Blind Cyclist

[baskingshark]

There was an article in this month's Bicycling magazine about a pair of Olympic tandem-ers, one of whom is blind.

http://www.bicycling.com/article/0,6...5055-1,00.html

[midgetcycler]

One of our LBS just recently had a Biking for the Blind event. They had several people carry a blind person as a stoker on the back of a tandem, and then a second cyclist would ride beside them on a "single" bike. I didn't participate, so I don't know how many actually participated, but they had an article in the paper and everything, so I guess it was a pretty big event.

[KnottedYet]

There is also Team Bat, which has bikers who echo-locate. (no kidding)

www.teambat.org

And it truly works.

[Bikingmomof3]

My dad would take my brother biking (my brother is blind).

[eclectic]

A little different thread on the tandem topic

A good friend of mine has a disability much resembling MS but caused by - I even hate to say the words - Domestic Violence.

Her life has majorly changed and she went from a very active outgoing person to someone who constantly needs a walker to get around.

She met a friend that had a tandem and took her out on it. She started to cry with joy while riding because it gave her freedom and she was able to be back on a bike even if it was for a very short time

Sadly that person with the tandem has moved and I don't know of anyone else in town that owns one. I wish there was some type of buddy rides around here

[snapdragen]

Yup, a million years ago when I did the AIDs ride, there was a couple on a tandem, he was blind.

[Brina]

We were at a wedding labor day weekend - the groom has been blind since childhood. It has not stopped him from cycling, skiing, moutain climbing or skydiving. He used to work at The Lighthouse in Seattle and a bunch of him former co-workers flew in for the wedding. Most of them were mighty impressive in their accomplishments.