SCI and the Gym

[Celaena]

Hi everyone-

My gym has a couple SCI-FIT exercise machines.  I was glad to see them there the other day (I hadn't noticed before until I was on the treadmill behind them), but only one is aisle access.  The other one is two machines over sandwiched between high knee steppers.  

I'm pretty sure it is a recumbent stepper, if that matters.  Since it is up next to the other machines, I wasn't sure if the placement would prevent access for wheelchair users.  And if a wheelchair user could access, then their wheelchair would block the aisle, right?

Could anyone weigh in?  I will make sure the gym knows if it is not accessible (and then bug them until it is fixed), but don't have the insight into whether or not it is!

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[messybun]

I am curious, how do these machines work?

[benquad]

The chair can be removed

[midwestguy]

Benquad is right the seats can be removed. But who want's to go to the gym and then tract down an employee to ask them to remove it.
I have an arm bike I use at home but the base is designed for a wheelchair user. The one in the first pic on the left is not as accessible as it looks.

But hopefully you see a hot wheeler there someday

[someonerandom]

Mar 14, 2021 14:24:32 GMT -5 midwestguy said:

Benquad is right the seats can be removed. But who want's to go to the gym and then tract down an employee to ask them to remove it.
I have an arm bike I use at home but the base is designed for a wheelchair user. The one in the first pic on the left is not as accessible as it looks.

But hopefully you see a hot wheeler there someday

Where did you get the arm bike?

[midwestguy]

Mar 14, 2021 16:20:52 GMT -5 someonerandom said:

Mar 14, 2021 14:24:32 GMT -5 midwestguy said:

Benquad is right the seats can be removed. But who want's to go to the gym and then tract down an employee to ask them to remove it.
I have an arm bike I use at home but the base is designed for a wheelchair user. The one in the first pic on the left is not as accessible as it looks.

But hopefully you see a hot wheeler there someday

Where did you get the arm bike?

My brother in law is an OT and I saw it at one of his facilities.
The manufacturer (Endorphin Corporation) is now out of business but I found a guy selling an unboxed one on Ebay for $600, which is a quarter of the price.

[someonerandom]

Mar 14, 2021 19:26:34 GMT -5 midwestguy said:

Mar 14, 2021 16:20:52 GMT -5 someonerandom said:

Where did you get the arm bike?

My brother in law is an OT and I saw it at one of his facilities.
The manufacturer (Endorphin Corporation) is now out of business but I found a guy selling an unboxed one on Ebay for $600, which is a quarter of the price.

That looks so cool! I may need to get one.