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Sora
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 Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:36 am Post subject: Riding a bike - sensory issues? |
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I just wondered: Is there anyone who cannot ride a bike because of visual/auditory issues?
I know that with motor coordination problems it can probably also be very hard to ride a bike.
But when I ride a bike, the bike itself doesn't give me any problems. It's only when I use my eyes, have to take in my surroundings and listen to things, try to pay attention to the traffic or people that walk, then I get huge problems. I feel disorientated and dizzy from the many stimuli that I ought to pay attention to but can't. Then I can't hold my balance or forget to push the pedals/do so at an irregular speed that makes the bike uncontrollable.
Anyone else has this problem? Rather than motor coordination/problems with holding the balance itself?
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LostInEmulation
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| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 12:34 pm Post subject: |
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I do, but my impaired vision probably has very much to do with it. I can ride a bicycle well if it's just one straight line, but if there are streets crossing, it is problematic.
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Sometimes I crash into things or just generally fall off, but that's never deterred me. I love riding bikes, especially on empty roads with no cars, going down hills =) But of course, going down hills means you have to go back up again 
Woo, speaking of which, I'm going on a bike ride right now =D
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This isn't very relative, but had a really messed up bike ride last night. I was just riding 1mi to my friend's house and back but I didn't stop at my house. I then decided to ride a few miles to the lake and back, and then I ended up riding 17mi in at night. 4 of those miles was on pitch black levee which barely had a dirt path on top made of tire tracks. I kept almost falling off and feeling blind because there was no light. The dark part was the not being coordinated,other than that it was an unbelievable ride. I have to ride 5mi home 5 days a week for 6 weeks this summer and so far I have almost been hit a few times, have ran into a parked car, and have to ride in jeans with high temps.
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I get the dizziness if I look around too much but I don't get it driving a car.
I also try skateboarding from time to time which is normally quite painful to at least some extent. My balance is all out of whack and I am always hanging off the board with my centre of gravity all over the place. |
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I didn't learn how to ride a bike until I was fifteen...
It wasn't sensory issues or balance (I've always had excellent balance.). I was simply just scared to death of falling off and getting hurt. I'm sextremely sensitive to pain (possibly a sensory issue?) and I just wanted to avoid it at all costs. Growing up, I would often have dreams of riding a bike to my friends house or through a store or something. And I always had to make up excuses with the neighborhood kids of why I couldn't ride with them. It was so embarrassing. But one day, when I was fifteen, my little cousins were learning. And there was no way they were going to learn before me. Not this time. So I sucked it up and started riding my bike. I'm so glad I did. 
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SabbraCadabra
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| RustyShackleford wrote: | | I also try skateboarding from time to time which is normally quite painful to at least some extent. |
I used to rollerblade a lot...kneepads and wristpads are a must for me
Doubt they fit me anymore though =/
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| Lightning88 wrote: | | Growing up, I would often have dreams of riding a bike to my friends house or through a store or something. |
I had the exact same thing with driving cars...lots of absurd situations, I even had one where I was speeding down a street backwards o_O I quickly flipped my car back around like something out of Carmageddon.
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I enjoyed bike riding, though I could not hear things properly the speed was fun, but this has not transfered over to my car driving. but I did learn a bit late to go without training wheels, after my brother who is two years younger then me.
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I cant ride a bike due to sensory, visual, and can't move my body right to master the skill of riding a bike no matter what i do.
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I just can't ride a bike. I've never been able to. I gave up trying to learn six years ago.
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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Sora,and anyone else,
dont know if this would help or not,but what about getting an adult trike instead?
they use these in the hall at the national autistic societies' victoria house day centre,am have never used one but because of their design,it means less concentrating on balance and less chance of falling off.
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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| SabbraCadabra wrote: | Sometimes I crash into things or just generally fall off, but that's never deterred me. I love riding bikes, especially on empty roads with no cars, going down hills =) But of course, going down hills means you have to go back up again
Woo, speaking of which, I'm going on a bike ride right now =D |
As a kid, I lived for finding big hills to ride my bike down. I would do it over and over for hours.
I still ride a bike, often actually. I had a nasty wreck about eight years ago that sticks with me though, and I am quite nervous when it comes to riding anywhere near a curb. Otherwise I still enjoy it. Doing anything outside though lends way to sensory "shocks" when I suddenly find a dog chasing me or a car whiz past when I least expect it.
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| Mikomi wrote: | | Doing anything outside though lends way to sensory "shocks" when I suddenly find a dog chasing me or a car whiz past when I least expect it. |
That's why I like to take "the scenic route" It's usually a lot faster, too...just whatever empty roads on the way to my destination...and I'll worry about having to cross the busy streets when I get there
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I loved bike riding and use to do "stunts" like standing on the seat, (like my hero Anny Oakley on a horse) . But I have all the problems you describe when trying to drive. I didn't get my license until I was 30 and I still only drive places that I already know where I am going and what to expect...it still makes me very nervous and I only go back and forth to work.
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