I Clement

@Wheels4Well Director; Non-Exec Director of ATE; Trustee of Disability Advice Service Lambeth; urban handcyclist; Honorary MBE!
All views expressed are my own.

[I Clement @IsabelleClement]

When #Cycling's not the right answer, there are other options to augment the power of wheelchairs. They don't come cheap either though 😳!! If you're able to, please consider supporting RoCo's fundraiser so they can move freely around hilly #Sheffield! #ActiveMobility
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

[Eryn @ErynHMHC]

My partner RoCo also uses a manual wheelchair, but Sheffield hills are A LOT. E-motion wheels would give them so much independence and energy back. Unfortunately, life changing tech doesn't come cheap.

If you can't donate, sharing also really helps
https://t.co/z1rj2ioYw8

[I Clement @IsabelleClement]

@RossLydall Terrible news for Disabled people who use an e-cycle as their mobility aid. 😠

[I Clement @IsabelleClement]

Congratulations to @peddlemywheels and CEO Alper Muduroglu for winning well deserved LCC Community Initiative Award!! Key partners to #Wheels4MeLondon inclusive cycle loan scheme with @Wheels4Well. Total commitment to tackling barriers to cycling for the most excluded 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻.

[I Clement @IsabelleClement]

Pleased to be at @London_Cycling's AGM. Such impressive advocates for #cyclists in #London! Increasingly concentrating on the groups currently under represented in cycling (women, young people, people on low income, etc.).

[I Clement @IsabelleClement]

@BBCSounds is the app down? Can't get it in London SW2 this morning 😞.

[I Clement @IsabelleClement]

@SiLove69 @TfL @integrated @activetraveleng @Itsdanny_again @Chris_Boardman @Wheels4Well Stanmore station has a long ramp down & out thru the carpark; then you have to wheel up the hill out of the carpark via steep pitted/broken tarmacked road 😡. Only way up that way is with the e-assist clip-on!

[I Clement @IsabelleClement]

Travelling South London to Stanmore. It's ☀️! Handcycled to Waterloo station + @TfL #JubileeLine to Stanmore + handcycled to #RNOH for scan & back again. 1.5hrs exercise in the bag 🥳
#Accessible @Integrated, green transport!
@activetraveleng @Itsdanny_again @Chris_Boardman

[I Clement @IsabelleClement]

@JessinRuislip @3_wheeled_jon @TfL @integrated @activetraveleng @Itsdanny_again @Chris_Boardman @Wheels4Well Nope! Another key reason for taking the clip on. The way out around the carpark and up the hill is hideous for anyone in a wheelchair (the state of the tarmac is absolutely shocking 😱!!).

[I Clement @IsabelleClement]

@3_wheeled_jon @TfL @integrated @activetraveleng @Itsdanny_again @Chris_Boardman @Wheels4Well So much easier to have the clip on for getting to/from station & to destination!! Taking the bus means wheeling along pavements at each end 😱. Dreadful, dangerous & exhausting. Wouldn't be able to make that journey independently.

[I Clement @IsabelleClement]

@3_wheeled_jon @TfL @integrated @activetraveleng @Itsdanny_again @Chris_Boardman @Wheels4Well Luckily #JubileeLine lifts & platforms are mostly ok. For Stanmore I request a ramp. Enough space onboard (if not rush hour) 👍. Sometimes I have to unclip & push clip-on in front of me to get in/out of smaller lifts. I never take it on the bus but tube & most trains ok.

[I Clement @IsabelleClement]

@CricklewoodMum @TfL @integrated @activetraveleng @Itsdanny_again @Chris_Boardman @Wheels4Well Absolutely! 😎

[I Clement @IsabelleClement]

Two visits to the Palace of Westminster, two days running! Better weather this morning so, time for a selfie while in the queue for security checks 😀.

[I Clement @IsabelleClement]

@ZagDaily @RiDC_UK @Wheels4Well Very interesting ��👌! Would be great for three-wheeled cycles too (but likely to push further the already steep price tags, so likely out of the reach of most 😞).

[I Clement @IsabelleClement]

@Laurakiora @jojomay1 @carlafrancome @gillegsy Thank you Laura. Sorry to hear but not surprised. Such a shame "heritage" specialists care so little about Disabled & older locals & visitors. Clearly don't realise how much of the #PurplePound they're forfitting in the process. Guernsey sounds such a gorgeous destination 👌😔.

[I Clement @IsabelleClement]

@FourQ @tricyclemayor @RachelCDailey @tandemkate has worked out a cunning way of doing this 👍.

[I Clement @IsabelleClement]

@SaskiaHeijltjes @Wheels4Well I visited a few years back & within minutes of arrival I'd spotted a handcyclist & two trike cyclists. I thought I'd died & gone to Disabled cycling heaven 😇🤪. In NL, some local authorities give sports equipment to peeps with mobility impairments. Many choose cycles 👍.

[I Clement @IsabelleClement]

@linkcott18 @carlafrancome Cobbles, in my wheeler's opinion are the work of the devil. Spine & wheels crunchers 😖😠. Also trip hazards for most ppl. Should be banned. But if they can be laid in a way that gives them the feel of tarmac underwheel whilst looking oldy worldly, I'm all for them 😅

[I Clement @IsabelleClement]

@carlafrancome Their cobbles look of the less egregious type, I must admit, on your pics.

[I Clement @IsabelleClement]

@carlafrancome Genuine question: many wheelchair users about? Cobbles, for a start. Also: do they provide parking for blue badge holders within the pedestrianised area? Many lovely heritagey areas are no-go zones for people with limited mobility & so we take our money elsewhere 🤪
#PurplePound

[I Clement @IsabelleClement]

What a gorgeous day to be cycling to work! ���😎Looking forward to giving #Keynote @nlalondon's conference on #ActiveTravel this morning 👍. The #BuiltEnvironment industry has a huge part to play in making active travel accessible for #Disabled people.
@Wheels4Well