Recumbent bikes are a thing. That is basically this
I have this meme in my roll and I’ve been scared to post it lmao
Worried about people’s reaction?
I frequently save memes in my ever-growing folder, then skip them at the last moment because I worry the audience here might think it’s over the line. This one seems to have landed though.
They exist, but the pedals are higher, for your arms! I used to work with a guy who did this: every day at lunchtime he’d go zooming around the parking lot getting a good workout in
https://bike-on.com/product-category/shop-handcycles/attachable-handcycles/
I’m an able-bodied handcyclist. Not a wheelchair attachment, but a dedicated handcycle. I’ve been riding one for over 20 years now. I alternate riding it and riding a leg-powered bicycle. Cycling and hiking are the only exercises I will religiously stick to. I realized that my upper body was being neglected and gave a handcycle a shot.
They are super fun and a great workout. I prefer my handcycle rides tremendously over my to eg-poweted bicycle rides (but I can’t skip leg day). I highly recommend trying out a handcycle to anybody who thinks they may be interested.
If you’re in the Los Angeles area, and are interested in trying one out, message me. I love introducing folks to handcycles and live down the block from a bike path. I even have a couple for sale that I’d let go at a very reasonable price if anyone wants one. I just don’t want to ship them.
This better not be like the last time someone on the Internet invited me to come visit them in a strange city if I was curious about trying hand stuff.
I once suggested a similar project at our company. One of our products is labelled in braille. For technical reasons it was the easiest way to drill holes in the front plate and stick a transparent plastic insert through from the back.
My suggestion was to add a few blue LEDs behind it to light up those braille dots. It would have been meaningless for the intended user - but it would have looked way cool!
I often think of this sign I saw at a small children’s playground with braille on it hung 6 feet in the air with no way to reach it.
I think of the sign that says “hot surface do not touch” with accompanying braille.
Yep. That one was made by a guy who made all kinds of warning plates for their plant, and legal & corporate requirements were that every sign has to have braille on it. I don’t think the department requesting that sign from their sign-making-department had this on their screens…
There’s also no way for someone who needs Braille to actually DO the “puzzle”. The other words don’t have Braille, the map appears to be flat. Terrible design.
Nah the black parts of the sign are recessed. You can see from the lighting.
Maybe the builder just mounted the panel the wrong way? It serves as a wall for the platform behind it.
I mean, there are people who need a wheelchair but are still able to use this.
