Any riders here with sight disabilities

[Tankbag]

Hats off to you riders with disabilities, there is a rider with one leg I've met a few times at the Raven Cafe. I've suddenly had a retinal tear, its bit of a git, but, apart from pouring tea & coffee I can live with it.

Shout up if you're a rider with disabilities for inspiration to the rest of us

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

Sorry to hear about your retinal tear, they can take quite some adjusting to. Judging distances can be difficult to start with but clever little monkeys we are our brains seem to adapt ways around it until you won’t really notice it anymore.

Talan Skeels-Piggins is paralysed from the chest down. Still races motorbikes and provides opportunities for other disabled riders to have a go.

There’s a YouTube vid of him and his story on this page. Yes he was paralysed in a motorcycle accident so don’t watch it if you don’t like hearing about those things!

https://drivetribe.com/p/the-bike-experience-helping-disabled-LSa_L0ktSmeqgnoh92ERnA?iid=P6JoHEjSRyeUFTGpfnAVEA

[raesewell]

You might not have heard of Billy Baxter but I had the privilege of meeting him a few years ago, what a character.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Baxter_(motorcyclist)

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1636473596422889

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

The advert for SuperNova works but the link for Billy Baxter on a mobike won’t play?

[fastbob]

I have Asperger's Syndrome but I don't regard it as a disability . It just means that I don't always feel part of the Human Race but that dosen't seem like such a bad thing these days .

Edited November 7, 2020 by fastbob

[rennie]

I walk with a stick but i wouldn't class myself as having a disability

[Guest Richzx6r]

I have a dickie left arm due to a bike accident but again because I can do everything I want I too don't class it as a disability even though I have been told it is by countless people

[MikeHorton]

I have Asperger's Syndrome but I don't regard it as a disability . It just means that I don't always feel part of the Human Race but that dosen't seem like such a bad thing these days .

 

Serving the public makes me want to spend the least amount of time possible in their company out of work. I finished work yesterday and took a long route home to watch the sun set. Spent the evening with the cat and dog till Mrs H finished her shift.

Nothing wrong with being a little different to the rat race. It would be a boring place if we were all the same

[raesewell]

The advert for SuperNova works but the link for Billy Baxter on a mobike won’t play?

Can't help with that I'm afraid, just take a look at the Wikipedia link and you'll get the idea.

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

I have Asperger's Syndrome but I don't regard it as a disability . It just means that I don't always feel part of the Human Race but that dosen't seem like such a bad thing these days .

 

I suspect if you did a poll off this forum you’d get the majority agreeing with that sentiment regardless of their abilities.

[Guest]

Two iffy knees (MCL's) due to sports injuries over 30 years ago. I can't run or do any activities like skiing etc.....but then I've got no wish to go running or skiing anyway.

I just have to be careful how I move around sometimes, and ensure I don't put undue stress on my knees.

That's why a much lighter bike with a lower centre of gravity was necessary!

And the lower seat has helped a lot because now my legs are much more bent so I can take the weight of the bike on my thighs rather than my knees.

[Guest Richzx6r]

Two iffy knees (MCL's) due to sports injuries over 30 years ago. I can't run or do any activities like skiing etc.....but then I've got no wish to go running or skiing anyway.

I just have to be careful how I move around sometimes, and ensure I don't put undue stress on my knees.

That's why a much lighter bike with a lower centre of gravity was necessary!

And the lower seat has helped a lot because now my legs are much more bent so I can take the weight of the bike on my thighs rather than my knees.

 

It's no fun getting older with injuries eh, my left knee (ACL) is abit knackered which makes distance riding on the ninja abit of a drag though I have been trying to do some conditioning riding recently so I can up the distance I can ride without a break and so far have nearly doubled what I could do 4 months ago so I'm getting there with it

[Guest]

Two iffy knees (MCL's) due to sports injuries over 30 years ago. I can't run or do any activities like skiing etc.....but then I've got no wish to go running or skiing anyway.

I just have to be careful how I move around sometimes, and ensure I don't put undue stress on my knees.

That's why a much lighter bike with a lower centre of gravity was necessary!

And the lower seat has helped a lot because now my legs are much more bent so I can take the weight of the bike on my thighs rather than my knees.

 

It's no fun getting older with injuries eh, my left knee (ACL) is abit knackered which makes distance riding on the ninja abit of a drag though I have been trying to do some conditioning riding recently so I can up the distance I can ride without a break and so far have nearly doubled what I could do 4 months ago so I'm getting there with it

 

You wait till you get to my age and see how long any sort of recovery or rehabilitation takes Rich.

