April 12, 2008: Pedal Powered Wheelchair

xoxoxoBruce · 04-12-2008, 02:55 PM

At first I thought it was a bad joke.
Wouldn't someone be in a wheelchair because they couldn't use their legs?
According to the UK distributer;

Quote:

a clamp-on cycle for wheelchair users enabling opportunities for exercise or rehabilitation to short or long term wheelchair users.

I never thought of that.

I guess I'd fallen into the stereotype trap, of just seeing all people in wheelchairs having the same (dis)ability.

lumberjim · 04-12-2008, 03:12 PM

does it come with one of those big long flexible flag staffs and baseball card for the spokes?

TheMercenary · 04-12-2008, 06:11 PM

Just don't push him down a hill unattended. It could become ugly quick.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-12-2008, 11:14 PM

No problem, he's got brakes.

Gravdigr · 04-13-2008, 02:59 PM

I just got this crazy image in my head of a couple of kids at the family reunion pushing Aunt Ethel, 100 yrs old, really really fast in this wheelchair/pedal rehab thing, and her skinny 100 yr old legs pumping up and down like crazy.

hulk · 04-15-2008, 05:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Just don't push him down a hill unattended. It could become ugly quick.

So you're saying the poor guy's condition would be going downhill fast?!

spudcon · 04-15-2008, 09:35 PM

Hell's Grampas tricycle gang

toranokaze · 04-16-2008, 03:32 PM

First funny Bruce. Second this is the most retarded thing I have seen in awhile.

SPUCK · 04-19-2008, 04:36 AM

bawaHAHAHAHA!!

Imigo Jones · 04-19-2008, 12:56 PM

Kinda a sidecar for spudcon's Heck's Grandpas:

Next, riding in the front!

I don't see how these ones are steered without handlebars--I guess just by pushing on that bar on the back of the chair (like steering a lawn mower):

Doesn't count as a wheelchair bicycle, but this bicycle taxi does seem to confirm the steering speculation re the previous pics:

Replace the bicycle taxi's passenger seat with one of these, though, and you do get a wheelchair bicycle, after all (note "cowcatcher" in front to latch into taxi's DOT-mandated safety bar):

spudcon · 04-19-2008, 05:18 PM

Isn't that Bill O' Reilly hauling Madelyn Albright?

Sundae · 04-19-2008, 07:13 PM

Hey. well researched Imigo.
I love the idea that sporty types can include disabled loved ones.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-19-2008, 08:22 PM

She's watching the GPS, so they don't get lost.

04-12-2008, 03:12 PM	#2
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	does it come with one of those big long flexible flag staffs and baseball card for the spokes? Attached Images __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan Last edited by lumberjim; 04-12-2008 at 03:27 PM.

04-12-2008, 06:11 PM	#3
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Just don't push him down a hill unattended. It could become ugly quick. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

04-12-2008, 11:14 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	No problem, he's got brakes. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-15-2008, 09:35 PM	#7
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	Hell's Grampas tricycle gang Attached Images

04-16-2008, 03:32 PM	#8
toranokaze I'm still a jerk Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Little Mexico Posts: 1,817	First funny Bruce. Second this is the most retarded thing I have seen in awhile. __________________ "Without deviation from the norm progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa It is the ignorance of ignorance that lead to the death of knowledge The Virgin Mary does not weep for her son, for he is in paradise. She weeps for the world , for we are in suffering.

04-13-2008, 02:59 PM	#5
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	I just got this crazy image in my head of a couple of kids at the family reunion pushing Aunt Ethel, 100 yrs old, really really fast in this wheelchair/pedal rehab thing, and her skinny 100 yr old legs pumping up and down like crazy.

04-19-2008, 04:36 AM	#9
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	bawaHAHAHAHA!!

04-19-2008, 12:56 PM	#10
Imigo Jones Tornado Ali Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Used to be woods in town on prairie; now Emerald City Posts: 82	A few bike designs for wheelchair riders who can't work the pedals themselves Kinda a sidecar for spudcon's Heck's Grandpas: Next, riding in the front! I don't see how these ones are steered without handlebars--I guess just by pushing on that bar on the back of the chair (like steering a lawn mower): Doesn't count as a wheelchair bicycle, but this bicycle taxi does seem to confirm the steering speculation re the previous pics: Replace the bicycle taxi's passenger seat with one of these, though, and you do get a wheelchair bicycle, after all (note "cowcatcher" in front to latch into taxi's DOT-mandated safety bar):

04-19-2008, 05:18 PM	#11
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	Isn't that Bill O' Reilly hauling Madelyn Albright? Attached Images

04-19-2008, 07:13 PM	#12
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Hey. well researched Imigo. I love the idea that sporty types can include disabled loved ones. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

04-19-2008, 08:22 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	She's watching the GPS, so they don't get lost. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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