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Mert Lawwill prosthetic bicycle riding hand [setup, first test ride]

December 25, 2011, 21:15

I recently got a Mert Lawwill bike hand and after I found time to fix my bike, mount new tubes and get the Mert hand going, I immediately went for a test ride to see how it’d go.

It is safe to say that there were two improvements for my prosthetic within the last twelve months that definitely knocked the bottom out in terms of empowerment – one was the winter / cold weather modification where I installed mounting heating elements into the socket.

And the second one is the bike riding hand.

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Mountain Bike Giant 870 ATX gear switches and arm rest

April 26, 2008, 10:39

My bicycle modifications were installed by the tech wiz bike shop CYCLE SHARK in Zuerich. They took time and knowhow and could have taken this even further. I required gear switch modifications. And they threw in an arm rest.

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Mountain Bike Giant 870 ATX – brake lever and force distributor

April 26, 2008, 09:43

I ride my bike with limited right sided support (no support if I don’t wear the prosthesis). Because of that, I need precise brake control.

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