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And here it is all back on the bike. The stock kickstand is pretty stable, even with the trailer attached and my daughter climbing in and out of it. I suspect it will be more than adequate for most RR owners.

I have now modified the Cougar trailer receiver and mounted it on the rear axel as intended and that allowed me to remount the stock RR kickstand. Here is the unmodified trailer receiver. The hole is too small for the larger diameter axel bolt the RR uses and too small to pass the motor...

No formal testing by me yet, but I have done my 10 mile round trip with my daughter being towed in a trailer and the battery meter didn't even move off full. My commute is mostly flat with a long, gradual 1 mile hill (downhill on my way to work and uphill heading home). I'm only going about 15...

Rear mounted kickstands like the Greenfield Stabilizer are becoming more and more popular in the MTB crowd and work well. The one that comes on the RR seemed to work well in the limited time I used it before I removed it to mount the trailer.

Actually I think the simple answer is to cut a slot into the trailer bracket, turning the "O" into a "C". The slot is just wide enough to let the wire for the motor slide through, and then mount it to the axle as intended.

Lynnandj - here is a pic of how I have the trailer connect for now. This is not the permanent solution, but it works well for now.

Pxpaulx - I meant it was a slog going uphill with my daughter in the trailer without electric assist. The bike on its own rides fine without electric assist. So far I've been riding with the pedal assist mostly at 1 or 2 and not even using the higher settings.

The trailer is a Champion Cougar (now produced by Thule) that I'll use to take my daughter to and from school, either behind the RR or using it as a jogging stroller (in addition to being a bike trailer it can convert to a walking stroller, jogging stroller, skiing stroller, ext). The stock...

Ready to pick up my daughter this afternoon.

They're here! Here's mine. I've swapped the saddle to brown, but not done the grips yet. It rides better than the demo bike did, primarily because the brakes are better adjusted. No long rides yet, but I'm quite happy.

I get my bike today! For those doing local pick up in Seattle (13 of us I believe), we can stop by the RR offices between 2:00 and 7:00 today to get ours. I'll post some pics. In regards to the batteries, I believe they shipped with the bikes themselves in the container, but I am not certain...

Not sure on the status of the batteries. I just assumed they were shipping with the bikes, but I don't know.

I spoke with Mike Yesterday. The container should have arrived yesterday or today, but they probably won't get their hands on it till Monday. Then bikes should start shipping out next week.

I talked with Mike this afternoon. The shipper container is expected to arrive in Seattle next Thursday, the 18th. They think they'll be able to get the bikes from the Port on Monday the 22nd and start shipped them out. Since I'm right next to them, I expect to have mine on the 22nd or 23rd.

I bought a black bike, but I plan on swapping out for a brown saddle and grips like come on the white version. I also want to weld on the attachments to use the Novara (REI) Barrow Basket (https://www.rei.com/product/866629/novara-barrow-bike-basket) on the head tube of my bike. The flat back...