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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A tricycle wheelchair bike offers people in a wheelchair the possibility to take part in bicycle tours with friends and families. But also to make their everyday life easier a wheelchair tricycle from Van Raam can be used. Van Raam has various tricycle wheelchair bikes in the assortment, read more about the wheelchair bikes in this article.
Because of the coronavirus we now live in a special time. Fortunately in this special time, a lot of good initiatives are being started to be there for each other and to help each other. For example, Luna is now able to cycle again because she can borrow a Van Raam Fun2Go duo bike. Read more about Luna and other initiatives in this article.
Two different care centres in Belgium use Van Raam's VeloPlus wheelchair bicycle. The employees at day care centre DiMa in Meulebeke use the wheelchair bicycle to visit their 30 different visitors at home and the OLV senior care centre in Bornem has been given a wheelchair bicycle. Read more about both care centres and how they use the wheelchair bicycle.
In Bremen you can now rent adapted bikes from Van Raam. This is as part of the project "Pedder - Freies Spezialrad Bremen". In this article you can find out what the project is, how you can rent bikes for free and which adapted bikes from Van Raam are involved.
In the Dutch TV program Britts Gouwe Ouwen (Britt's Golden Oldies), Dutch host Britt Dekker interferes for 6 weeks between the elderly in a nursing home. With her tv show, the host wants to inform and inspire people about elder care. As a temporary caregiver she organizes various activities and trips at the care facility, including a bike ride with the Van Raam duo bike Fun2Go.
Bicycle manufacturer Van Raam has been making special needs bicycles for more than 35 years. These include tricycles, side-by-side tandems, tandems and a mobility scooter bike. The range also includes wheelchair bicycles. With the wheelchair cargo bike VeloPlus you can cycle together with a wheelchair user.
The residential care facility Wissekerke in Bazel (Belgium) recently has an extra special needs bike, which is the Fun2Go duo bike. The residents can already use the VeloPlus wheelchair bike since 2016, but now they also have a duo bike. Volunteer Garry Pieters has been cycling around 120 wheelchair rides a year since 2016. From now on, the residents can also cycle with the duo bike themselves. Read more about the use of these two special needs bikes at the residential care facility here.
Many elderly people have difficulty going outside, cycling or going to an appointment by themselves, because exercise is no longer that easy. A number of special needs bicycles in the Van Raam product range can offer a solution by using them as a bicycle taxi for the elderly. Read more about the Van Raam bicycles as a bike taxi in this article.
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).
Many wheelchair users often have the feeling that the world is made for pedestrians, cyclists or car drivers. In everyday life you often have to overcome difficulties, such as moving or transferring between different places. For many people, a Van Raam wheelchair bicycle is a help in the everyday life to get from A to B. There are various individual options and different types of wheelchair bikes. In this article you can read more about a wheelchair bicycle in your daily life, the new possibilities and discover experiences of wheelchair bicycle users.
