I find these types of videos quite helpful. I am working in the ideal positioning on my handcycle to maximize efficiency. Watching this straight line cranking is great reference. Based on this video, I need to recline more and move my crankset down and back.
Need more videos of him, Don. This guy is an inspiration and I'm thinking about crowd funding a bike for my para cousin. He's always been a huge hardass before his accident, I know if I got him one he would excel like this young man!
i have a grandmother whos leg was ran over as a child in germany by a tank and she will never be able to enjoy running or ridding a bike, this is one thing that im trying to make happen for her before she leaves this earth.
+Shawn Morton That does sound likely. However that's quite irrelevant. The fact that a tank might mess up your leg beyond saving doesn't disprove the fact that she was hit by a tank. Your comment makes no sense whatsoever.
suggestion, with the arms you can easily push and pull, while legs mostly push. Additionally legs are typically used with 180°phase while arms are typically used in sync.
I appreciate the need for handcycles, and recumbent bikes... I've been looking at getting one. This video, though, is rubbish - even if the product is any good (which you can't tell). Endless footage of the rider going in a straight (or near-straight) line, over flat sealed surface... This does not demonstrate for how much effort it takes to get the bike started, or how it brakes, or handles bumps, or corners. 1 out of 10, dude.
How are you I 'm Oliver and I'm studying 3 semester of high school, I 'm doing a project with colleagues in my room which is a bike for disabled and non-disabled who can pedal with your hands, my problem is that I doubt about how to put the brake system in a way that leads to turning the pedals could you tell me how your handbike works in the brake system can not get stuck ? I would appreciate. Cheers
Thousands of miles without contact to the frame or the road except one accident on my Freedom Ryder head first forward flip after contact with a curb hit with my rear right wheel I didn't expect. Had to replace two rims and skin in a number of places. I hit my chin on the cub on the other side of the road, no stitches needed. Yes I was going very fast after a down hill and made a last instant decision to turn right. I am no Evil Kanevil! Winter in Colorado so I am mono-skiing at Copper Mountain and Eldora Resort a couple times a week and my Force RX hand cycle on my Cyclops indoor trainer till spring.
+Will Davis Yea my eye was drawn to that right away. The elbows come way too close to the ground. I kept thinking if there were big enough (small) rocks on the road it could really hurt a lot.
I'm looking at starting a shop that sells recumbent bicycles, and trikes, and velomobiles. And, will be including cycles that are made specifically for the physically challenged.
LINYJumper, why is everything, which is unknown immediately thought as dangerous. This is a race Handbike and like bike racing the biggest danger is doping and overtraining. Accidents are rare and mostly harmless. He won't scrape his elbows as the bike doesn't dive in corners. The feets are fixed to prevent leg suck, the chain is only moving if his hands are moving because of the low center of gravity, it is almost not flippable and in the events of a collision, you are feet first vs head first
Ok, I see that it's got great momentum.......but what about turning radius, and ease of handling during a turn? I have friends that could use a cycle that will allows for them to move forward with their physical health.
I would like to give you guys/gals a run for your money . . . where can I get parts . . . I want to put something together and come to your gathering(s).
For idiots who no longer have use of their legs yet still want to get out and about? smart comment mate. I have lost use of my legs and I would love one of these.
Not some thing I would want to ride on the street by my self. People run in to other cars all the time let alone some kid laying on the ground... in the road. Stay safe
A menos que haya la imposibilidad de usar las piernas no le veo la utilidad de exponer los codos y el físico terminando incrustado en la panza de alguna camioneta o en la defensa de un auto. Sería útil para discapacitados pero un poco mas alto para un fácil acceso .
The head posistion is actualy no different to sitting on a couch or chair and is far less worse for you then sitting on an computre chair all day at work. The risk of carpal tunnel is very small, you use your shoulders through to your arms to move not your wrist. And in any case the benifits of someone in a chair being active far outway the risks of sitting on you're ass.
