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Two wheel tandem, three wheel tandem or a side-by-side tandem. Which one is most suitable for you?

Next to special needs bicycles for one person, vanRaam manufactures bicycles for multiple people, like wheelchair bikes and tandems. In this article you will learn more about vanRaam’s tandems: the two wheel tandem Twinny, three wheel tandem Twinny Plus, parent-child tandems Kivo and Kivo Plus and the side-by-side tandem Fun2Go.

Fun2Go tandem companion cycle in music video

Van Raam is active on various social media such as Twitter, Facebook, Youtube en Instagram. Through social media we often receive nice pictures and videos from users of our specialised bikes. Recently we found on social media a nice music video from the British band Hot Soles. In the music video Glorious Blunder, the two men from Sheffield from Hot Soles, enjoy themselves on our Fun2Go tandem companion cycle. Wacht below the official video Hot Soles – Glorious Blunder.

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.

Wheelchairbike inaugurated by Belgian top cyclists

Our special needs bikes regularly attract the attention of well-known Dutch and television programs.

Van Raam produces Ajax Wheelchair Bike

In cooperation with our dealer CombiComfort and the Ajax Foundation, we made a special Van Raam’s Ajax wheelchair transport bike for Frank, a passionate Ajax fan. (AFC Ajax is one of the largest and most storied clubs in European football).

Wheelchair transport bike in the USA

The brand new VeloPlus wheelchair bike

At Van Raam we are constantly working to improve and innovate our special needs bikes. One of the bikes that our Research & Development department has renewed is the VeloPlus wheelchair bike. From mid-October 2016 it is possible to buy this completely new VeloPlus wheelchair bike at one of the Van Raam dealers.

vanRaam special needs bikes on tv

vanRaam is a manufacturer of special-needs bikes, such as tricycles, wheel-chair bikes, tandems, double rider cycles, electric scooter bikes and low step through bikes or comfort bikes. You can see on the internet that the vanRaam special needs bicycles are very popular. Recently The VeloPlus wheelchair transport bike, tricycle Easy Sport and double rider cycle Fun2Go were at the Dutch TV.

Which type of wheelchair bike is most suitable for you?

For people who can’t (no longer) cycle on a regular bike and who are wheelchair-dependent we have a good and safe alternative. The wheelchair bikes are used to enable a wheelchair –dependent person to travel by cycle. Van Raam special needs bikes has various types of wheelchairbikes: The OPair wheel-chair bike and the VeloPlus wheelchair transport bike. We would like tot give you more information about the different wheelchair models.

Two person bike

The bicycle is a popular means of transport. Besides the normal two-wheel bike, you see more and more special or adapted bikes in the streets. For example, more and more use is being made of a two person bike, such as the Fun2Go duo bike, also called the side-by-side tandem, and the wheelchair transport bike VeloPlus. A duo bike (two person bicycle) is the ideal bike for elderly people who can no longer cycle independently, blind people, people with balance problems, people with disabilities and people who are wheelchair dependent. However, there are more bicycles for two people available. Discover in this article the eight 2 person bicycles in the vanRaam range.