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This mobility medical site is always looking for unique gadgets for the mobility impaired crowd. Well, I found a really good one today. It’s hard enough for older able-bodied baby boomers to ride a bicycle for any distance, so you can imagine how hard it must be for those with severe disabilities to conquer a bike.

Now imagine for amoment that you only have one leg, how difficult that must be to pedal a bicycle. This ingenious person invented and designed a rather unorthodox bicycle that you actually push/glide while seated in a sling-type seat. The seat is adjustable to allow the rider to just barely reach the pavement with his or her foot, or feet, if that is the case. This mobility product just sorta looks like a bicycle, in that it has a front and rear wheel, and a typical handlebar set up. Now take away the frame that normally supports the seat post, and substitute that with a sling looking contraption. Now add a round tubular bar that goes over the bike rider from the rear sprocket to the front forks, this gives the bike the rigidity that the needed since part of the frame was removed to make room for the new type seat. This is one weird looking conveyance, but it works.

The rider simply pushes themself forward with a foot , then glides along until the foot can maneuver to the starting point again. Push, glide, repeat.  Push, glide, repeat.  Push, glide, repeat.  Push, glide, repeat.

Get it? Folks that hadn’t ridden a bike in years because of amputations are now able to enjoy the freedom of the open spaces. People with hip injuries or recent hip replacements are able to get up and out to exercise. This is a true mobility medical product to assist the injured and infirm to get much needed exercise.

If you’re interested to see one in action, head on over to : www.glidecycle.com       

Thanks for stoppin’ by.  Till we meet again.

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