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| Maurice and his Freedom Trike |
Freedom Trike.
This blog is about someone else today. This blog is about a
recumbent Trike instead of a Velomobile.
Most of us reading this blog take our personal freedom for granted. When
we want to do something, we just go out and do it. When we want to go somewhere
we just get up and go. This is not the case for people in wheel chairs. They
must have someone else take them places or travel by bus. This limits them as
to what time they go or where they go.
I met Maurice
this summer on my way home, one nice sunny afternoon. He had his trike loaded
with bags, lights and a bright flag. He explained he lives in the same area as
I did and was on his way back from the Fort
Whyte center. Up until this spring
when he got his trike, he was wheel chair bound. Now he is building up his legs
and going further and to places he could not go before. And going when he wants
to go. But taking off his front fenders he can take his Trike right into his
apartment. He stores it in his living room. He has been on two of the rides
with the recumbent group that I have been on. Both times he traveled the
furthest to get there. Maurice has shot
a couple of videos showing how he goes from wheelchair to his trike, and on to
the great outdoors.
The second video is his trip to the store to buy food. He
rides right into the store with his trike where the store gives him an electric
scooter to shop with. This is all stuff we do without thinking. I have to
admire him for his new independence. He is a great example to all of us.
