Get an Adaptive Bike for Keoni!

This handsome, sweet, mischievous guy is my nephew, Keoni. He loves his family, being active and playing sports (especially basketball), being outdoors, playing pranks and making people laugh, keeping people on their toes, and making new friends. He would also live on a steady diet of slushies, Hawaiian shaved ice, and mac and cheese alone if his parents would let him. Keoni just turned 12, and we thought a bike would be the perfect gift for this adventurous, outdoor-loving kid. As a baseline, a bike for Keoni requires customized care and costs over 10 to 20x more than what most of us could drive a few minutes up the street to find, test out, and buy for ourselves. And, most special needs bicycles and tricycles offer extra support - at an added cost - to help the user maintain a functional position on the bicycle or tricycle. (From the manufacturer, Rifton: The amount of support can be customized by adding different accessories for the areas of the body that need assistance. Some of the most common areas that require positioning accessories are: head, trunk, hand, pelvis and feet. Additional accessories are intended to make the user and caregiver's experience more functional and productive.)

Many of us have memories of riding our bikes around our communities as kids, wind whipping around us as we pedaled hard, feeling as fast and free as we might ever feel, rolling from one place to the next. And, many of us as adults continue to enjoy that same carefree pastime.

All kids should have equal access to formative recreational activities like riding a bicycle. And so, I humbly ask that you help make these outdoor adventures (and with that, huge therapeutic benefits) more accessible to Keoni by considering donating or sharing.

Thank you for your time, consideration, and support!

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Some additional notes from the manufacturer:

“Rifton believes everyone deserves the chance to ride. Biking is more than recreational. It’s therapeutic. The health benefits that come with cycling are plentiful– improved leg strength, posture, balance and range of motion; reciprocal leg motion patterning; using visual and spatial perception for steering- especially for children with physical challenges. Riding also helps with socialization- engagement with friends and family.”