Van Raam produces uniquely special needs bicycles and specializes in tricycles, transport bikes, scooterbikes, wheelchair bikes, tandem bikes, double rider bikes, and low step trough bikes (also known as comfortbikes). Each model is also available as an electric bike (Pedelec).
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Technical Director Jan-Willem Boezel and Sales & Marketing Manager Marnix Kwant went on a trade mission to the state of California in the United States in September 2022. Queen of the Netherlands, Queen Máxima, was also present during this mission. Read more in this article.
The trade mission focused on the themes of Urban mobility and Life Sciences & Health and the strengthening and renewing of economic partnerships.
During the four-days long trade mission, several meetings were organized on the themes of mobility, health, sustainability, and urbanization, which is a hot topic for both the Netherlands and California.
An important part of this is cycling. Cycling is sustainable and good for your health. Making cities ‘bicycle-friendly’ is an important topic for cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Van Raam and other Dutch entrepreneurs participated in the trade mission together with Queen Máxima and Dutch ministers Robbert Dijkgraaf, Lientje Schreinemacher, Ernst Kuipers and Vivianne Heijnen, among others.
The trade mission was organized by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency, the Dutch consulate in San Francisco and the NBSO (Netherlands Business Support Office) in close cooperation with the ministries of Foreign Affairs, Welfare and Sport, Infrastructure and Water Management.
The Dutch Economic Network in the United States, the Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers (VNO-NCW) and MKB-Nederland (‘SME-Netherlands’) and other relevant branch organisations were also involved.
Cycling is sustainable and good for your health. It was therefore an important part of the mission.
An interesting and challenging programme was set up during the trade mission. For instance, educational meetings took place. But there were also several receptions in, among others, San Francisco’s City Hall, at the home of the Dutch television producer Reinout Oerlemans in Beverly Hills and a visit was made to the famous Venice Beach in Los Angeles.
A lot of inspiration was gained, and new and great contacts were made that can help Van Raam build awareness of Van Raam’s special needs bikes in the United States.
The Dutch Cycling Embassy was also present at this trade mission. Van Raam has been a member of this organisation since 1 September 2022. The Dutch Cycling Embassy is a public-private network for sustainable, and bicycle inclusive mobility. The initiative aims to promote cycling abroad. They do this for foreign parties as an intermediary for Dutch knowledge on cycling and the Dutch parties that have this knowledge. They offer knowledge, experience and experts provided by private companies, NGOs, research institutions, national and local governments. Read more on the Dutch Cycling Embassy website.
The topic of cycling was an important part of the trade mission. To make cycling accessible to as many people as possible, Van Raam produces special needs bicycles. Because Van Raam believes that when people are mobile and independent for longer, they are happier. With the special needs bicycles in its range, Van Raam wants to contribute to this. Below you can see the complete range of Van Raam’s special needs bicycles:
People, who cannot ride on a regular bicycle, look for a proper and safe alternative.
The Van Raam wheelchair bikes are used to enable a wheelchair dependent person to travel by cycle.
The two persons have a good view and can communicate well with each other due to the seats being next to each other.
The low step through bikes from Van Raam enable people to get on their bikes easier.
The walking aid elieves the legs by supporting the costumer’s weight on the saddle.
The compact electric scooter bike is designed for people with stability problems or variable energy level.
Our transport bikes are for children or adults who cannot or do not want to take part in traffic on their own or for recreational use.
On 26 and 27 September 2019, Marnix Kwant, Huub Ressing en Coen Velthorst of Van Raam visited the United States. They visited our American dealers. A conference was organized for the American (and 1 Canadian) Van Raam dealers. Read in this article more about the trip and the program of the conference.
In April 2018, Martijn Kruisweg and Marnix Kwant of Van Raam went to the Boston area for a week. Here they visited our dealer bike-On in Warwick for, among other things, a presentation by an employee of Harvard University. They were also guests at Healthcare institutions in Portsmouth and they visited bicycle specialists in Boston, Warwick and Providence. In this article you can read and see more about their adventure in the USA.
Van Raam bikes does not only provides custom bikes/special needs bikes for the Dutch market. Also, throughout Europe we have dealers who sell Van Raam bikes, as in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Recently, we also have a dealer in the United States of America (USA).
During the round table conference 'Mission 2030' in April 2022, various stakeholders were brought together to discuss how more people with a disability can be mobile and play sports. Afterwards they cycled with 40 Easy Rider tricycles of Van Raam. Read more here.
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