Monday, March 09, 2015

Companion for disabled recumbent rider - any volunteers?

We have received a note from Chris Jeggo of West Surrey CTC asking if anyone from SWL would be prepared to help a disabled cyclist in the Weybridge area. Chris writes:

"He was in the Army and injured in a training accident in the nineties, paralysed from somewhere round the upper chest downwards.  He rides a hand-cranked recumbent trike, which is very fast down hills and very slow up them.  He lives in Weybridge, Oatlands Village area, so quite close to some of your members, perhaps.
I enjoy the rides - he's good company.  I've taken him up quite a few hills in the North Downs.  He's found them tough but he's got up them.  It's quite amazing what he can do despite his handicap.  The rides have averaged 30 hilly miles so far."

If anyone is prepared to help please contact either Simon Lambourn or myself and we will pass on contact details.

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