‘You can’t just lop bits off the bike’: UK firm debuts bicycle for people with dwarfism | Cycling | The Guardian

Islabikes to mass-produce model specifically for adults with achondroplasia, after working with campaign group
Peter Walker

Steve Scott from the Dwarf Sports Association worked with the company to develop the bikes.
For much of the 15-plus years Islabikes has existed, the UK company’s managing director Tim Goodall recalls, adults with dwarfism would regularly get in touch, asking to come in to try out one of the bikes they make for children.
The company, he said, was happy to oblige, if aware of the implications: “It was the best option out there, but it was still pretty awful. It did feel like it was a problem that could be solved through better design.”
And that, in the end, is what has happened. The Ludlow-based business has become the first bike manufacturer in the world to mass-produce models specifically designed for the requirements of people with disproportionate dwarfism.