Cycling with blindness | Circe Cycles https://www.circecycles.com Pedal powered transport solutions for adults and families Thu, 26 Mar 2020 13:18:26 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Cycling with dementia. https://www.circecycles.com/riding-with-dementia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=riding-with-dementia https://www.circecycles.com/riding-with-dementia/#respond Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:50:17 +0000 http://jtresponse.co.uk/circe-cycles/?p=1693 Contrarily, with advances in medicine and diet, and the consequent increases in longevity, dementia, or the diminution of mental faculties, has seen rapid growth, with nearly 1 million sufferers in the UK. At present, there is no cure, but research indicates that exercise can delay the onset and on-going decline of the brain and its […]

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]]> Contrarily, with advances in medicine and diet, and the consequent increases in longevity, dementia, or the diminution of mental faculties, has seen rapid growth, with nearly 1 million sufferers in the UK. At present, there is no cure, but research indicates that exercise can delay the onset and on-going decline of the brain and its abilities.

At a personal level, my mother had cycled until she was 82 – I was with her on her last solo ride into the country for dinner, and remember how alert and sprightly she was. With the coming winter and gradual diminution of her faculties, she never rode her solo again. Over the next few years, her deterioration continued, but with the development of the Morpheus, I wondered whether it might be possible to strap her onto the front seat and for her to pedal a bike again. It took some persuasion and I was in dread of the possible consequences, but that first ride was one of the most poignant moments of my life. For the first time in ages, she became engaged and interested, and this energy stayed with her for a few days. That first ride, we managed about 5 miles, but over the course of the summer we built up to a couple of rides approaching 20 miles. She always pedalled the whole way and it was clear that after each ride, she had a few days when she was energetic and aware, mentally and physically, well beyond her norm.

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]]> https://www.circecycles.com/riding-with-dementia/feed/ 0 Cycling with the visually impaired https://www.circecycles.com/cycling-with-the-visually-impaired/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cycling-with-the-visually-impaired https://www.circecycles.com/cycling-with-the-visually-impaired/#respond Fri, 27 Feb 2015 14:27:55 +0000 http://jtresponse.co.uk/circe-cycles/?p=1673 A tandem is the ideal way for the visually impaired to get out on a bicycle. When the Cambridge based charity, Camsight, celebrated its centenary, by organising a two day ride of 100 miles for the visually impaired people with whom it works, we joined in with a couple of Circe tandems. For our team, […]

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]]> A tandem is the ideal way for the visually impaired to get out on a bicycle. When the Cambridge based charity, Camsight, celebrated its centenary, by organising a two day ride of 100 miles for the visually impaired people with whom it works, we joined in with a couple of Circe tandems. For our team, with little experience of blindness, it was a remarkable and fun experience. We rode with the whole spectrum of visual impairment, from moderate to profoundly blind, and the ride, which started out with some trepidation, turned into a great achievement for all concerned.

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