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Hi. My name's Mike Schlappi and I'm talking to you today about hand cycles. I've tried
a few different hand cycles. I keep thinking of upgrading to one of the lower, fancy, more
gears. But I, for me, I like just having the ability to get in my hand cycle, in my garage.
I live in a flat neighborhood, pretty secluded, not lots of traffic. And I cruise around.
And I stay in shape. And that, for me, I chose it because that's more my purpose. I'm not
the kind of guy, so much, that gets in one on a Saturday morning at eight o'clock, comes
back eight hours later, and I've been a hundred miles around Utah Lake. So, it depends on
your level of disability, your fitness level, your passion for hand cycling. You know, I'll
go out and play tennis for two hours, and hand cycle for an hour. Other people might
want to go out on their hand cycle for five hours. Here in Utah, they have the National
Ability Center. They have some hand cycles, and there's organizations around the country.
In Atlanta, there's the Shepherd Center. In Minnesota, there's the Courage Center. In
California, there's Casa Colina. There's rehabilitation centers at most any large hospital chain,
where their recreation therapist would know about hand cycling. And they could possibly
lead you in the right direction. But you don't want to just go buy one without having seen
them, tried them, talked to people that use them because it's kind of like a snowmobile
or motorcycle, or even a car. They're all-they have different features and you just need
to know what works for you.