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Delightful cycling through Flanders, including people with disabilities.
The VVV (Tourist Office) in Hamme has two wheelchair bikes. And there are also tandems for cyclists with a visual impairment. Both the wheelchair bikes and the tandems can be used free of charge. For more info: VVV, Marktplein 1, Hamme, tel. 052 47 56 05.
The province of West Flanders not only hires out ordinary bikes, but also tandems, three-wheelers and a “Rollfiets”, which is a bike combined with a wheelchair. The Rollfiets consists of a sturdy bike with 7 speeds and a stable, comfortable wheelchair. Bike and wheelchair can be easily hitched or unhitched, so that the wheelchair can also move independently. The Rollfiets fits into a large car (people carrier or estate car).
The hire rates are the same as for all the province's cycles:
6 EUR per day per cycle, 3 EUR for half a day.
For a week (4-7 days) it costs 20 EUR.
Transport to a provincial hire centre costs 25 EUR, while the fixed price for transport to a private address is 62 EUR.
Ordering:
Provinciehuis Boeverbos
Mrs. Magda De Buck
Koning Leopold III laan 41
8200 Sint-Andries
tel. 050 40 32 50 - fax 050 40 31 20
e-mail: magda.de_buck@west-vlaanderen.be
Since last year, modified three-wheelers have been available free in Ostend. You will find them at the peripheral car park at Maria Hendrikapark. You can reserve (recommended!) via e-mail: sociaalatelier.instructeurs@ocmwoostende.be or fax 059 56 10 88. For information, you can call 059 56 10 83.
You can also go wheelchair cycling in Limburg province, specifically at the cycle drive in point in Bokrijk. Info: 011 26 53 00.
