By way of Francigena, barrier-free with Aspassobike’s inclusive bicycles

di Roberto Dalla Pellegrina

Touring, discovering new locations, getting misplaced within the hills, plains, villages and cities filled with tales, getting in contact with folks even only for some time, speaking to folks you’ll most likely by no means meet once more, taking a break to take heed to unspoiled nature, sharing rides deep into breathtaking landscapes with previous and new pals, preserve laughing even after you’ve cycled for hours beneath the scorching solar… that’s life and that’s the dream coming true.

Since Riccardo was born, with all of the associated difficulties, I begun to present a brand new that means to all facets of every day life, even the only ones, as go biking. This new consciousness made me discovered PedalAbile, an affiliation aiming to present all particular folks like my son the chance to expertise moments of sport, carefree, new encounters and experiences, using a motorcycle.

By means of PedalAbile, I met AspassoBike and its particular and inclusive bicycles, that give everybody the chance to expertise the feeling of the wind in your face! There are fashions for all wants: automobiles transporting folks in wheelchairs, side-by-side tandems, adult-child tandem or two adults with 2 or 3 wheels and even fashions for autonomous folks with particular wants. With our particular methods of transport, we left for Insuperabile, a journey alongside the By way of Francigena resulting in Rome in viewers with Pope Francis.

Flavia and her mom Ornella have been additionally a part of our group. Flavia is an autistic lady affected by ligament laxity, who finds enjoying sports activities important, to maintain her muscle tissues in coaching and to empty her power. When she tried AspassoBike’s Fun2Go mannequin, it was love at first sight! It’s a side-by-side tandem that all the time makes her keep by her mom’s facet, that’s important as she doesn’t communicate. There’s additionally the pedal help, with a swap that permits Ornella to decide on whether or not and the way a lot Flavia can contribute to pedaling, a valuable assist to her muscle tissues. Similar love at first sight for Fun2Go, the one among Max and his blind daughter Beatrice, they have been a part of our journey too.

With this journey by way of Italy, we wish to show that incapacity is simply one of many many variations that may distinguish one particular person from one other and that the world should preserve its spherical form, similar to the wheels of our bicycles, to show in the appropriate means. Like our pals of AspassoBike, we actually assume that the wind in your face is a sense that everybody ought to expertise, no exception!

Aspassobike is a social mobility challenge in regards to the transport of individuals with completely different disabilities. Italia Gradual Tour customers can get a ten% low cost on their automobiles, each for people and operators. Extra on italiaslowtour.it/aspassobike