Photograph: rider, shown only with consentName, first name or initials, as agreedStory to be added, once the family has given written consent.
Photograph: rider, shown only with consent
Adaptive cycling
Can we help someone like you? Yes.
Trikes and adapted bikes for children and adults, each one adjusted to the person riding it. If you are a parent, a therapist, a teacher, or a rider wondering whether this is possible for you, start with a conversation. There is no rush and no obligation.
Photograph: a rider on an adapted trike outside the shopConsented rider photography, to followA plain answer
Most people who ask us "can you help?" are told yes. The rest are told honestly what is and is not possible, and pointed somewhere useful.
We have been fitting adapted bikes and trikes on this shop floor for years. Balance, strength, reach, one-sided weakness, the effects of a stroke or an amputation, a child who has never been able to keep up with the others: these are things we have met before. Every bike we adapt is set up by a Cytech-trained mechanic for one particular person, and it stays adjustable as that person changes.
You do not need to know what you want before you get in touch. Telling us who the rider is, is enough to start.
- Parents, often looking for a trike for a child
- Therapists and OTs, assessing what a rider needs
- Schools, making riding part of the day
- Charities, funding a purchase for a rider
- Adults after a stroke or amputation, unsure whether riding is still possible
Rider stories
People we have helped, in their own words.
Every story here is shared with the written consent of the rider or their family, at the level of identification they chose: full name, first name, or initials, with or without a photograph.
- Photograph: rider, shown only with consent
Photograph: rider, shown only with consent
Name, first name or initials, as agreedStory to be added, once the rider has given written consent.
Photograph: rider, shown only with consent
Name, first name or initials, as agreedStory to be added, once the school or family has given written consent.
What we build
A core range, and every one of them adjusted to the rider.
We keep eight to ten core products. That number sounds small until you understand that by the time one is fitted, it is practically bespoke. Seat, reach, pedals, supports, gearing and braking are all set for one person.
Photograph: trike for a childTrikes for children
Stable, adjustable, and built to grow with the rider. Often the first bike a child has been able to ride alongside their friends.
Photograph: trike for an adultTrikes for adults
For riders who need more stability than two wheels give, including after a stroke, an amputation or a loss of balance.
Photograph: further adaptive productFurther products to be listed
The rest of the core range, with the adjustments each one allows, will be added here as the photography is completed.
If you cannot see what you need, ask anyway. The right answer is often an adjustment rather than a different product.
How it works
A conversation. A fitting. Then riding.
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A conversation
Email us, or call in. Tell us who the rider is and what you are hoping for. We will ask a few plain questions and tell you honestly what we think is possible. If funding is part of it, we start on that early.
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A fitting
The rider comes to the shop, with whoever they want alongside them. We try things, adjust, and try again. Nobody is hurried. A therapist or OT is welcome to join.
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Riding
The bike goes home set up for its rider, and we stay on hand. As the rider grows or changes, we adjust it again. It is built to keep working.
For therapists, OTs and schools
We work alongside you, not around you.
If you are assessing a rider or arranging riding for a group, we can fit around your process. You know the person; we know the bikes.
- Join a fitting in the shop, or send us your notes ahead of one.
- Ask us for a plain written summary of what we recommend and why, for reports or funding applications.
- Schools: talk to us about riding for a class or a club, and about keeping the bikes maintained.
Photograph: a fitting session with a therapist presentConsented photography, to follow
Help with funding
Cost should not be the thing that stops you asking.
Adapted bikes cost more than standard ones, and we know that is the first worry for a lot of families. So we help with it.
We work with families, charities, schools, and health or social work budgets, case by case, to find a funding route. Sometimes that is one source, sometimes a few together. We will tell you what we know, write what you need us to write, and be straight with you about timescales.
Tell us your situation in the enquiry below and we will start there.
Talk to us
Start with a conversation.
Nothing here leads to a checkout. It leads to a person on Kilbowie Road who will read what you send and reply properly.
Prefer email? Write to adaptive@clydebankcycles.co.uk. Prefer to come in? We are at 14 Kilbowie Road, Monday to Saturday, 9:00 to 17:30.