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Van Raam is manufacturer of special needs bicycles. One of the bicycles produced at Van Raam is the electric rickshaw bicycle Chat. In this article we will tell you more about the Chat.
The rickshaw bike is designed to cycle together with adults and/or children who can no longer participate in traffic on their own. In this way, a person can cycle with two other persons. The two people sitting in the front have the possibility of talking or Chat(ting) with each other.
The persons in front, the passengers, sit on comfortable seat cushions in an ergonomically designed cockpit. Thanks to the suspension, the seat cushions and the cockpit, the passengers can enjoy a nice bike ride or go shopping in their hometown for example. The Chat has the option for a canopy which provides shelter from sun and rain.
The rickshaw bike Chat is ideal for elderly people who want to go out, for people who want to make a guided bike tour, but also for health care institutions, families and holiday parks.
Check out the rickshaw bike Chat product page on our website.
The Chat is an electric rickshaw bike and comes standard with the Silent HT motor, this is the unique Van Raam pedal assist system. The motor, batteries, the controller, the software and the Smart display have all been developed by Van Raam. The pedal assist is easy to operate via the display. This display has an on/off button, assistance mode 1 (eco-mode), assistance mode 2 (comfort mode), assistance mode 3 (sport mode) and a starting aid (the button with the bicycle symbol). With the starting aid, the motor gives you extra support for up to 10 seconds so that you can easily cycle away from a standstill.
A unique feature of the pedal assist is that it is possible to cycle backwards when the assistance is switched on. This allows you to turn around easily and safely.
All Van Raam bicycles that have pedal assistance, including the Chat, can use the Van Raam e-bike App. You can then use the Van Raam app to set a different support mode on your Van Raam bike.
The features and details of the Chat are shown below. In the article ‘Unique riding characteristics of rickshaw transport bike Chat’ all details of this bike are explained.
In the video of the Chat below, you can see how this electric rickshaw bike works and how you can easily ride it.
In September 2019, Marnix Kwant, Huub Ressing and Coen Velthorst from Van Raam visited America. There was a conference for Van Raam dealers in America and the dealer in Canada. The founder of Cycling without Age, Kelly Talcott, was also present at this conference. He told the attendees more about the origin of the Chat.
The Chat was designed because the founder of Cycling Without Age (CWA) together with Van Raam thought that the current rickshaw bikes could be modernised. Van Raam decided to do this, and this is where the electric rickshaw bike Chat emerged from. The CWA now calls the Chat the ‘Rolls-Royce’ of the rickshaws and the organisation already uses the Chat a lot. Read more about Cycling Without Age in the article ‘Van Raam rickshaw bike Chat with great impact’. Read more about the Chat in America by clicking on the button.
At Van Raam, we are constantly looking at how we can improve and renew our processes and our bicycles. Innovation is therefore very important to Van Raam. For example, the Chat won the Eurobike Gold Award in 2019 and the Van Raam pedal assistance, which the Chat has, won the Extra Energy test in 2018-2019.
The Eurobike Gold Award is a leading international award for companies in the bicycle industry. The Chat has won this award for product innovation, functionality, quality and durability. Click on the button to see what the jury said.
The Silent system, the pedal assistance system, won the ExtraEnergy test 2018-2019 in 3 of the 13 categories. The ExtraEnergy test is an independent test for pedelecs and e-bikes. Read all about it by clicking on the button.
Read more about the innovation and the awards Van Raam has received on our innovation page.
Van Raam's Chat rickshaw bike is designed to transport people who are no longer able to participate in traffic independently. In this article, we answer some frequently asked questions about this rickshaw bike.
The Chat is a rickshaw transport bike that is suitable for a broad cycling audience. This social bike is suitable for the elderly, among other things, but the Chat is also a nice solution to explore the area on a holiday with small children. Besides that this transport bike looks nice, the Chat also cycles very comfortably. This is partly due to the unique riding characteristics and ergonomic seat. Read more about the riding characteristics of the Van Raam Chat in this article.
Since May 2019, Van Raam has expanded its range of adapted bicycles with the transport bike Chat. With the Chat rickshaw bicycle it is possible for a bicycle driver to transport two passengers. Thanks to the specially designed cockpit where design and ergonomics come together, passengers can enjoy a comfortable bike ride together. Read more about the creation of this transport cargo bike in this article. And read how this social bicycle fights loneliness.
To give people the opportunity to outside again, to raise new possibilities and perspectives and finally to let all people ride bicycles again — this is not unrealistic any more with Van Raam's Rickshaw Bicycle Chat. Read in this article what the Donaukurier says about our transport bike, what the reactions were like and all useful information about the Chat.
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