What used to take days takes weeks. What used to take weeks takes months.

[Guest Richzx6r]

Two iffy knees (MCL's) due to sports injuries over 30 years ago. I can't run or do any activities like skiing etc.....but then I've got no wish to go running or skiing anyway.

I just have to be careful how I move around sometimes, and ensure I don't put undue stress on my knees.

That's why a much lighter bike with a lower centre of gravity was necessary!

And the lower seat has helped a lot because now my legs are much more bent so I can take the weight of the bike on my thighs rather than my knees.

 

It's no fun getting older with injuries eh, my left knee (ACL) is abit knackered which makes distance riding on the ninja abit of a drag though I have been trying to do some conditioning riding recently so I can up the distance I can ride without a break and so far have nearly doubled what I could do 4 months ago so I'm getting there with it

 

You wait till you get to my age and see how long any sort of recovery or rehabilitation takes Rich.

What used to take days takes weeks. What used to take weeks takes months.

 

I can almost assure you that I probably wont be walking when I am your age

[Guest Swagman]

Two iffy knees (MCL's) due to sports injuries over 30 years ago. I can't run or do any activities like skiing etc.....but then I've got no wish to go running or skiing anyway.

I just have to be careful how I move around sometimes, and ensure I don't put undue stress on my knees.

That's why a much lighter bike with a lower centre of gravity was necessary!

And the lower seat has helped a lot because now my legs are much more bent so I can take the weight of the bike on my thighs rather than my knees.

 

It's no fun getting older with injuries eh, my left knee (ACL) is abit knackered which makes distance riding on the ninja abit of a drag though I have been trying to do some conditioning riding recently so I can up the distance I can ride without a break and so far have nearly doubled what I could do 4 months ago so I'm getting there with it

 

You wait till you get to my age and see how long any sort of recovery or rehabilitation takes Rich.

What used to take days takes weeks. What used to take weeks takes months.

Yeah that’s definitely true.

[skyrider]

I have Asperger's Syndrome but I don't regard it as a disability . It just means that I don't always feel part of the Human Race but that dosen't seem like such a bad thing these days .

 

Serving the public makes me want to spend the least amount of time possible in their company out of work. I finished work yesterday and took a long route home to watch the sun set. Spent the evening with the cat and dog till Mrs H finished her shift.

Nothing wrong with being a little different to the rat race. It would be a boring place if we were all the same

indeed it would

[Bender]

Not really a disability but sight related, I have floaters in both eyes, God they are annoying, luckily they are not fixed hence the floaters term, but every now and then I have a long one a bit like a rip in the space time continuum, when that settles in the wrong place it's extra annoying.

The rest of the time it's like having your own personal escorts of blurry flies.

It's worse on bright clear days, if it's grey and overcast they are not so noticeable.

[skyrider]

sometimes does it look like a spec of soot going diagonally accross your eye because sometimes i get those and have been told it's the back of your eye breaking up

[Bender]

sometimes does it look like a spec of soot going diagonally accross your eye because sometimes i get those and have been told it's the back of your eye breaking up

 

They all look different, some are more/in/out of focus than others, I was told it's collagen and they can replace the liquid in the eye but it's not something to do unless they are really affecting the vision.

By the time I was finished at the eye dept in the hospital I had so many lights in my eye I thought I was going to be blind.

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

I had a spell of floaters a while back, coupled with random flashes in my peripheral vision. The optician checked it out for a detached retina but fortunately it turned out to be just the usual signs of the fluid in the eye changing with age.

The weird thing is that because I am short sighted as I'm getting older when your eyes tend to become more long sighted I'm almost at the point of not needing glasses for distance any more.

My distance prescription is getting less and less, but my reading prescription is going up.

[fastbob]

I have Asperger's Syndrome but I don't regard it as a disability . It just means that I don't always feel part of the Human Race but that dosen't seem like such a bad thing these days .

 

For goodness sake ! I've just noticed that this thread is titled SIGHT disabilities . I thought it said SLIGHT disabilities ! ...... Which kind of begs the question, do I have a slight sight disability ? I'll get me coat . If I can find it .

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

sometimes does it look like a spec of soot going diagonally accross your eye because sometimes i get those and have been told it's the back of your eye breaking up

 

They all look different, some are more/in/out of focus than others, I was told it's collagen and they can replace the liquid in the eye but it's not something to do unless they are really affecting the vision.

By the time I was finished at the eye dept in the hospital I had so many lights in my eye I thought I was going to be blind.

 

Not sure who told you that? Did you accidentally wander into the butchers for advice?

