Cycling with a disability. I'm gonna try it!

[Velorum59]

Ah, another bendy person.

My wife is hypermobile, although health issues means that riding a bike is beyond her at the moment. My son, potentially, is, but competes regionally and nationally, so probably not a good example.

But there is another member of his cycling club, 12 years old, who is hypermobile, and whose knee tends to track outwards a bit. She's much more mild than her sister, who doesn't ride. Thinking that cycling is very good exercise for the hypermobile (unless you have a big crash), as movements are restricted by the pedals.

My wife also has EDS and cant ride a bike at all at the moment.

Personally I find the fact that its a non weight bearing activity really helpful - despite frequently subluxing of my hips. I no longer fix my feet to the pedals as for some reason the rigidity of this hurts my knees. If I keep it all loose down there I have far fewer problems.

 

[Bio_Carbon]

^^^^ Thanks @Bio_Carbon

I'm glad I may have helped, but I really need to stop visiting forums after hours when I had my "nightcap", because that was painful to read back sober. Believe it (or more likely) not, I worked as a translator at a publishing house. I've confidentially corrected translations by English native speakers. Nothing of that remains after a couple of cocktails. 😭