As some of you know, I twatted my ankle recently so I am fairly immobile at the moment. At the weekend I went out to Avon Tyrrell for a catch up about last years Big Bike Bash and our plans for next years and while I was there I had a go in an off-road wheel chair.
These things are scary pricey (£10,000 + ) and the only place you seem able to test them is at the premises of the people selling them. There don’t seem to be places where you can compare and contrast different ones and also chat to the day to day users of them.
I won’t really know if I can walk, ride etc or how much of that I can do until next summer so I have time on my hands. I thought about launching the CCC.
CCC – ?Cool Chair Challenge?
Off Road wheel chair event with multiple competitions for all different types of machine, Beer and Cider festival, Music
The format might sound strangely familiar
What I need is feedback and thoughts from long term chair users and anyone else who is in a similar position. It is aimed at the active and adventurous chair bound person.
I have looked at many specifically disabled forums but they don’t get much traffic and seem very focussed (understandably) on the day to day aspects of life.
If any of you fit the description, or know someone who does, please either post up on this thread of email me directly. Email in profile.
Possible location : New Forest
Possible Date : End of August
Possible Duration : Probably only 1 day for the first year