Thanks for the quick reply Ron. I have enjoyed and learned much from your posts as well as many others.
"My quad", is 52 y/o and 32 years post. I'm a little skeptical about him being able to use this cycle with less function but we will give it a whirl and find out as soon as the gloves come in. Thanks for the tips about cables ,initial set up, and the saving on the gloves ! Another fabulous piece of equipment which he has enjoyed is his IKAN bowler. Anyone who can sip and puff can bowl competitively with this equipment and can see it demonstrated on you tube. Anyone in southeast Louisiana care to bowl? Gail Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 31, 2014, at 6:50 PM, RONALD L PRACHT <[email protected]> wrote: > > My injury level is c6-7, very minimal hand use. I have a quickie 2 folding > wheelchair that I attached the bike to. Im 6'2 approx 230 lbs 16 yrs post > injury. I bought the bike back in 2010 and have used it hundreds of times and > its pretty much trouble free. The chain loosens a bit every so often and I > break the plastic part of the c5 quad grips about once per year. since they > are over 300.00 per pair I had to configure a fix. Basically the glove part > that goes around your hand is screwed to a aluminum post. This post goes in > and out of a round hole attached to the bike crank. The plastic glove they > use is nothing more than a rollerblade wrist guard you buy from ebay for > 25.00. You just take everything apart drill a hole in your new wrist guards > and put everything back together and you are good to go another year. store > the bike in an upright position so you don't kink the cables. make sure you > attach the clamps in the proper position on the wheelchair on initial setup > > Ron > > > On Thursday, July 31, 2014 2:32 PM, Gail Holmes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The man I work for just purchased a dragonfly handcycle after getting a > manual chair on ebay on which to attach it. > > He is a 6 '1" C4-5 complete with no tricep function. He looks incredibly > uncomfortable sitting upright (with harness of course) in the manual chair . > > His brother just put the Handcycle together yesterday and he has yet to try > it out as the gloves have not arrived. > > I thought a recumbent bike with headrest would be more comfortable but is > costly. > > I'm curious as to what level injury you have since this bike is working well > for you. Also I would like to know how you reconfigured the quad gloves for > $25 > > Thanks ! > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jul 27, 2014, at 11:34 PM, RONALD L PRACHT <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> So far this month I have used my dragonfly handcycle to go 34 miles. I >> average 30 miles a month. I love how a long crank makes me feel and overall >> it helps the pain I have. I think im going to try some ephedra to lose some >> weight b4 winter comes on. Anybody else do any handcycling. I figured out a >> way to rebuild the c5 grips for 25 bucks. >> >> Ron > >
