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Each Wednesday. 10:30am to 12:30pm
Hillsborough Park
Cycling 4 All cycling sessions are designed to help disabled people and people with long-term health conditions get cycling. They use a range of adapted trikes to enable people to explore Hillsborough Park.
Weather dependant, a group of VIPs (Visually Impaired Peddlers) meets each Wednesday. If you want to find out more, please visit the Cycling For All website
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Cycling is an excellent way to enjoy independence of movement, improve mobility skills and increase fitness. In partnership with Cycling 4 All’s workers and friendly volunteers, sessions are held at Hillsborough Park where a range of adapted bikes, trikes and tandems are available.
Depending on your degree of sight, you may want to try a modern tricycle and follow someone wearing a bright colour and helping you to navigate. You could try a reclining trike (very comfortable if you have back issues) or a hand trike if you cannot move your legs. For an extra challenge they even have one where your arms and legs work together. There are also side-by-side trikes where a friend can steer / do all the work, normal bikes with occasionally ebike options to try. Finally there are tandems, where a sighted person is the pilot and you are the ‘stoker’ at the back. This can be freeing and a thrilling experience as you get the sensations, speed and lean of a skilled cyclist but in a collaborative way.