Henk Beunk on the Balance low step through bike
From tricycles to two-wheelers
Thanks to these two tricycles, my rehabilitation went so well that at the beginning of July I dared to exchange the Easy Rider tricycle for a two-wheeler of the type Balance. The Balance has a super-low entry and when you stand still, you can put your feet flat on the ground. The confidence this bike gave me led me to order a traditional two-wheeler a week later. Admittedly a women's version and with electric support, but these a peanuts in a rehabilitation process from 'almost nothing' to 'a lot'.
The young one again thanks to Van Raam
In that trajectory I always said that I don't want to be the 'old one' again (I can do that later), but I want to be the 'young one': the sporty 65-year old I was on the 21th of December 2019. Thanks to the bikes of Van Raam, I've been very succesful in that. Rehabillitation literally means 'regaining value'. When I had the accident at the end of 2019, I wasn't able to move myself any longer. My economic value at that time was zero. From that moment on I only cost the society money. Fortunately, there are also things like social value and family value. These cannot be expressed in money. Just like self-esteem; my self-esteem still gets bettter day by day. This is partly due to Van Raam by thinking along, taking a big approach and offering me a bike to be able to pedal again.
Van Raam, thank you very much! - Henk Beunk