Strength, speed, balance, coordination: it takes a long list of physical abilities to safely ride a bike, abilities that start to fade as we get older.
But a group of volunteers in the North Shore believes with the right bicycle and pilot, anyone can go for a bike ride.
The North Shore chapter of Cycling Without Age is hoping to reduce seniors’ isolation and improve their health one trishaw ride at a time.
Ian Rose-Innes, the man behind the organization, says everyone has “the right to wind in their hair.”
His group provides rides on a “trishaw” — essentially a three-wheeled bicycle — every two weeks to the people living at the Berkeley
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