#handcycle

[freedomryderblogs]

Wheelchair Handcycle for Sale

The Wheelchair Handcycle for Sale from Freedom Ryder is a top-tier mobility accessory designed to convert manual wheelchairs into efficient handcycles. It features an ergonomic design and robust construction, providing a smooth, responsive ride on various terrains. This handcycle is ideal for users seeking an active lifestyle, offering improved independence and the ability to tackle longer distances with ease. With user-friendly attachment mechanisms and adjustable settings, it ensures a customized fit and an enjoyable cycling experience for all users. Title 3:

[paulpingminho]

[dontforgetukraine]

First Ukrainian Paralympic teams arrive in Paris: men’s swimming, sitting volleyball, badminton, table tennis and rowing. Photo: National Sports Committee for the Disabled of Ukraine, Paralympic Committee

The Ukrainian Paralympic team has secured 126 licenses for this year’s Games. The national team comprises 235 members, including 140 athletes – 96 men, 44 women – and coaches, doctors, and masseurs. In comparison, Ukraine had 138 competitors at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. For the first time, the Ukrainian team will compete in 17 sports, including two debut events: boccia (pairs and individual events) and handcycle racing.

Source: Ukrainian Paralympians push through loss and devastation to make history in Paris

[cy-cyborg]

I went to visit my parents for Christmas and while I'd been vaguely aware that I'd missed living rurally, I didn't realise how much until I got there. I live semi-rural now, technically. The nearest city (where I lived previously) is a few hours away, but right now we live on the edge of a small-ish town. my parents though, live out in the bush. while their property is small, all the neighbours have 300/400 acre farms, and the closest thing to a town is 15 minutes away (and it's really just a petrol station and I think a school with 30 or so kids).

I miss how quiet it is there, how many animals (domesticated and wild) just casually approach the house, how loud I could be without having to worry all about disturbing others, being able to go for "walks" in the bush on my handcycle, how easy it was to see the stars - it gets dark enough to see the milky way even with a full moon that far out of town. Just so many little things.

My partner and I may end up having to move back in with my parents next year due to the rental crisis, and while I'm not thrilled about that, I can't lie: I don't think I'll miss the city or suburbs lol

[betsybugaboo]

Made some art of the Down with Cis Bus & Friends collection, descriptions and notes below the cut.

Image 1: A city bus, recolored to the light blue of the outer stripes of the trans flag. It has a cartoon of the sun, wearing sunglasses, on its side in the pink of the trans flag. Its side says ‘Down with Cis’ in all caps. The background is a collage of city buildings. Over top is green lettering with neon green sides that reads ‘Down with Cis Bus & Friends’.

Image 2: A yellow flat-fronted school bus recolored in official School Bus Yellow. The side is labeled ‘Gay School’. The background is a light blue sky with white clouds and a six-color rainbow. Over top is dark blue text: at the top in bubble letters is the word ‘gay’ in all caps and at the bottom is the text ‘school bus’ in a sans-serif font. The text has neon blue ‘reflection’ accents.

Image 3: A light rail train. It has been recolored in the colors of the 9-stripe queer flag, with the purple queer chevrons on the side. The background is a grand brick train station. Over top text in the lavender of the queer chevron reads ‘Queer Liberation Now! Train’ in all caps with a dark violet drop shadow.

The Gay School Bus and my personal fascination with OSHA standards inspired this whole thing. I wanted to do a public transit theme where I also was going to do one with a bike, a trike, and a handcycle but it was such an absolute pain in the ass trying to recolor those (they were each going to be a color of the pan flag) that I scrapped that. The trike was going to have an old-school boombox in the back basket, the bicycle was going to have a helmet with the ace colors, and the handcycle was going to have a safety flag in safety orange. Other than that, the only other form of public, non-car/plane mass transit I could think of was ferries, and frankly I don’t fuck with boats. Anyway, as a reward for reading to the end, here are bigger versions:

[bxbakery]

A Long-Distance Handcycling Trek in Santa Fe

[hotnew-pt]

A jornada de recuperação do nativo de Mechanicsburg leva à primeira aparição nas Paraolimpíadas #ÚltimasNotícias

