{"id":58489,"date":"2024-03-22T13:35:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T13:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=58489"},"modified":"2024-03-22T13:35:01","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T13:35:01","slug":"watch-sheffield-cycling-4-all-hosts-try-out-event-for-e-assist-trikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/03\/22\/watch-sheffield-cycling-4-all-hosts-try-out-event-for-e-assist-trikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Sheffield Cycling 4 All hosts try out event for e-assist trikes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Amputees and stroke survivors were among those testing e-assist trikes at Hillsborough Park on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

E-assist trikes allow people who have suffered from strokes, spinal or brain injuries, have balance issues, Parkinson’s or amputees to ‘regain freedom and independence’. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kieron and Jane with STEPS Rehabilitation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Paul Hallinan, ICE Trike dealer based in Cheshire, had his leg amputated after he shattered his femur and was then diagnosed with Osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer in 2014. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Hallinan said: “Before I lost my leg I was a skier, snowboarder, sailor and mountain biker so when you lose your leg its an issue because those things appear at first sight that you’re not going to be doing them again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I struggled for around 18 months trying to find something that would get me back outdoors and wheelchair attachments don’t really do it, they make you feel more disabled. But I was very fortunate to meet a friend who had one of these trikes and got on it and immediately saw the possibility.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He tracked down ICE<\/a> who manufacture the trikes and became an ambassador for the brand and now works selling them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the participants at the event were with STEPS rehabilitation<\/a>, which is based in Sheffield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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