LeftCoastNurd
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My wife's sister is a 'little person', aka a dwarf. she has extremely short upper legs and arms, she's not quite 48" (122 cm) tall overall.
When she was in her 20s, I found a kid's bike, and fixed it up for her, put better wheels on the frame, put a bigger chainring on the small kid cranks. I forget if it had gears, but I remember she really enjoyed being able to ride it....
now she's in her 40s, and undergoing rehab from hip surgery (and has a 2nd round to go on the other side). but once she's recovered from that, I was thinking adapting a bike for her would be a cool thing.
a few years ago, my wife bought a Giant folding mini-bike. She never rode it much. I think it has 20" wheels, 7 or 8 speed derailleur. The crank is normal-adult sized, so SIL's short legs can't handle it. Tonight, I dropped the seat and bars as low as they went, and it was pretty low. if I can find some short cranks for it, like from a youth BMX, and put a little hub motor on it, maybe 300-500W, with a twist-throttle, heh, she could get around and get some exercise too.
(she has a car, a Corolla with adaptive controls, so its not like she's a shut-in).
When she was in her 20s, I found a kid's bike, and fixed it up for her, put better wheels on the frame, put a bigger chainring on the small kid cranks. I forget if it had gears, but I remember she really enjoyed being able to ride it....
now she's in her 40s, and undergoing rehab from hip surgery (and has a 2nd round to go on the other side). but once she's recovered from that, I was thinking adapting a bike for her would be a cool thing.
a few years ago, my wife bought a Giant folding mini-bike. She never rode it much. I think it has 20" wheels, 7 or 8 speed derailleur. The crank is normal-adult sized, so SIL's short legs can't handle it. Tonight, I dropped the seat and bars as low as they went, and it was pretty low. if I can find some short cranks for it, like from a youth BMX, and put a little hub motor on it, maybe 300-500W, with a twist-throttle, heh, she could get around and get some exercise too.
(she has a car, a Corolla with adaptive controls, so its not like she's a shut-in).