Building fitness while cycling
Cycling is good for your fitness as well as your health. In this article, we provide you with some tips for building your fitness while cycling.
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Which muscles do you train while cycling?
Cycling is good for your health and reduces the risk of conditions such as cardiovascular diseases. During cycling, you use many different muscles. By cycling regularly, you can build your muscles and your muscles become stronger.
Bicycles by Van Raam for alternative mobility
Alternative mobility is a term that is frequently mentioned in the context of sustainability. More and more people are seeking an alternative to using a car. Additionally, alternative mobility is also discussed in the context of improving individuals' physical mobility. At Van Raam, these two aspects converge. Read more about this in this article.
Bought a Van Raam bike? Read 5 useful tips here!
You have bought a Van Raam bicycle! First of all, Van Raam wishes you a lot of cycling pleasure with your new bike. In this article, we give you some practical tips on what to keep in mind after buying your bike.
Attaching and removing battery on the Easy Rider Compact
The battery of the Easy Rider Compact is placed perpendicular to the bike, unlike other bikes from Van Raam. Read in this article how to attach and remove the battery on the bike.
Van Raam bikes at the Limitless Eleven Cities Tour
From September 14 to 18 2022, the third edition of the Limitless Eleven Cities Tour took place. A tour organised by the Leef! Foundation in which anyone with a chronic disease or disability can participate. Many participants took part with a special needs bike from Van Raam. Read more here.
On a cycling holiday with a special needs bike
Are you planning to go on a cycling vacation? Or would you like to take your special needs bike with you on vacation? How do you take it with you and what do you need to think about? In this article we have listed a few things for you.
4 tips for preventing saddle sores
Cycling is fun. If you are confronted with saddle sores, the pleasure of cycling soon evaporates. Read more about saddle sores in this article and discover 4 tips to prevent saddle sores.
Experiment with adapted shared bicycles in Paris
French Van Raam dealer Nielsen Concept has come up with France’s first shared bicycle parking facility. Here are four adapted bicycles, including Van Raam bicycles. The aim is for everyone to have the opportunity to cycle, from families to the elderly and people with disabilities.
How do you turn a tricycle on a slope? - Video
It could happen that you ride up a slope and you suddenly have to stop. In this article and video you will learn how to behave correctly when turning on a slope with a tricycle and what you can do before you go cycling. Tipstay calmroom next to youbike test track with slope
Customer experiences
Customer experience Easy Rider tricycle - Suze Korver
February 2014 changed Suze's life forever. A bacterial infection caused sepsis, leaving her in a coma for 3 months and requiring both her lower legs and hands to be amputated. Read Suze Korver's admirable story in this customer experience and watch the video.
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User experience VeloPlus wheelchair bike - Kevin van der Plas
I'm Kevin, 14 years old and I live at home with my parents. I can't talk and I'm wheelchair dependent. I like to watch videos on YouTube on my iPad, but what I like even more is being outside and cycle around on my VeloPlus wheelchair transport bike, together with my mom and dad.
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Customer experience Fun2Go double bike – De Bever Verhuur
De Bever Verhuur in Ouddorp stimulates joint movement in the open air, with their broad offer of (electric) means of transportation, including special bikes. They already have been using the Fun2Go 1 for a longer period and also tested the Fun2Go 2 recently. In this customer experience you will read more about De Bever Verhuur und their findings concerning the double bike.
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