Just spotted to the side of the road, then stopped and chatted with, a lad with an armbike.
A third wheel clamped to the front of a standard wheelchair, with a rowing action 'handle' connected via a reciprocating loop of chain to a simple free hub.
Looked a really good fit for the lad, and less cumbersome/complex (both in manufacture and use) than the handbike versions I've seen before...
http://www.armbike.se
Armbike
Re: Armbike
yup it looks quite a neat thing really
cheers
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Re: Armbike
It is, the chain is fixed at the base of the arm, so it relies on the freewheel for resetting for the next stroke.
Looked really good, the lad was having a great time - newfound freedom
Looked really good, the lad was having a great time - newfound freedom
A shortcut has to be a challenge, otherwise it would just be the way. No situation is so dire that panic cannot make it worse.
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Re: Armbike
Fantastic bit of kit, engineering in action.
Any UK distributor ?
Any UK distributor ?
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Be more Mike.
The road goes on forever.
Re: Armbike
Don't know, but they are available in the U.K. in some way or another
A shortcut has to be a challenge, otherwise it would just be the way. No situation is so dire that panic cannot make it worse.
There are two kinds of people in this world: those can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are two kinds of people in this world: those can extrapolate from incomplete data.