Helly Welly Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Okay, so i got the wheelchair last Saturday and its fab. However, it isn't really suitable for long distance on my own so i can't go shopping in it or take Abi to school. I already have a trike but am finding it increasingly difficult to pedal up hill and their is a massive hill on the way home from school. So, i contacted loads of cycle shops to see if i could get an electric conversion kit for my trike. It was looking like it would cost £500-£600 but then one said that he had an ex-demo Powatryke for sale with a brand new battery for £350. Nowe i love my trike, i call him Claud, but at that price i can't afford to turn down a new electric trike. So this Saturday i'm off to Peterborough to have alook at it and maybe bring it home if it fits on the trailer. If not i'll have to wait for it to be delivered. I am not a patient person. Soon, i'll be zooming along at 15mph with no pain and a big smile on my face. Can i jsut say, i loved all your positive comments about my wheelchair. I was feeling a bit weird about it at the grand old age of 33 and you all made me feel really happy and good about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Hey, good luck with the Powatryke. Sounds like a fab idea I hope that you can get it home OK and don't have to wait for delivery (I'm an impatient person as well ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 don't you just love it when a master plan comes together You go for it girl............I think it's a fab plan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 All sounds very exciting! I love the fact you call your trike Claud There will be no stopping you now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Go for it....anything that helps your mobility and your feeling well has got to be right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyBoo Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Is Leicester ready for this?! Well done, how fantastic to be mobile AND pain free, I take it all for granted and I shouldn't. Are you one of these people who put go-faster striped and all the kit on your powatryke? Mrs B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 I think what you are doing and planning is fab Helly! It's great to see someone focusing on what they can do rather than what they can't - inspiring! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little chickadee Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Hurrah - I'm so proud of you. I was really pleased with everyone's positive comments about your wheelchair too. Most people would just look away and look shifty because they are uncomfortable about disability. A lot of people are too proud to do what you're doing, so just sit at home and don't get on with their life to the extent that you are now. So So glad that you're getting out there. I'll convert you to shopmobility yet ..... you wait and see. It gives you such incredible freedom. And you get lots of sarcastic comments from men in their 60's about women drivers. I also carry a portable camping stool everywhere with me too for if there is a queue anywhere, or when collecting the kids from school - only cost £5 but I'd be completely lost without it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 You know we'll need photos so that we can help you name it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 I was really pleased with everyone's positive comments about your wheelchair too. Most people would just look away and look shifty because they are uncomfortable about disability. I'm wary these days ever since I had a nasty comment from someone I was aware of the 'does she take sugar?' problem and so I spoke to a young woman in a wheelchair instead of the carer - the carer just said "she can't understand a word you are saying, you know" in such a nasty way that I've been too scared to speak to anyone in a chair ever since I spent 5 months in a wheelchair and find people will go out of their way to ignore you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 I have found that with my mum they assume just because she is in a chair and has communication problems she doesn't understand you At the health centre one day before we got her blue badge through I had to leave her just inside the entrance to go and fetch the car so I could load her in the ambulance bay when I got back there were two women talking to her like she was a child It really got to me so I would go out of my way to talk to the person and if the carer was like you descibe Lesley I would have to say something to them Good luck with the power tryke it sounds fab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krysia Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 The powertrike sounds fab, Good for you, OS there is nothing wrong with being impatient all the best people are! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 sounds great I can't wait for phase 3 You sound so much happier now , I know that I for one take my mobility for granted. I am always trying to tell my children to always be positive about situations that can't be changed and to change anything that can be changed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjules Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 Like a lot of people, I take my health totally for granted. Good luck with your powertrike. I hope it's everything you expect it to be and more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 That trike sounds just the biscuit Helen! Great news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 Great news Helly Welly! Glad to hear you'll be whizzing away soon! My hubby built an electric trike for a paper lady, who is slightly disabled. He got the trike from Shrewsbury & the kit from America. She was over the moon & it's nice to think he really helped someone. I even liked the trike myself - it had a great basket on the back for shopping!!! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helly Welly Posted March 11, 2008 Author Share Posted March 11, 2008 Well, we went to Peterborough on Saturday and bought the trike. They very kindly delivered it that afternoon too. The weather didn't allow me to have a go until yesterday but it was worth the wait. I'm soooo speedy. It will go a maximum of 15mph, considering i don't drive, that's pretty fast for me! Unfortunately the charger that came with it is broken so he's going to send me another one asap, then there'll be no stopping me! This is a piccy of my new trike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Wow! That looks fantastic Hon - all shiny and new too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Fabulous trike Where is the battery housed? I have a two wheel electric bike, the problem is that the battery is housed in a box over the back wheel and it makes the bike really unstable in wet or windy weather, I suppose it doesn't really matter with a trike. Happy cycling. Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 So when we are overtaken by something blue....we'll know it was Helly. I hope it transforms your life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baby bears mum Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 That is soooooo coooooool. You must cutomise it. I thought it was hard naming chooks but now you've got to name the super trike. Look out Formula 1 here she comes. vrooooooooooooooooooom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treekeeper Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 If I'm in the Leicester are I'll watch out for the blue streak. Can just visualise blue Lycra body suit with red go faster stripe, blue mirrored Oakleys, and one of those go faster pointy bike helmets The scourge of the highway or what Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Wow that trike is so I love trikes It must be great to get your mobility back, and in such a fun way too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Great Trike Helly! If I see you about I'll give you a beep! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 What a great bike Karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...