About a week ago I received an email informing me of a Charity ride taking place on the 14th June and of a request for help. One of the participants of the ride is Ray Edwards - the CEO of the Limbless Association and he has found himself without a bike to use. Now, Ray is a quad amputee and requires a side by side tandem - he'll be riding 15 miles with a friend who is also an amputee, which is pretty impressive given the weight of the bike. CTC as you know, is in a very fortunate position as we are becoming one of the biggest disability cycling providers in the UK and as a consequence we have a number of adapted bicycles.So, during my meeting this afternoon, I made an immediate call to my colleague Clive Andrews, who has very kindly offered to lend Ray the side by side tandem that he has at Alice Holt.
In return, CTC will get mentioned in any press releases/radio interviews surrounding the event and I have been invited to have a stand to promote my work in Reading and of course the benefits of membership.
To find out more about the ride, please see here.
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When it comes to side-by-side tandems, I quite like the 2Can, not that I've ever seen one "in the steel". It doesn't look significantly more recumbent than the one being loaned (and "recumbent" is good news, of course!), but the handlebar arrangement seems completely different (underseat steering on the 2Can, above seat steering on the loan trike).
Other tandems (bikes, not trikes) which "do the biz" as far as I'm concerned are the Barcroft Columbia — never seen one! — and the Hase Pino (seen one, but never been on one).
With that young lady as standard perched on the front of the Pino could any red-blooded male resist ordering one immediately! (Have I just fallen into the marketing trap?)
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