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August Newsletter Updates

  By AT | August 9, 2016 - 4:41 pm |
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His Wheels International’s August, 2016, Update

Thanks for your interest in His Wheels International. Attached you will find our August, 2016, Newsletter.

Below is an overview of the latest news from us.

The August, 2016, Newsletter can be read online at http://www.hiswheels.org/newsletters/2016-newsletters/

The Pakistan Accessible Design Challenge was a big success. They had 60 design entries. You can view the top thirty here. Alice was part of the International judging board that picked the final design. http://www.pakwheels.com/blog/top-30-cycle-designs-submitted-at-pakwheels-partnered-nowpdp-competition/

Abilities.com “The resource for the disability community,” featured Alice’s story. http://www.abilities.com/community/cycles-of-life.html

Mission Unstoppable: Listen to the podcast, where radio host Frankie Picasso interviewed Alice Teisan. https://soundcloud.com/hiswheels/mission-unstoppable-live-2016-07-19

There’s still more in the newsletter so take a look.

Thanks for your part in the ministry of His Wheels International.

 

 

 

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April, 2016 Newsletter

  By AT | April 1, 2016 - 2:34 am |
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April 2016 Newsletter

Below is a newsletter overview with some new website links:

We have two new videos that can be viewed at His Wheels Videos.

Alice will be a virtual judge for a Pakistan Accessible Design Challenge. You can learn about the competition at NOWPDP.org

In June we hope to send two trikes with Basic Utility Vehicles (BUV) to Tanzania. Learn more about BUV at Basic Utility Vehicle Website.

Our network around the world keeps growing. Maxim and his brother Evgenii began building a virtual handbike community in 2013 for a Russian Speaking audience within Eastern Europe. They have 425 members. Thanks to internet translation you can browse their website at Handbikes Russia.

The Wheels are turning

  By AT | March 25, 2014 - 12:18 pm |
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The wheels are turning in many ways and in many places. Below is an update on some of the exciting things happening around trikes at three different universities and in Niger, West Africa.

Last week Alice had lunch with faculty at Spring Arbor University (SAU)who are part of the University Consortium. We prayed and dreamed together about some of the entrepreneurial and innovative ideas we discussed with faculty from SAU and India. Continue to pray with us as it takes time to implement good ideas.

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A Look Back at 2013

  By AT | January 22, 2014 - 10:40 pm |
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Here is a copy of the most recent His Wheels International update. You can read of all the opportunities we had in 2013. January 2014 Letter

Trike Stress Testing

  By AT | June 28, 2013 - 10:06 pm | ,
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Today we did some potentially destructive testing on a DOTT trike frame. (Note that all of these tests were performed without the additional strength of a “Haiti Brace” installed. The Haiti brace is an extra support welded into the frame below the seat that helps to strengthen the trike frame. All current HWI trikes use this brace.)

These tests at HWI were done in parallel with the Solidworks computer stress analysis reports compiled by the students at Messiah College.

The intention was to provide us with a feel, both practically and theoretically for how strong the design was, and to help identify any weaknesses in the design. Unfortunately, we ran out of weight for the test as we approached 900 pounds. We really did not expect to get that far.

Our future tests will involve actually overloading the trike to see what parts do fail first.

As well as providing valuable theoretical analysis of the trike design, the students at Messiah College were able to identify the likelihood that most of our trike frame would still be strong enough even if we used a slightly smaller diameter of tubing. Thanks again to the students and staff at Messiah College for their work and suggestions.

 

Burkina Faso

  By AT | May 21, 2013 - 1:44 am |
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John Meyer reviewing trike plans
John Meyer reviewing trike plans

In January 2013, we sent a His Wheels International trike kit via Messiah College’s Collaboration in Pennsylvania to a SIM Rehabilitation site in Mahadaga, Burkina Faso, Africa. While there for a January course, a couple of engineering students, along with some nationals, welded the trike together. John, Messiah’s engineering trip faculty advisor, said, “It was done on a questionably ‘flat’ concrete floor, with a square, tape measure, and the front fork trike template. We built it with good results.” (more…)