Due to an accident in 1984 I lost my right arm and paralysed my right leg smashed my knee, I needed a lot modifications to my trike.

Anyway it was seeing a program on sky TV about trikes, not the big VW ones but the bike trikes as I would call them, as soon as I saw them I new I could ride one so I got on the Web and got searching and I was gob smacked to see what I had been missing out on.

After travelling many miles to see all the different models and different ways the axles and seat arrangements and most important was the build quality. After seeing lots of trikes I finally decided on a company called Trike Design just off the A470 near Cardiff.

They (Hank and Robin) only build Trikes and they are perfectionists, I decided on a trike I wanted and it took about four fittings to make it just right for me. Fortunately they had an NABD rep doing some work there and he was a great help.

They put the throttle on the left-hand side, the front and rear brakes were linked together on the left foot pedal, the clutch remained were it was. I also had footplates fitted and a Kliktronic gear changer.

The trike handles great, it took a bit of getting used to going round islands, as the steering gets a bit heavy but I like the very positive feel to the steering.

The brakes are as good as any bike or car I have driven, they fitted a boyas to balance the brakes and are very easy to adjust to suit your style of riding.

I would like to thank NABD for all their help.

This NABD Grant was sponsored by donations made by The Reading MAG 'Lion Rally' and The 'Red Barrows' Wheelbarrow Display Team.