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In the spirit of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Oaknoll Retirement Residence was hosting their annual Silver Games at Clear Creek Amana High School on Friday, August 12, 2016. At the Silver Games there were various specialized Van Raam trikes to ride on.
Oaknoll is a not-for-profit, Continuing Care Retirement Community which has been providing LifeCare in the greater Iowa City community since 1966. Silver Games in Tiffin Iowa gave local senior citizens opportunities to ride adapted bikes thanks to one of our Van Raam dealers, All Ability Cycles.
The Silver Games are a friendly competitive venue bringing together residents from assisted living, nursing homes and retirement communities in the Southeast Iowa area. The idea of the games is to offer some friendly competition. Everyone will receive a medal and the activities are designed for all abilities. The Silver Games brings together our communities and spotlights our residents as a testament to healthy aging and active living, regardless of disabilities and is in the spirit of fun for all!
For people with special needs (children, adults or the elderly) bike riding does not come easy. Trying to coordinate balance, pedaling and steering is an extremely difficult task. For those people riding a two wheeler may never be a practical option. A good solution is a three wheel bike. At the Silver Games there were various specialized trikes to ride on:
The video below captures the rides on the Van Raam bikes at the Silver Games in Tiffin. On the video they demonstrate the Easy Rider three wheel bike, the rotatable seat on the Fun2Go and you can see how you can rol a wheelchair on the flat platform of the VeloPlus wheelchair transport bike.
According to John (All Ability Cycles) this video shows that "Everyone Can Ride." That is also our Van Raam slogan “Let’s all cycle !”
She couldn’t cycle with her dementia grandmother, and that is what she got inspired to be cycling with senior citizen. Learn and read more in this article about Shannon and her new organization, what it means to her and the elderly people that, without her wouldn’t be able to cycle, feel the sun and the wind in their hair. Also get to know the OPair wheelchair bike (better).
Liesbeth Snijder is using her OPair wheelchair bike from Van Raam as taxi in Epe, the Netherlands. She offers a cycling opportunity for people who are no longer able to cycle on their own anymore. Since April 2019, the OPair wheelchair bike has been used to take people from one place to another or for people who just want to take a bike ride.
The 'Fietsersbond' is a Dutch cycling association that tested the Van Raam Easy Rider tricycle and wrote about it in the magazine 'Vogelvrije Fietser'. The 'Fietsersbond' is an association with 30,000 members and contributes to the interests of cyclists in places where it is necessary.
The Van Raam Easy Rider tricycle was tested as best by the Dutch cycling association 'Fietsersbond'. The Easy Sport recumbent tricycle was also included in this test. Read more and view the test results here.
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