Ladywell Day Centre sessions update – October 2021
We are thrilled that our recently reopened sessions at Ladywell Day Centre are proving so popular! As a reminder, sessions are now running every Friday, with two bookable 45-minute slots from 10.30-11.15am and 11.30-12.15pm. Please note sessions are now outdoors only.
Only participants who have signed a “Mini Hire” agreement and paid a deposit will be permitted to cycle independently of our staff in the park. Please contact wheels4me@cyclingforall.org for more details.
Please note that booking is now essential. If you haven’t got a confirmed booking, you may not be able to cycle.
If you would like to book a place for yourself or your client/family member at this or any of our sessions, please email bookings@wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk
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I contacted Croydon Arena about a month ago to ask when they were thinking of re-opening the Arena. They weren’t particularly helpful – I was just directed to the website, which I had already looked at and which had no information on it. I don’t understand why they can’t re-open now. I’m really missing my cycling sessions – I’d love to go to Herne Hill but apart from the logistical problem of getting there, I can only use one of the adapted bikes at Croydon and I don’t know if Herne Hill has exactly the same bike.
Sorry to hear about that Adella – we’ve liaised with you separately about this at the time of your enquiry, and we’re sorry not to have acknowledged your comment here on our website. We’d like to clarify that Croydon Sports Arena wasn’t able to reopen to the public last year due to financial issues. We hope to be able to restart our sessions there soon.
I’m a disabled stroke survivor and proud owner of an ICE Adventure HD trike. After several years of investigation, I found a cycle shop in Marlow called Saddle Safari which is an ICE dealer and managed by a keen club cyclist who’s also disabled. They are welcoming and empathetic to the needs of the disabled cyclist and can highly recommend them.
This is great information, Nick. Thank you for sharing. ICE trikes are absolutely brilliant – I believe they’re based on the design that ICE built for the lady who was the first person to cycle to the South Pole not very many years ago? I’m quite inclined to save up for one myself! I will try to share your info. Thanks once again.
I’m a stroke survivor with limited mobility on my right side. I initially tried a conventional trike but felt unstable on it. I then tried a recumbent trike and loved it. You’re vulnerable, so it’s recommended to stick to parks and quiet roads. My trike is a ICE Adventure HD. I feel very stable and I’ve got up to some hair-raising speeds on it. I can thoroughly recommend them.
I can share your experience Richard. I visited Mission Cycles myself (looking for a new trike). I found that it was inaccessible except by car but I called before my visit and they very kindly collected and returned me to the train station.
If it’s any help, they do sell many of their trikes in London shops and they must be able to advise you where. ‘I do appreciate that this may limit the try before you buy’ option.
I have never seen trikes for sale in London, Neil. In the event, a friend suggested getting one online, so as to get exactly what I need (light frame, foldable, baskests, etc.). To our surprise, it turned up in boxes marked ‘For Professional Assembly,’ and with a puncture. Further confusion was caused by the fact that there are at least three different cycle shops along the Brighton Road. When I collected the completed tricycle, I pushed it a long way to a tram stop because I have no recent road cycling experience. The trams refused to allow the trike aboard, even tho there was plenty of space, and I explained that it was foldable, and even when I explained to some passing supervisors that there would be dangers trying to get it home otherwise. This resulted in a hair-raising journey home in the rain. I can see no reason why the trike could not be allowed aboard at the drivers’ discretion, and sympathise with a view I have heard from Wheels for Wellbeing re cycles being recognised as a disabled aid.
I went to Mission Cycles, recently, a disabled trike specialist near Maidstone who let you test ride them. It turned out to be a unit on an industrial estate, and it took us too long finding it and they had gone home.
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