BerkelBike Pro

The BerkelBike Pro recumbent trike is yet another revolutionary invention. It has a wide wheelbase which maximizes its safety due to the stability it offers to the tricycle rider. The BerkelBike Pro comes equipped with 8 gears and adjustable seat position and backrest (all while being seated); all this makes it highly suitable to be incorporated and used in sporting events/activities.

The optional feature also leads to the BerkelBike Pro being largely used in rehabilitation clinics and centres. As mentioned, The BerkelBike Pro is suitable to be used in sporting events/activities. It can easily connect to a cycle trainer which in turn connects to your PC or laptop. You can easily avail a myriad of software for your training programmes.

The BerkelBike Pro can easily be utilized to help physically challenged individuals to regain their lost self-esteem and self-confidence. The tricycle enables a physically impaired individual (even those with spinal cord injuries) to move around with increased ease and more than what a regular wheelchair has to offer. Going for last-minute dinner shopping when you are alone is very much a possibility with this wonderful invention.

Cycling is an amazing exercise and can provide you with countless health benefits. With the BerkelBike Pro, even physically impaired individuals can enjoy the benefits that cycling has to offer. This wonder tricycle “hybrid of a recumbent trike and a handcycle” has now allowed physically challenged individuals much more mobility; by being independent, they will be well on their way to gain more self-confidence and self-esteem. Not having to rely on others for basic transportation is just one of the benefits. The other health benefits which can be enjoyed by daily use of this hybrid of a recumbent trike and a handcycle is nothing to joke about either.

Independence and Fun

Cycling is so much fun and it is an exhilarating, heart warming exercise which can also provide you with a complete workout. Pedalling down that green slope on a bright and breezy morning can lift the spirits of the gloomiest of us. It is unfair to restrict this wonder exercise only to physically-inclined individuals. This was what helped give birth to the BerkelBike Pro design. The design of the BerkelBike Pro is such that it is effectively a hybrid of a handcycle and a recumbent trike.

The BerkelBike

The BerkelBike is a combination of a handcycle and a recumbent bike and is driven by using both the power of the arms as well as legs. The BerkelBike is developed in cooperation with physicians, therapists and researchers from rehabilitation centres. This amazing invention offers individuals who suffer from medical conditions such as Polio, Stroke (CVA), MS or Spinal Cord Lesion a new to improve their health.

It is little surprise then that the BerkelBike would have garnered awards such as the Millennium Award.

Fitness and Physical Condition

Cycling is a great method for exercising; it is fun, increases mobility and can also provide a great workout for your physical condition. The benefits of cycling are even greater for individuals who are physically impaired to overcome common issues such as being overweight due to lack of activities such as exercise. The wastage of muscle and poor blood circulation due to the extensive use of a wheelchair can all be avoided with this active sport.

The BerkelBike Pro is the ideal solution for physically challenged individuals who have no use, or limited use, of their legs. It serves as an excellent method to exercise both the arms and legs so that blood circulation can be improved to these areas. The BerkelBike Pro handcycle can also be utilized and incorporated for physiotherapy exercise programs which are intended to help regain strength and life to legs with muscle wastage. BerkelBike Pro has made it all possible for people with physical limitation, even the people who have suffered from Spinal Cord Injury to ride a tricycle using their arms and legs in coordination.

Technical specifications BerkelBike Pro (FES)

Frame colour ⇒ Dark Green
Braking system ⇒ Front wheel

Front wheel ⇒ 16”
Maximum width ⇒ 82 cm
Maximum height ⇒ 115 cm
Length (adjustable) ⇒ 140-181 cm

Seat height ⇒ 52 cm
Maximum load ⇒ 120kg*
Leg length (adjustable) ⇒ 95-120 cm**
 

* Can be reinforced up to 200 kg
** Measured from back of buttocks to the ball of the foot with leg outstretched

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