http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Something more cheery - bikes for the blind en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:40:14 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11076#post-124183 Fri, 06 Sep 2013 21:20:05 +0000 Cyclingmollie 124183@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's odd because in the centre where I worked a beautiful Italian racing tandem had been bought for just that purpose and was hanging rusting on an outside wall because, so I was told, you can't ride stoker if you can't ride a bike, or at least know to lean into the corners like you would riding pillion. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11076#post-124177 Fri, 06 Sep 2013 19:42:06 +0000 gembo 124177@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Partially sighted in the article</p> <p>Maybe registered blind or visually impaired</p> <p>This technology might have helped at the isle of sheppey fog pile up? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11076#post-124173 Fri, 06 Sep 2013 17:42:44 +0000 crowriver 124173@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>All bikes were created equal in the eyes of the great spoked wheel in the heavens. Well, except for trikes: some are more equal than others it seems. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11076#post-124158 Fri, 06 Sep 2013 14:42:54 +0000 EddieD 124158@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not tandems - solo bikes :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11076#post-124134 Fri, 06 Sep 2013 12:54:58 +0000 crowriver 124134@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Also this has been going for a while. Branch in Edinburgh (at Eastside Bikes I believe):</p> <p><em>We lend tandems to (and only to) people with disabilities or special needs for free, who are unable to ride a bike safely on their own, so that they can enjoy the wonders of cycling. Our borrowers are both children and adults. </em></p> <p><a href="http://www.charlottestandems.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">http://www.charlottestandems.co.uk/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11076#post-124123 Fri, 06 Sep 2013 11:47:05 +0000 EddieD 124123@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No, really...</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-23978604" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-23978604</a> </p>