“I love being on a bike. It helps me feel free. I get it from my dad.”
Guillaume Blanchet lives on his bike for a year and dedicates this video and his love of cycling to his 64 year old father who has been riding his bike over 120,000km!
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Paralympic Athletes – Now these guys can move!
The good news? We’re getting better about recognizing, supporting and celebrating paralympic athletes!
The bad news? We have a LONG way to go for equal coverage. Case in point – Canadian newspapers printed 332 front page stories on the London Olympics and just 22 (!) on the Paralympics. Come on Canada – we’re better than that! To see other stats on our poor showing check out the post from Senator Mobina Jaffer.
Filed under Mobility Aids, Posts, Videos
“Why can’t a mobility scooter be sexy”?
Filed under Accessibility, Mobility Aids, Photos, Posts, Videos
Pedal power – Bikes AND People – are just COOL!
German bike designer Dieter “Didi” Senft, aka El Diabolo during the Tour de France, presents his latest bicycle invention, the so-called ‘111-twelve-teeth-rake-bicycle’ in Storkow, Germany on March 12, 2012. The bicycle is made of 111 garden rakes.
Cyclists wear costumes on the 13th Tour of the Fireflies in Pasig, Philippines on April 17, 2011. The event aimed to promote environmental awareness and push bicycle riding as a means to minimize pollution
Check out Lane Turners amazing collection of photographs from around the world that celebrate the bike and those that imagine, build and ride them. “Gathered here are images of people around the world as we pedal for a reason, or just because. — Lane Turner (49 photos total)”
Filed under Mobility Aids, Photos, Posts
StopGap – Designing for function AND fashion!
StopGap’s Community Ramp Project
Now these guys have it right. Design is SO often ageist or ableist… BUT when it’s smart AND sexy everyone wants it! Now THAT’s COOL!
Scooters are Sexy!
Roy’s “ride” is a Moxi brand red scooter. “Scooters say sexy!”
November 6, 2012 · 10:29 pm
Personalized mobility aids
My bike is MY mobility aid and I have it (and me!) pimped out for FUNCTION and FASHION.
I”m always on the lookout for other people’s ride and get inspired by the way we personalize them! Check out THIS guy – LOVE IT!
Filed under Mobility Aids, Personal Stories, personalizing, Photos, Posts
Lego Wheelchair
My buddy Hugo loves Lego – lets build one of these!
Filed under Mobility Aids, Posts, Videos
The Mobility Project 