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Old 02-08-09 | 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by ~Stuart~
Ok here is a question!


I have a buddy that lost virtually all mobility in one knee ( he hAs 50* flex in his knee). He wants to get back into riding but he doesn't have A bike. In the spring we will hold some fundraisers and buy him a new bike.

So here is my question. What do we do with his injured leg? It doesn't bend enough to rotate on a normal length crank, and if we shortened the crank, the other leg wouldn't rotate correctly.
And pedalstrike would be an issue if his foot just sat at the bottom all the time...

His injured leg is the left, so nondeive side, and it's a bike that will be used every day on the roads.

And if your up for it a list of parts.
I met a guy the other day that had a solution that worked for him, but this is presuming that the mobility isn't returning? A 20 pound weight for a pedal combined with a peg, though this fellow had no leg on that side and no prostetic so he didn't need a peg. It'd work pretty easily on a recumbent too.

This guy he told me it worked really well and I believed him, especially when the next thing he asked was where to complain about TTC buses refusing him rides home when he goes on long rides out of the core. Said he'd find himself way north and west sometimes, and when he'd try to ttc home instead of riding they would turn him down?! He'd have to wait sometimes 3-4 buses for a driver with common sense to come along, they'd tell him "no bikes" or "no bikes at this time" (rush hour? I didn't ask, didn't matter). He'd tell them that this ain't no bike it's my gettin around, like a wheel chair, and show them that he had one leg and they'd tell him didn't matter, no bikes, and leave. Wow. The drivers with sense let him on without question.

Anyway, good to see the bffsggfsfg forum is still going strong, cya around, but only if you notice peds at all. I'm only riding my ute a little these days, but I'm getting a cheap bike for getting around, one of those SE things, the people that make the pkripper? With some risers and new parts it'll be a fine getting around bike.
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