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    New Van Raam Veloplus wheelchair bikes on the road

    New Van Raam VeloPlus wheelchair bikes on the road

    A Van Raam special needs bike usually only comes into the picture when cycling on a conventional two-wheel bike is no longer possible. But what if you are (or someone else is) in a wheelchair and still want to feel the wind in your hair? Then the Van Raam VeloPlus wheelchair bike is the solution! Wheelchair bikes were taken into use at three care institutions in both the Netherlands and Belgium in the autumn of 2019. Read more about this in the article.

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    Van Raam cargo bike suitable for passenger transport

    When you think of the words cargo bike you might think of a bike that's used for the transportation of goods, but did you know that it's also possible to transport passengers with a bike? At Van Raam we have several cargo bikes in our assortment, such as the rickshaw bike Chat and the wheelchair bikes OPair and VeloPlus. In this article you can read more about these bicycles from Van Raam and how these bicycles can help with passenger transport.

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    Wheelchair bike for residential care facility

    De Schauw in Putten (the Netherlands), a residential care facility for the elderly, received a Van Raam VeloPlus wheelchair bicycle sponsored by the local thrift store. This thrift store has existed for 35 years and has therefore held a special fundraising campaign. The festive handover of the wheelchair bike was in September 2018.

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    Wheelchair bicycle taxi service in Finland

    Jimmy Gustafson has a wheelchair taxi service in the town of Porvoo, Finland. With the Van Raam VeloPlus wheelchair transport bike they cycle 5 days a week from 12 p.m. until 4 p.m. and they transport 4 to 8 people on a day, these are mainly elderly people.

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    Residential care homes receive a sponsored wheelchair bike

    Three residential care homes in Zwolle (in the eastern part of the Netherlands) received a wheelchair bicycle at the end of April 2018. This wheelchair transport bike VeloPlus was sponsored by the municipality of Zwolle, among others. A City Council Member was present at the festive delivery, where the bike was tested by a resident of one of the centers.

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    On a side-by-side tandem with Olympic champion

    Dutch race bicyclist and Olympic champion Anna van der Breggen has unveiled the new wheelchair bike and side-by-side tandem to De Hazelaar in Hasselt (Netherlands) festively. After the wrapping paper was removed in front of employees and clients of the residential care facility, the bicycles were put into use.

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    Video wheelchair transport bicycle VeloPlus

    Van Raam made a video about the wheelchair transport bicycle VeloPlus.

    Van Raam bikes for children with a disability

    Bicycles for children with a disability

    vanRaam produces bicycles for all ages with specific adjustments for every disability. There are bicycles with which children with a disability can cycle themselves and special bicycles with which they can cycle together. There are also bicycles with which children with a disability can be transported. At vanRaam we produce different types of tricycles for young and old, but also tandems, wheelchair bikes, double rider cycles and transport bikes. Children can have various physical and mental disabilities at a very young age. In this article we tell more about bikes for children with a disability.

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    Van Raam wheelchairbike VeloPlus over the years

    For many years now Van Raam is specialized in special need bikes and one of these bikes is the VeloPlus wheelchairbike. The Van Raam wheel-chair bikes are used to enable a wheelchair dependent person to travel by cycle. Van Raam has two models of wheel-chair bikes: the VeloPlus wheelchair transport bike and the OPair wheel-chair bike.

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    Wheelchair bike for sustainable mobility in Italy

    In the Netherlands, but also globally, we see a greater need to do something active together with people in wheelchairs or people with disabilities.

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