{"id":132863,"date":"2016-01-07T18:01:43","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T16:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/?p=132863"},"modified":"2016-01-07T18:01:43","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T16:01:43","slug":"cyclist-lost-his-arm-so-he-3d-printed-a-new-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/01\/07\/cyclist-lost-his-arm-so-he-3d-printed-a-new-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclist Lost His Arm So He 3D Printed a New One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tom Wheeler is not your usual cyclist. His love of two wheels goes so far, you might not even be able to imagine it. Despite losing the use of his right arm in a downhill race, he still wants to cycle as much as possible.\u00a0<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201eOn the 26th March 2011 I took part in what seemed to be an average weekends racing. Little did I know that on this day my life would be changed for ever,\u201c said Tom about the accident.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/01\/5618_507163002797948_9148913357282672513_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-132868 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/01\/5618_507163002797948_9148913357282672513_n-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Wheeler is a true inspiration.\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>His cycling career looked very promising at that time and he was riding down the hill as hard as possible. Unfortunately he hit a branch, lost control of his bike and the rest is history.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/01\/528165_10152354870295722_1641520507_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-132866 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/01\/528165_10152354870295722_1641520507_n-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"Despite losing the use of his right arm in a downhill race, he still wants to cycle as much as possible.\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He might have lost the use of his arm but his love of cycling made him look for any possible solution that could put him back in the seat. He teamed up with Poppy Farrugia and PDR&#8217;s International Centre for Design Research a while back and together they try to create a brace, which would help other cyclists with the same or similar condition to Tom\u2018s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/01\/22622_434259630088286_5858177434326610638_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-132867 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/01\/22622_434259630088286_5858177434326610638_n-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"The brace could help others in a similar situation to the one Tom is in.\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201eThe brace is always progressing and is nearly at a stage where we can think about a time where we can produce them for others,\u201c says the official Notbroken website.<\/p>\n<lite-youtube videoid=JwWgp4dkbxo params=\"enablejsapi=1\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/JwWgp4dkbxo\/maxresdefault.webp');\"><\/lite-youtube>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Wheeler is not your usual cyclist. 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