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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Riding safety with Alzheimer's? Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 15:52:37 -0500 Organization: Yellow Jersey, Ltd. Lines: 78 Message-ID: <vqnjel$1ht5m$1@dont-email.me> References: <m33vg0F6rprU1@mid.individual.net> <vqis9v$dmmj$2@dont-email.me> <m38s7qFt8gsU1@mid.individual.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 21:52:42 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d742e98f6899c968af77be876c5be79e"; logging-data="1635510"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18KEW+TXvV1bt2VpD8nLVs+" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:LM7gL5kDu9nINQ6hFBDoFiIMOZI= In-Reply-To: <m38s7qFt8gsU1@mid.individual.net> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 4213 On 3/10/2025 2:18 PM, Joerg wrote: > On 3/8/25 5:53 PM, AMuzi wrote: >> On 3/8/2025 4:43 PM, Joerg wrote: >>> In my volunteer work I sometimes deal with folks who have >>> dementia, in this case Alzheimer's. Today we did a very >>> long walk together. He is athletic and used to be a >>> powerful high-mileage road bike rider so no problems in >>> the power and endurance domain. The disease has >>> progressed to the point where he would become disoriented >>> on the roads or maybe ride into freeway onramps and such. >>> So he needs a companion. No problem, that would be me. >>> When I suggested that his (otherwise now quite passive) >>> eyes began to gleam. >>> >>> Like in this paper he has lost the ability to shift and >>> since we live in the hills this means trucking our bikes >>> into the flatlands where you can remains in the same gear >>> the whole ride: >>> >>> https://www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/news/cycling-dementia/ >>> >>> We would stick to bike paths, preferably ones with a low >>> amount of traffic and definitely not many pedestrians. >>> About 20mi from here we have an almost perfect one that >>> is about 15mi long and has no posted speed limit: >>> >>> https://www.usbr.gov/mp/ccao/images/fsc-new.jpg >>> >>> I will also switch out his pedals from clip-in to flat >>> MTB pedals, don't want to risk him not getting a foot out >>> and fall (he is >70). I always carry a first aid kit. >>> >>> My question is, what else should I prepare for? Searches >>> on the web didn't reveal much, other than that cycling is >>> beneficial in slowing the progress of such diseases. >>> >>> We'll see how the first rides go. If very well then there >>> will be other questions, such as whether there is a road >>> bike bike with automatic transmission. Maybe based on >>> Di2. They offer it but AFAIK only for electric MTB and >>> maybe it can be adapted to non-electric road bikes: >>> >>> https://velo.outsideonline.com/ebike/shimano-introduces- >>> automatic-di2-shifting/ >>> >>> Of course, if the guy turns out to be a lot faster than I >>> am and leaves me in the dust that could present a very >>> different problem :-) >>> >> >> I am not an expert. >> >> If you want to shift the bike alongside you, set it up >> with SRAM and mount the mini-lever pod on your bike, not his. >> >> https://www.sram.com/en/sram/models/EC-AXS-POD-D1 >> > > That's an idea. Looks like it may be Bluetooth, that would > bridge 10-20ft. > > I'll see how the first ride goes, how secure he still is on > the bike. > There is one short but fairly flat wide bike path near where > they live so we can walk the bikes over to there. Then an > airpark a few miles farther with huge wide roads, and if all > goes well that Folsom South Canal trail where we'd have to > truck the bikes to. I could ride there but too dangerous for > him since it's on regular roads. > As always, I'd give it a go and see how you two interact for a ride or two before changing hardware. -- Andrew Muzi am@yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971