Bikes for riders with poor balance

chris_bass

My boss has an autistic son who currently rides a trike, and really enjoys this. He is unable to ride a regular two wheeled bike due to issues with balance and this leads him to become very uncomfortable/upset with too much sideways movement.

As he is now getting older my boss is keen to try and find a solution so that he is able to ride a more 'normal' bike to avoid bullying from other children andjust so he feels like he fits in.

does anyone know of any adult sized trike style bikes or balancing methods for full size bikes?

Any help would be great.

RDW

I wonder if there's anything like this in the UK?:

http://simplecycle-marc.blogspot.co.uk/ ... ldren.html
http://www.losethetrainingwheels.org/

Might be worth contacting them to see if they know.

FSR_XC

Has he thought about a recumbent?

http://www.icetrikes.co/community/contact-ice

Its worth contacting these guys as they work with all sorts of less able bodied people to get them into cycling.

mattshrops

as usual google is your friend. I know the ctt run some tricycle only tt events and i've just found this..
http://www.tricycleassociation.org.uk

chris_bass

Thanks for the replies.

i have done some google searching don't worry! just thought someone might know of a solution or have faced a similar problem.