Story to come
- Who’s riding
- Name, as the family agrees
- What they wanted
- In the family’s own words
- What we adjusted
- The bike, and how we set it up
- Riding now
- Where and how they ride
Can we help someone like you? Yes.
Whether the bike is for you, your child, or someone you support, the first step is a conversation. No rush, no jargon, and nothing decided until you’re ready.
The plain answer
Yes, we can help someone like you.
We have 8 to 10 core adaptive bikes, including trikes for children and trikes for adults. None of them is handed over as it came to us. Each one is adjusted to the person who will ride it, so by the time it’s ready it is, near enough, made for them.
If you’re not sure riding is possible, that’s a good reason to talk to us, not a reason to wait.
We talk with:
- Parents looking for a bike or trike for their child
- Adults getting back on a bike, including after a stroke or an amputation
- Therapists and occupational therapists
- Schools
- Charities helping to fund a bike
How it works
Three steps. You set the pace.
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A conversation
Tell us about the rider: what they’d like to do, and anything that makes riding tricky. By email or in the shop. Nothing is decided at this stage.
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A fitting
We look at the right bike together, then adjust it to the rider. The bike fits the person, not the other way round.
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Riding
Then the rider rides. That’s the whole point.
The bikes
A core range, adjusted to each rider.
Between 8 and 10 core bikes. What matters most is what happens at the fitting, when we set one up for the person riding it.
Trikes for adults
The rest of the core range
Rider stories
It has been done before.
Families have written to us about what riding has meant to them. We’ll share their stories here, but only with written consent, and only in the way each family chooses.
Story to come
- Who’s riding
- First name only
- What they wanted
- In the family’s own words
- What we adjusted
- The bike, and how we set it up
- Riding now
- Where and how they ride
No photograph, at the family’s choice
Story to come
- Who’s riding
- Initials only
- What they wanted
- In the family’s own words
- What we adjusted
- The bike, and how we set it up
- Riding now
- Where and how they ride
For therapists, OTs and schools
Working alongside you.
We work with therapists, occupational therapists and schools, as well as the families themselves. Get in touch the same way anyone else would, and you’re welcome to be part of the conversation from the start.
We’ll keep it in plain terms and work to what the rider needs.
Help with funding
Finding a way to pay for it.
We work with families, charities, schools, and health or social work budgets, case by case, to find a funding route.
Every situation is different, so the best first step is to tell us yours. We’ll talk it through with you.
Talk to us
Start a conversation.
Tell us as much or as little as you like. There are no wrong answers, and you don’t need to know what kind of bike you’re after.
- No commitment and no hard sell
- Plain English, no jargon
- We talk to the rider, not about them
Prefer to write your own email? Send it to adaptive@clydebankcycles.co.uk