Why a bike leg?
The WHO estimates that 85-90% of amputees globally lack access to proper prosthetic care. This is due largely to insufficient infrastructure, finances, and/or local professionals.
Project Bike Leg aims to disrupt this statistic by providing a schema that details the process of making a functional below knee prosthesis from bicycle components.
If trained individuals can access this schema via the internet and successfully construct a prosthesis with on-hand materials, then maybe those millions of amputees who cannot otherwise access a traditional prosthesis may finally walk again.
