From athlete to disabled person, to businessman.
From the accident, through the first prototype made in a storage, to the creation of the GBY SA company with its mass production, you are in the right place to find out about our incredible story.
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31.07.2013, Sebastian falls while mountain biking. Medical diagnosis: incomplete quadriplegic, C6-C7.
6 weeks after the accident, the first project work was given to the students.
2013
First drawings of prototype 1 of the arm and leg adapted bike, by Sebastian
Beginning of an exploratory and intensive training of 6 days out of 7. That is more than 35 hours per week.
2014
First laps of the PRM bike prototype.
Start of the on-board electrical stimulation (FES) project with Professor Dr. Kenneth Hunt of BFH-Ti
2015
Creation of the start-up GBY (Go-By-Yourself)
2-week intensive rehabilitation training course in the US
2016
Development in Vuisternens-en-Ogoz, with Chang-Ho, first engineer collaborator
Start in the "stimo" study (internal implantation of electrical stimulation of the nerves of the spinal cord) for Sebastian as a patient, with Prof. Dr Jocelyne Bloch and Grégoire Courtine
2017
GBY test of the use of the arms and legs bike on 6 people for 6 weeks. At the end of the test, 5 people buy a Go-Tryke bike!
The French-speaking Swiss television RTS opens the news at GBY with 7:30 p.m. live.
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2018
Start of sales of the first series of 50 "Go-Tryke" adapted bicycles
National Geographic reports on the bicycle for people with reduced mobility at GBY SA
2019
Friborg innovation prize competition and postponed to 2021 due to Covid-19. GBY wins the competition with its Go-Tryke adapted bike, Start-Up category!
At the end of 2020, decision to develop the rehabilitation method based on the GBY movement.
2020
Start of the innosuisse iXES project for on-board measurement and stimulation on the Go-Tryke adapted bike. A collaborative work between GBY and the RehaLab of the BFH.
Fitting out of the SCI-Mobility Lab at the Bernese University of Applied Sciences (BFH) in Biel. A laboratory dedicated to the mobility of people with disabilities.
2021
Start of sales of the second series of PMR Go-Tryke bikes.
Sebastian walks for the first time in the forest thanks to the rehabilitation method and his Go-Tryke adapted arms and legs bike.
2022
Launch of a clinical study for Swiss paraplegic research with 25 people who will ride a Go-Tryke bike for 6 weeks.
To be continued...
2023