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The Easy Rider is vanRaam's most popular tricycle for seniors, and it's easy to understand why once you're on it. Gunda has been riding van vanRaam Easy Rider for many years. She's an example of what's possible with when you find the right bike.
Some cyclists count their rides in minutes. Gunda Krauss counts hers in thousands of kilometres.Â
Gunda has been riding a vanRaam Easy Rider electric tricycle for seniors for many years. She covers around 6,000 kilometres annually, enough to cross the UK from top to bottom several times over.Â
She even has a more powerful Silent HT motor fitted to handle the distance. A few years ago, she cycled from Munich to Rügen on her Easy Rider. Without it, she says, she would not be nearly as mobile.Â
Gunda is not an outlier. She's an example of what's possible when you find the right bike.Â
The Easy Rider is vanRaam's most popular elderly tricycle, and it's easy to understand why once you're on it. It bears little resemblance to a traditional tricycle for seniors. The low entry frame and lower seating position give you a reduced centre of gravity and a much greater sense of security from the very first ride.Â
Rather than a saddle, you sit in a padded seat with a backrest, handlebars positioned comfortably in front of you. The seat is fully adjustable, with back support, lower back support, and raised side edges for lateral stability. The forward pedalling position and frame suspension work together to make longer rides genuinely comfortable rather than something to endure.Â
vanRaam completely renewed the Easy Rider in 2021 with the Easy Rider 3, refining every element of the ride experience.
For anyone considering electric trikes for seniors, the Easy Rider with vanRaam's Silent System pedal assist is the benchmark. Award-winning, near silent, and individually programmable, it lets you set your support level to match the terrain, the distance, or simply how you feel on the day.Â
The Silent System also allows you to ride backwards, which makes parking and manoeuvring in tight spaces considerably easier. It's one of the details that makes the Easy Rider stand apart as an electric tricycle for seniors rather than just a tricycle with a motor bolted on.
What Gunda's story illustrates is something vanRaam has always believed: that an electric trike for seniors isn't a concession to ageing. It's a tool for doing more, going further, and staying out on the road longer than you thought possible.Â
The Easy Rider is the centrepiece of vanRaam's UK range for good reason. But if you want to explore further, the Thuja and Easy Rider Compact are also worth a look - each offering a different riding position and style while sharing the same philosophy.Â
True to its name, the Easy Rider helps you feel confident, relaxed, and completely at ease, wherever the journey takes you.
Cycle comfortably and easily on a compact tricycle with a seat. Particularly suitable for small adults and large children.
Awarded for its innovation, the remarkably stable and stylish Thuja blends form and function beautifully.Â
The best way to understand what an electric tricycle for elderly riders feels like is to ride one. Book a test ride at your nearest vanRaam dealer and take your time. There's no obligation, just the chance to find out what your next 6,000 kilometres could look like.
Read more Easy Rider customer experiences here:
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Most electric bikes are designed for the general market. They're built around average fitness levels, average balance, and average riding confidence. For many people, that's fine. But not all electric bikes are created equal. For older adults who want a bike that genuinely accounts for how cycling changes over time, the standard options often fall short. So vanRaam went back to the drawing board. The result is the Balance: one of our most loved electric bike for seniors.
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