If balance is an issue there are a few options
Tandem recumbent trikes.
http://www.greenspeed.com.au/gsmodels/gttimg.html
Hase make a trike that can be joined to several others.
http://www.hase-bikes.com/ens/news/index.php?show=swf_neu07&sub=news&id=0
richshaws, pedicabs that could do the job.
http://www.rickshawforum.com/
An other opotion could be a quadcycle
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2004/12/rhoades_car_a_q.php
http://www.bikemania.biz/QuadCycles_Go_Karts_s/285.htm
There are few trailers that can handle adult weight. These do,but you need to get brakes fitted to haul weight safely.
http://www.bikesatwork.com/bike-trailers/
A cross bar with caliper brakes fitted to each wheel should do it. There are two into one fittings that will apply equal pressure here is an example. http://www.trimuter.com/BL2-1-P13C4.aspx A splitter could be fitted on the trailer and run through a long sheath to a standard lever.
This could be fitted for a stoker (tandem) or to replace the rear brake if pulling with a single bike.
Go for it. Seeing people with disabilities enjoying cycling is inspirational. Just getting out there and giving it a go is a lot more than many other people do.(handicapped or not)
That depends on their disability. We use tandems for the blind to ride TOSRV every year. If the person is a para -or quadriplegic then you need a side car or tricycle set up. You got some great links from Glenn. Have you considered a trailer? It would have to be custom made, no doubt. But it may be a safe way to go, and it could be attached to different bikes and a “team” of riders could take turns.
Good luck, I think it’s great that you are doing this.