Testimonials
If you have a personal story to tell readers about how riding a recumbent trike or adult tricycle has demonstrated the concepts of fitness, fun and freedom for you, please submit them here and we will be sure to post them promptly.
Subject: Wishing you the best...
Hi,
My name is Mark M, and I live in NY state. I am legally blind, and I am a retired law enforcement officer from NYC. Having just read your posting on the Greenspeed Owners group message board I felt compelled to write.
I am truly thrilled to read about your new shop, and I am looking forward to visiting you in the near future on my next trip to Florida. I generally visit the Boynton Beach & West Palm Beach areas, where I have family. We will be just a "stone's throw", which is quite exciting now.
I agree with all the things you have stated in your little "About Us" description, and truly believe that this is the right time for a shop such as yours. Though Florida (and that corner of the country) may have recumbent bicycle dealers it is sadly lacking a shop that specializes in recumbent trikes. What better place for it?!!! You are also correct that the needs of our disabled riding brethren also need to be addressed.
I wish you the very best of luck in all your endeavors. It will be my pleasure to do business with you once you are officially opened in October of this year, 2009.
Thank you for realizing the great need for this service and for going forward to fill this void.
Hope to see you soon.
--Mark M ("blindtriker") ______________________________________________________________________________________ I am answering your introduction 'off web' not because I don't want all to hear but because I have mentioned it several times before. I, too, am legally blind, with SRNV AMD (wet type Macular Degeneration) of both eyes plus severe Myopia My experience of trying to go through the local newspapers has been dismal. I think they consider both hearing loss and especially vision loss as worse than death. I have managed to get one front page article into the Sedro Woolay weekly when I first acquired my electrified trike but a misquote had me "slandering" the medical profession. Being almost 75 and without a companion/spouse, I have not yet tried your "going public" method but have considered it several times. In fact, I am still considering purchasing a Greenspeed Glyde to expand my stable. I have offered time sharing for local touring on my trikes and am a member of the "Warm Shower.org" bicycle tourist host group. I wish you the best of experiences plus my e-mail address to share with any one interested in local commuting on a tricycle with vision disabilities. I realize that some cities may be worse than mine, but I do travel regularly in the most populous and 3rd and 4th most populous cities in our county, which is halfway between Seattle and Vancouver BC.
From: J Brown
Subject: Handicap Trikers
(-14D) and mild cataracts. Also deaf without my cochlear Implant processor. I no longer drive and depend upon my Greenspeed trikes (GTR & e-GTO) for my independent transportation in a semi rural community. I started a HoH support group 16 years ago when I could still drive safely. I would like to mentor LoV & HoH Seniors to extend their capabilities by using coping skills and equipment.
Sincerely, D. J. Brown, DBOG (DBOG = deaf blind old goat)
Sedro Woolley, WA USA
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Fabulous Idea!!
Congratulations on the new business and I wish you great success. I live in Upstate New York and am legally blind as a result of an auto accident in 1971. My HPV's are my only source on independent transportation. Thanks for seeing a need and rising to meet it.
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John R.
Rochester, NY
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Cynthia,
I will try to keep this real short and two the point. In late 98 I was diagnosed with a progressive and rare disease - Ataxia. Exercise became my way of 'dealing' with the lost of balance & coordination - it just so happened to slow the progression of my Ataxia down. But late 05 I was given a Comfort Cycle (older delta style trike) - WOW, now I could get the exercise that I so much needed (God new this, but not me - it was just my way of dealing with it). However, the older deltas were not stable and I was getting more & more road rash to prove it. Then my parent got me a GreenSpeed GT5 - over 17,000 miles and three years later, NO road rash and the FUN and FREEDOM I have on my GS - I should be locked up in jail for having THIS much FUN. And the Freedom, I don't drive any longer (personal reason), but I don't even miss it. I have a Burly flat bed trailer that I pull if I need/want to haul anything!
Steve---I never cease to marvel at the way you and your lovely wife run your business. I was in a "retail business" for many years. I did so honestly and helpfully. It is almost impossible to find people in business today who really "give a s___". So my thanks go out to you and your wife! I wont go into detail, but i took a pretty good setback recently. That aside, i really like the looks of that "bike" just as it sets. My currie is not going to give me much more service. I think i am going to be forced to go ahead with this transaction if i am going to have "wheels". I cannot walk to the bus stop comfortably, and i sure do not want to call a cab. Please give me a price shipped to my doorstep, and i will try to "work it in". Thanks again!
David/a.k.a. Spinner
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C Weiser
Santa Barbara, California