Van Raam visits dealers in the United States

Dealers meet at Van Raam distributor Spinov8

Van Raam's importer in the United States Spinov8 organised a conference for Van Raam dealers in the United States and Canada. During this conference, the Van Raam employees present gave presentations about Marketing, Sales and Service, among other things.

Marnix Kwant, Sales & Marketing Manager, explained Van Raam's Marketing and long-term vision for Van Raam in North America. Huub Ressing, Export Manager, told about the Sales in North America and about the order process, quotations and shipping from the Netherlands to the United States. Coen Velthorst, service engineer at Van Raam, gave a technical training, where he talked about the battery and programming the controller, among other things.

All Van Raam dealers in the United States and Canada were invited to this conference. In addition to the presentations, they also discussed everything about Van Raam and the dealership in two days' time. Tips and tricks were exchanged and the group cycled together on Van Raam's special needs bicycles.

Van Raam has several dealers in the United States and Canada:

• All Ability Cycles Van Raam dealer All Ability Cycles is located in Jefferson, Iowa.
• Lancaster Recumbent Lancaster Recumbent is a Van Raam dealer in Marietta, Penssylvania.
• Bike On Van Raam dealer Bike-On is located in Warwich, Rhode Island.
• Hamilton Trike Hamilton Trike is a Van Raam dealer and is located in Dundas, Ontario (Canada).

The Chat rickshaw bike in the United States

Kelly Talcott of Cycling Without Age was also present at the conference. He told the American dealers more about the Van Raam rickshaw transport bike Chat and the origin of this transport bike.

In 2018, Van Raam came into contact with Cycling Without Age (CWA). This social enterprise offers (lonely) elderly people worldwide the opportunity to enjoy cycling together again. These tours are with rickshaw-like bikes.

The founder of CWA and Van Raam agreed that the current rickshaw bikes needed to be updated, so Van Raam decided to think about a new contemporary version of the Rikshaw bike. The Chat was designed and is now also available in the United States.

Van Raam dealers test special needs bikes

• Chat rickshaw bike: which can be used together with children or adults who can no longer cycle independently or for recreational use.

• VeloPlus wheelchair transport bike: a bicycle on which a wheelchair user takes a seat on the platform at the front of the bicycle.

• Twinny Plus three-wheel tandem: an adult tandem with three wheels.

• Fun2Go side-by-side tandem: the three-wheel tandem where you don't sit behind each other but next to each other. One person steers, both can pedal.

During this tour, all Van Raam bicycles present were equipped with pedal assistance.