They definitely will not replace the ‘liquid’ in the eye unless they have to when doing detachment surgery, even then it’s temporary and will give you rubbish vision until you can produce enough vitreous of your own.

Anyway if anyone has the heebie jeebies just stare at some gridded paper and if when staring directly at a central spot everything is present n correct (no distortion or blank bits) your more than likely dandy. If not go to an eye hospital or specialist eye unit, otherwise you’ll be passed from pillar to post with a hundred unwitting amateurs poking your eye about before they dismiss you or send you there anyway.

[mention]Mississippi Bullfrog[/mention] People who have always needed glasses find their vision can improve with age because the lens of the eye thickens landing the refracted light on the macula (the central most seeing part of the eye) which is what glasses and contacts have been doing for you before the ageing process thickened the lens

[Bender]

sometimes does it look like a spec of soot going diagonally accross your eye because sometimes i get those and have been told it's the back of your eye breaking up

 

They all look different, some are more/in/out of focus than others, I was told it's collagen and they can replace the liquid in the eye but it's not something to do unless they are really affecting the vision.

By the time I was finished at the eye dept in the hospital I had so many lights in my eye I thought I was going to be blind.

 

Not sure who told you that? Did you accidentally wander into the butchers for advice?

They definitely will not replace the ‘liquid’ in the eye unless they have to when doing detachment surgery, even then it’s temporary and will give you rubbish vision until you can produce enough vitreous of your own.

Anyway if anyone has the heebie jeebies just stare at some gridded paper and if when staring directly at a central spot everything is present n correct (no distortion or blank bits) your more than likely dandy. If not go to an eye hospital or specialist eye unit, otherwise you’ll be passed from pillar to post with a hundred unwitting amateurs poking your eye about before they dismiss you or send you there anyway.

@Mississippi Bullfrog People who have always needed glasses find their vision can improve with age because the lens of the eye thickens landing the refracted light on the macula (the central most seeing part of the eye) which is what glasses and contacts have been doing for you before the ageing process thickened the lens

 

Just the eye dept at the rvi, and yes they did explain all about the saline having to be replaced by the eyes own fluid, I'm pleased you think so little of our wonderful hospitals it's most unlike you

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

[mention]Bender[/mention] I’m not down on the hospital, in all honesty I’m hoping and thinking you must of remembered it incorrectly

Although I am a down on some of the opticians and minor injury clinics that don’t know what they are looking at and send away people who need treating, it’s not necessarily their fault if it’s not their specific area but when poor folk turn up worried after hours of unnecessary repeated drops with their eyes inflamed after being prodded about you can’t help but find it a bit annoying.

There’s no such thing as a detachment that’s not worth treating though, even if they just use laser to secure the area.

You kinda need to know your precise diagnosis, was it vitreous detachment or retinal? The devil is in the detail.

Anyhow sounds like you were in the right place so I’m sure all’s well n dandy.

Just pls make sure if you have any further flashing lights or missing areas of vision (they tend to be fixed areas) you go straight back!

[Bender]

@Bender I’m not down on the hospital, in all honesty I’m hoping and thinking you must of remembered it incorrectly

Although I am a down on some of the opticians and minor injury clinics that don’t know what they are looking at and send away people who need treating, it’s not necessarily their fault if it’s not their specific area but when poor folk turn up worried after hours of unnecessary repeated drops with their eyes inflamed after being prodded about you can’t help but find it a bit annoying.

There’s no such thing as a detachment that’s not worth treating though, even if they just use laser to secure the area.

You kinda need to know your precise diagnosis, was it vitreous detachment or retinal? The devil is in the detail.

Anyhow sounds like you were in the right place so I’m sure all’s well n dandy.

Just pls make sure if you have any further flashing lights or missing areas of vision (they tend to be fixed areas) you go straight back!

 

I don't have flashing lights, you need glasses I'm sure that wasn't in my post

The only lights I had were the ones they were trying to blind me with.

My diagnosis was over 20year ago, I went for an eye test at vision express, they didn't like what I was telling them, they didn't have a specific machine so sent me to boots, boots had the machine but still were lost, sent mo to eye dept.

Apart from floaters I have 2 curly shaped worm like things one in each eye, don't worry they ain't worms, I can see them plain as day, they wander round the peripheral vision most of the time, at the time I was young ish so age related was out, I had dyes and drops and dilated pupils, nothing untoward was found.

I've since had eye tests and pictures and all good although other than collagen they were stumped, from memory they said it comes off the gell and clumps together which is fine for the small bits, some of mine have come off and remained string like.

I still don't have or need glasses although I think for fine close work I may be getting into glasses territory.