Hi Leslie,<br clear="all"><div><br></div>In Santa Barbara, SB SNAP organizes a bike camp for kids with disabilities every June.<div>Bici Centro, the community bike shop, helped them with the bikes for the first year but now, they have a fleet of different kinds of bikes.</div>
<div>Photos: <b style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/bqo8vur">http://tinyurl.com/bqo8vur</a></b></div><div><font face="Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br>
</b></font></div><div><font face="Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Video</b>: <a href="http://www.sbsnap.org/video/lose-the-training-wheels-bike-camp">http://www.sbsnap.org/video/lose-the-training-wheels-bike-camp</a><br>
</font><div><br>-- <br>Christine Bourgeois<br>805 699 6301<br>Education Coordinator<br>Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition (SBBC)<br><div><br></div><div>Are you a SBBC member? Join us <a href="http://bicicentro.org/join" target="_blank">http://bicicentro.org/join</a></div>
<div><div><br></div><div>&quot;Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles&quot;. John Forester</div></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 11:14 AM,  <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:veganboyjosh@gmail.com" target="_blank">veganboyjosh@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">hey Leslie, <div><br></div><div>there are companies that make a kit that bolts onto most normal two wheelers. it&#39;s been years since i looked, but if i recall correctly, they run about $200 per kit. they&#39;re essentially big sturdy outrigger training wheels with inflatable tires that turn the bike into a trike/four wheeler. </div>



<div><br></div><div>we had such a student who didn&#39;t have the reflexes needed to ride on two wheels, but WANTED a bike. we reached out to a local artist/welder/freakbike maker, and showed him some designs. once the student picked out his bike, we dropped it off at the welder&#39;s shop and had him fabricate some stability wheels for it. </div>


<div><br></div><div>here&#39;s a picture:</div><div><a href="http://www.burnworks.org/2009/07/stability-bike-project.html" target="_blank">http://www.burnworks.org/2009/07/stability-bike-project.html</a></div><div><br></div>
<div>a local news station picked up the story and did a piece on the whole thing (the class, Community Cycles, the student. the bike, and the welder) but i&#39;m having trouble finding the video. it looks like the news station is no longer hosting it.</div>


<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Leslie Peteya <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:lesliepeteya@gmail.com" target="_blank">lesliepeteya@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>



</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5">Hi all,<div>      I remember a while ago someone posted an email about adaptive bikes for children and adults with disabilities. </div>



<div>Do any organizations specialize in building or acquiring bikes for these kids, and if so, how can I get in contact</div>
<div>with them?</div><div><br></div><div>I recently had a request for an adaptive bike at our co-op, and we&#39;re not really set up to custom-make one. </div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Leslie </div><div>Durham Bike Co-op </div>




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