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[dustin87]

Which handcycle does anyone recommend? Please share any information regarding handcyles. I am going to buy a handcycle soon and want to buy the right one.

Edited by dustin87, 25 March 2009 - 06:13 AM.

[ron day]

dustin87, on Mar 25 2009, 06:06 AM, said:

Which handcycle does anyone recommend? Please share any information regarding handcyles. I am going to buy a handcycle soon and want to buy the right one.

Depends how your gona use it I have varna II great all rounder

[AndrewB]

I would have to recommend varna as well, as soon as i can afford one im buying a speedcycle which is like the varna II but set more for racing/marathons. just google "varna handcycles"

[wheeliebear75]

If you have any special positioning needs you may want to take that into account. For instance if I sit reclined like in a lot of the models of hand cycles I actually cause myself leg spasms. If I sit with the car seat leaned back it does the same thing, I have to be at a 90 degree angle........so the one time I tried to barrow one from our parks & rec department it happened to be the reclined seating and sure enough I went home in tears & they were NOT of joy.

[Geezer34]

dustin87, on Mar 25 2009, 06:06 AM, said:

Which handcycle does anyone recommend? Please share any information regarding handcyles. I am going to buy a handcycle soon and want to buy the right one.

Hi Dustin,

I was injured nearly 3 years ago and i am still out of work and waiting for an outcome of my claim so money to buy a handcycle is quite restricted for me.

Anyway i looked on Ebay and got myself one from someone in Kent approx 300 miles away from me in England it cost £100 and £40 postage.I'ts very heavy and made from Low carbon steel(normal steel)not like some new ones which are alli or titanium, this does not bother me because its better excersize.

I get a spasm in my stomach everytime i move and some in my legs quite often aswell this doesnt mater because i am strapped in and my legs are tied down.

I love it and so do my kids, i like how i am sat up so i dont get run over..lol.

Good luck and happy bikeing(it feels like running to me now i cant wait for better weather)

Geezer34 (Ian)

[qman]

i have a invacare Force G and it really flys. it has carbon wheels and is really low to the ground. surprisingly it is really easy to get into and out of.

recommended

[wheelywendy]

i had a tracker from cyclone, but never got on with it very well, i couldnt fit it without help and it was absolutly useless on hills, the wheels just slipped and i went no where, it was very very hard work to use, i think some of it was that it was badly fitted (although it was fitted by cyclone) so i sold it to someone who wanted it for very flat terain on the east coast.


i've oftern wondered about the type like the varna and invacare force g that are closer to the ground, are they easier to use than the ones like my old tracker that attatch to your chair, i've never got round to trying them.

Edited by wheelywendy, 31 March 2009 - 09:30 PM.

[qman]

the rolling resistance of the force g is very low and it goes along well.

i can maintain an average of 18km per hour over 20km including hills.