Hot News Brandon Lyons ficou paralisado do peito para baixo em 2014. Durante sua jornada de recuperação, ele descobriu o handcycling e agora está indo para as Paralimpíadas de Paris em 2024. MECHANICSBURG, Pensilvânia — Um trágico acidente ocorrido há 10 anos não impediu Brandon Lyons, natural de Mechanicsburg, de viver a vida ao máximo e atingir seus objetivos atléticos. O que Lyons não sabia…

[freedomryderblogs]

Electric Handcycle Wheelchair Attachments

The Electric Handcycle Wheelchair Attachments from Freedom Ryder are innovative devices designed to enhance mobility for wheelchair users by converting their manual wheelchairs into powered handcycles. These attachments feature a powerful electric motor and intuitive controls, providing a smooth and effortless riding experience across various terrains. With easy-to-use mounting systems and durable construction, they offer a seamless transition between manual and electric modes, ensuring versatility and convenience. Ideal for users looking to expand their range and independence, these attachments enable longer, more adventurous journeys with minimal effort.

[paulpingminho]

[biotech-news-feed]

Every spring, hundreds of bikers gather in Santa Fe, N.M., to ride through a high-desert landscape rich in art, history and Indigenous culture. This year, the author, who lost the use of his legs 12 years ago, joined them. #BioTech #science

[newsnoshonline]

Un trekking di lunga distanza in handcycling a Santa Fe Il Variegato Scenario del Santa Fe Railyard L’atmosfera carica di energia coinvolgeva centinaia di ciclisti, pronti a partire per la gara di 50 miglia dal Santa Fe Railyard. Il colore dei loro costumi in Lycra conferiva un tocco vivace al via. Attraversando i Luoghi Iconici di Santa Fe Superando la Roundhouse e Museum Hill, i partecipanti si sono immersi nella storia e nella cultura di Santa Fe. Man mano che la città si allontanava, si è pedalato attraverso i terreni ondulati dei ranch circostanti. La Sfida di un Evento Ciclistico Biennale Il secondo giorno dell’evento ciclistico biennale a Santa Fe

[streetglider]

(Electric-assisted handcycle prototype proposed as low-cost wheelchair in Bangladesh | Design Indabaから)

Researchers at BRAC University in Bangladesh have developed a three-wheeled, solar-powered vehicle driven by hand-turned handles instead of foot pedals. Research team professor, Doctor AKM Abdul Malek Azad, who belongs to a humanitarian technology organisation, delivered the vehicle prototype to the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed so that it can be adapted as an electric-assisted wheelchair.

The driver rotates the handles, which are connected to a chain ring on the front wheel, to set the vehicle in motion. The handcycle includes a compact electric motor beneath the seat so that little force is required from the driver to propel the bike. A portable solar charger kit, featuring solar panels, batteries and a charge controller, charges the motor’s battery.

The fact that the tricycle can operate off-the-grid with solar energy means that it does not have to depend on the country’s mostly unreliable electricity networks.

Now it is up to the centre to test the vehicle as a wheelchair for the next six months. Feedback from users combined with the findings of the centre’s medical officers and engineers will create a solid foundation on which to design and develop a low-cost electric wheelchair for people living with disabilities in Bangladesh’s underserved or low-income communities.

Doctor AKM Abdul Malek Azad emphasises disabled individuals’ need for an easy-to-operate electric-assisted vehicle in his country:

“Considering the difficulty which the disabled people experience every day to manoeuvre existing manual wheelchairs, it is a dire need to build up electric wheelchairs for the disabled people.”

[animerunner]

Me wishing for the millionth time that people wouldn’t use handcycles and wheelchairs interchangeably because they aren’t the same device. And I never know for sure if one being barred or allowed means the other is because they have very separate needs and just about everything.

[darael]

Also, and without meaning to imply that any of the above is untrue or inadequate:

If your cyclable city does not include handcycles, cycle rickshaws, and cargo cycles in its design (not to mention solid mass-transit options) you're doing it wrong

How to tell someone's feelings about urbanism in 1 easy step

Ask them their opinion on Dutch Cycling infrastructure