Everyone agrees walking running and cycling contribute enormously to mental and physical health.I was just reading how a Society for the blind paired up sighted and blind riders.
My initial thought is such a pity you cannot do this for cyclists.You can hardly tie handlebars together.Especially on the road.Then i thought of tandems.Do you think there is potential for more blind people to take up cycling via tandems?
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Encouraging blind cyclists
Re: Encouraging blind cyclists
The Tandem Club: "Tandeming with a disability":
https://tandem-club.org.uk/files/inform ... abled.html
Jonathan
https://tandem-club.org.uk/files/inform ... abled.html
Jonathan
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Up forum there have been other threads talking about this issue. Instead of rehashing it might be worth your while to do a search.briansnail wrote: ↑4 Sep 2022, 2:01pm Everyone agrees walking running and cycling contribute enormously to mental and physical health.I was just reading how a Society for the blind paired up sighted and blind riders.
My initial thought is such a pity you cannot do this for cyclists.You can hardly tie handlebars together.Especially on the road.Then i thought of tandems.Do you think there is potential for more blind people to take up cycling via tandems?
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Re: Encouraging blind cyclists
Charlottes Tandems I believe do this ?
Re: Encouraging blind cyclists
They do. And are on the Tandem Club page with many others.
Jonathan
Jonathan
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A very active tandem group for vision impaired and sighted cyclists in Glasgow.
https://www.cyclinguk.org/group/glasgow-tandem-club
https://www.cyclinguk.org/group/glasgow-tandem-club
geomannie
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On the back of a tandem sounds great for the blind but on todays' roads with the volume of traffic I hope nobody is planning to invent AI run automated bikes for the blind
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Re: Encouraging blind cyclists
I remember piloting a tamden in the late ‘80’s with a blind stocker on the back, quite an experience. As I recall the tamdens were owned by a charity but I forget which one. Whatever, I’d be happy to pilot again but tamden riding takes a bit of getting used to.briansnail wrote: ↑4 Sep 2022, 2:01pm Everyone agrees walking running and cycling contribute enormously to mental and physical health.I was just reading how a Society for the blind paired up sighted and blind riders.
My initial thought is such a pity you cannot do this for cyclists.You can hardly tie handlebars together.Especially on the road.Then i thought of tandems.Do you think there is potential for more blind people to take up cycling via tandems?
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Don’t fret, it’s OK to: ride a simple old bike; ride slowly, walk, rest and admire the view; ride off-road; ride in your raincoat; ride by yourself; ride in the dark; and ride one hundred yards or one hundred miles. Your bike and your choices to suit you.
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Re: Encouraging blind cyclists
A number of charity groups do this - I used to help out with ‘open country’ in Harrogate who paired up with Henshaws to do weekly tandem rides off road