A guy in a wheelchair goes into a bike shop and... it sounds like a joke. But Sean is serious, he wants to go cycletouring using a handcycle. So Dan from Wooleys Wheels gave him my number, and I got him round to Megan's workshop so we could have a look. Basically he just needs to be able to tow his chair behind the cycle, and was getting all excited about using a bike trailer. I pointed out that he already had most of the trailer right there. So we rigged up a quick and dirty prototype out of mild steel and sent him off to test it and see how it goes. He rang Megan to say he likes it, but he hasn't come back to demand a proper one yet... so maybe we have to wait 'til it breaks. Photos mostly by Phuong, thinking and metalwork by Megan and Moz, feedback from Sean.
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