Yup, a million years ago when I did the AIDs ride, there was a couple on a tandem, he was blind.
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09-18-2006, 07:17 PM #1
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09-19-2006, 04:51 AM #2
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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.
Brina
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09-19-2006, 05:58 AM #3
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We just saw this at our local MS ride a couple of weeks ago. I was riding behind them for a stretch and I was wondering what the stoker could possibly be looking at for so long as his head was bent over.
At the next rest stop, I found out that he was blind! I'd had no idea! What an amazing feeling that must be...to be on a bike when you are blind. Way cool!
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09-19-2006, 07:14 AM #4
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There is a blind downhill mountain bike racer named Bobby McMullen. I read an article about him recently, very interesting. He has a leader go down first and shout instructions so he knows what to expect on the trail. A quick google search found this:
http://www.mbaction.com/detail.asp?id=1485
http://www.bicycling.com/article/0,6...2875-1,00.html (longer article)Last edited by SalsaMTB; 09-19-2006 at 07:20 AM.
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09-19-2006, 09:36 AM #5
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Hi Kitsune!
There's a bike shop near me called Quad Bicycles, in Arlington, MA.
http://www.quadcycles.com/
I read that there's a guy who rides with them (Bobby Mac), and he is legally blind. He's a part of their team, "Team Quad"
. They have rides on Saturday/Sunday - I'd love to check them out one day!
Peace & Love,
Denise
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09-20-2006, 08:34 AM #6
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Here in Sonoma County, we have the Earl Baum Center for the blind, which has their own tandems. A few times a year the local cycling club does a group tandem ride, pairing up club members with blind stokers. If I thought I had any ability as a captain, I'd do it, but as it is, I'm afraid of hurting people.
"Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There's something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." -- Bill Nye
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09-20-2006, 09:14 AM #7
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One of the members of the club I sometimes ride with is legally blind. He owns 5 VERY nice tandems, is a serious cyclist, and takes out classified ads in the publication of another club's newletter looking for captains. He does lots of organized rides and weekend rides with the first club I mentioned. He even went with several members of the club on a tour of Italy and several of the men in the group took turns captaining. I've heard him giving instructions to his captains during rides, schooling them in the art of tandeming
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