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Pittsburgh bicycle maker builds wheels for man without arms"
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/inspiration-on-wheels-704319/
The first time Mr. Trimble rode a bicycle was in 2000, in St. James, Mo., where he attended a boarding school. His gym teacher took an old bike and, in place of its handlebars, installed a metal pipe stretching out to one of his stumps. He rode that bike for 18 months and fell in love with cycling....
About a year ago, Mr. Trimble, 27, ordered online from REI a single-speed bicycle with a coaster brake and began to search for someone to customize it -- but "no one wanted to touch it. ... They told me that I am either a liability or that what I asked them to do could not be done."
And then he met Michael Brown, the owner of Maestro Frameworks - maestroframeworks.com - on the North Side.
I posted this to the bicycle forum on Sunday September 22, 2013 and had only 76 people read it, so I re-posting here on Friday September 27, 2013, and within six hours I had 157 look at it. Better know which forum to post in.
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Mr. Trimble remains deeply grateful to Mr. Brown for making his dream become real. The price was right, too: $125. "I thought it was going to be more expensive," said Mr. Trimble. "So I didn't quibble. He let me off easy."
Mr Brown
A great story.
It's people like Mr. Brown and Mr. Trimble who make this world a better place. 
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