Five patients at Shriners Hospitals for Children in Salt Lake City went for their first spin Sunday on new bikes created just for them.
The adaptive bikes were custom fitted to each patient — some with adaptive tricycles and hand cycles — to accommodate the specific health care needs associated with their conditions, including spina bifida, cerebral palsy and congenital quadrilateral amputation.
Shriners gives away one adaptive bike a week throughout the year to children who can’t ride standard ones so they can benefit from the social and health benefits of riding, according to a news release.
The “Kruisers for Kids” Charity Car Show raised more than $27,000 for the program.
(Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ten year old Travis Carpenter happily rides his new bike around as five Shriner's Hospital patients received their first adaptive bike at the Cruising for a Cause event, Sunday, September 24, 2017. Carpenter is at Shriners being treated for Neurofibromatosis.