Title: Stumps & cranks
Description: "Many amputees want to know how it feels to be able to cycle. Some even want to be professional amputee cyclists. The disability market offers many options for amputee cycling, but how do you get started? How do you take those exciting first steps on your way to a higher level of mobility and independence? The texts in this collection are written by some of the best-known amputee cyclists in the world, including Margaret Biggs, Rajesh Durbal, Mark Inglis, and Keira Roche. Their achievements are nothing short of remarkable -- whether cycling around a velodrome at the Paralympics or around the world raising funds for charity. This guide offers great advice from experts and ordinary cyclists alike on all matters of amputee cycling. The book includes tips not only on the vast arrangement of two wheelers, but also tricycles, recumbents, handbikes, tandems, unicycles, electric bikes, and more specialized cycling forms designed for the disability market. Explore the world of cycling and enjoy an exciting choice of mobility. Your will soon be forming your very own cycling dreams!"--Back cover.
Subjects: Training, Cycling, Athletes with disabilities, Amputees, Cyclists, Equipment and supplies, Sports for people with disabilities, Rehabilitation, Biography