Riders In Need

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Sometimes we go down hard and need a hand up ... but hate charity.

1) It all starts with YOUR club. Let us know what you are doing so we can link to it.

2) Use the How-To info at this web site and our free resources.

3) Get your interested club members to register so they can be told how to help others.

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Disabled Rider Resources

Tom Pomeroy will be a resource for helping disabled riders sort through bike setup and related issues. Feel free to contact Tom with YOUR ideas for how this web site can be a useful resource. tpomeroy@ridertorider.com

Tom for example rides with one arm and folks may wonder how he has set up his bike to work with his prothesis.

There are a handful of web resources. We list what seem to be the best below. And we know some craftsmen who work on race cars and chassis and special fabrications in the Indianapolis area which is a center for that sort of thing. The AMA site listed below provides those sorts of references.

So get in touch with Tom with your ideas!

http://www.ama-cycle.org/roadride/DISBresourcelistings.asp

http://www.mtb-amputee.org/motorcycleamputee.htm amputee motorsport

http://www.mmvg.nl/ Netherlands

http://www.alternativemotorcycledesign.com/

http://www.nabd.org.uk/homepage.htm Association For Bikers With A Disability, Britain

http://www.dra.thewyz.com/ Disabled Riders of America is a web site created by Robin a 38 year old disabled woman who has Spina Bifida and thus requires a wheelchair and Vinny an able bodied soft tail rider. They seek to determine the level of interest in the US for an official group modeled on the British group noted above. Growing resources page for
adaptive riding [electric shifters etc.] and trikes/sidecars.

http://www.copnor.enta.net/DRAG/ Disabled Riders Action Group/Britain

http://btw-trikers.org/home/home.html

http://www.adaptivemotorcycles.com/ adapts bikes for disabled riders

http://www.trikers.org/pages/build.html wheelchair accessible trike