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Brilliant, touching and your boy has a fantastic giggle! Unashamed to say I have a tear in my eye... Great production too!
I am 6 foot 2 and 17 stone and crying like a baby!
Stunning stuff!
It's moments like this you realise actually how awesome life can be, especially when it has bikes in it 🙂
DrP
To those who were wondering where we got this bike from, it's a company called [url= http://www.theraplay.co.uk ]Theraplay[/url], but there are a handful of other companies too. There are many options for customisation so will appeal to most of you lot on here 🙂
The frame bolts together by hand and we bought an additional attachment to allow it to be used as a tag-a-long bike too. Calipers, pedal platforms, back supports etc are all optional extras. To any of you parents with disabled children thinking of spending some money on bikes, you'll be unsurprised by my recommendation to spend it on one of these 😀
[EDIT] Here's my original post asking for recommendations for trikes [url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/special-needs-trikes ]clicky[/url]
He's getting more joy from that than most of us miserable ****s manage, absolutely brilliant- top work James and Stilltortoise.
Wonderful!
Ha, that's ACE 😀 Check out the grin on that lads face 😀
That's wicked I want one,its also very nice to see your lad loving it
Just brilliant
Brightened up my Monday 😀
Heart warming Vid - is brilliant him giving a backy!
I'm a bit fat brute of a guy, and it suddenly got very dusty in here
Awesome 😀
This is why ST needs a "Like" button
I'm so SO pleased this has brought a big smile to the face of so many people. He's such an amazing lad and is never short of a smile and a laugh, but he did get a bit giddy when he got pedalling 😆
Brilliant 😀
The best thing posted on here in ages
High five to James the latest addition to the world of singlespeed godliness.
Cannot believe how much fun the lad is having on it. Top job by you Mr. Fatherman.
At the risk of repeating things
Superb
Brilliant
Bit dusty in here
etc 🙂
My Post of The Year So Far.
🙂
That's made my day 
On tonight's ride James learnt that whilst riding a trike on two wheels is fun, those two wheels aren't guaranteed to return to solid ground 😳 🙂
fantastic 😀 getting a bike is awesome.i hope he has a grand time riding it 🙂
Very moving that. Well done. 🙂
On tonight's ride James learnt that whilst riding a trike on two wheels is fun, those two wheels aren't guaranteed to return to solid ground
Laughing. Laughing HARD! Am sure James would understand! (At least, I hope he does...!)
But, once again, it's a little dusty here at Flash Towers!
It's that enjoyment that we all spend £000's on to try to recreate (well, I do!)
So lovely to see a kid having that much fun.
Top Dad-marks from me 😀
Now that is a happy smile 😀
Post of the year so far.
awesomes!
great! giving it the full beans at 20secs too. (made me laugh when his mate jumps on the back for a backie)
Awesome, may he have many adventures on his bike !
Best thing I've seen all day. And I've just come back from an EPIC Neil Young concert, so the trike vid is even more epic 😀
That's fantastic! Go James!
You should send Theraplay a link to your video so they can use it to replace the one on their page that doesn't work. 😉
You should send Theraplay a link to your video
Did that the other day, although they haven't bothered to reply yet 🙁
That is absolutely awesome. I'm sitting in the office seriously welling up. I can't wait to see my little boy riding his first bike.
you're like, the best dad ever!!!
thanks for the smiles
Fantastic.he did get a bit giddy when he got pedalling
I too have shed a tear.
That's fantastic. Thanks for the share!
Beyond Awesome!
Thanks for sharing.
Absolutely brilliant!
What a grin! 😀
I've watched both vids now, and have been hit by an absolutely overwhelming realisation, that at the point when he first turns the pedals to shift the bike, James leaves his world of limited mobility. That newfound liberation can be nothing short of profound, like you've unlocked an entire life's worth of fun in one go. The improvement in his leg speed and strength, plus his apparent coordination in the second video just shows what is yet to unfold for him. Tremendously powerful.
Nicely put and probably spot on
that is truly fantastic...made a jaded world weary taz feel very warm and fuzzy.
Thread title made a thousand eyes roll.. but great content! 😉
So should the cycling give him strength in his legs to walk well enough without the calipers or is it a long way off?
We really don't know what the future holds. James has a condition called PNP deficiency for which the principal danger is immune system problems. He's had two bone marrow transplants and - touch wood - he's overcome that particular problem. The reduced mobility is a secondary symptom. It's not so much a lack of strength - the fella is quite strong - but a lack of control and tone.
Since the condition is so rare no one really has enough experience to say what the prognosis is. All I'll say is that he continues to make steady improvements. I never expected to be posting a video on YouTube of the little fella enjoying riding bikes as much as this, so we're not without hope... 😀
Well this is something he loves, and obviously it's no chore for him to do so it can only do wonders. Hopefully thousands more will spot the clips on youtube and see how the trike can and will help in so many ways with balance,co-ordination and strength.
Looking forward to see how he comes on over the years ;O)
Before I typed this I was watching the new vid and it got me thinking of the millions of able bodied kids sitting at home.. glued to a screen playing video games.
The majority of them nowhere near as happy as James. Makes you wonder,eh?
;O)
James' Mum and I grew up appreciating the big open spaces and fresh air that surrounded us (we're both Peak District born and bred). I'm pleased to say that it's rubbing off on our boys.