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15% grade is a pretty steep hill. Seattle has a lot of hills, but most aren't steeper than 15%. The steepest street is reputed to be a little under 22%. But even the counterbalance at Queen Anne Ave, one of the more famous steep streets in Seattle, is apparently only 14%. So for most people...

Drove past somebody about an hour ago riding a RadCity south over the Jose Rizal bridge in Beacon Hill, Seattle. Wonder if they're on this forum. If so, would be curious how they are liking their bike.

No. Wagon is too long and too heavy for Metro bus racks (55 lb limit). Rad city is the only bike Rad sells that should work on bus racks out of the shoot (if you take the battery off it's under 55lbs). Rad Mini would likely work if you were to buy narrower tires on it (3 inch wide tires are the...

One thing to consider is that at least in Seattle, the bike racks on the metro buses here have a weight limit of 55 lbs. So if you anticipate ever putting your ebike on that kind of rack, you may want to keep that in mind (i.e., you want to keep bike's weight under 55 lbs with the battery off of...

CrossCurrent seems like a different kind of bike to me, prioritizing speed and weight over everything else. As somebody else said, the Rad bikes are very rational. The RadWagon is the only one I really like the looks of. But at the level of function, they seem to deliver good value and function...

Not everybody wants a bike as big and long as the Radwagon. I too wish the weight was a lower, but for my needs, the Radcity seems like the best form factor yet. Radwagon is too long to take on the light rail in Seattle (and I suspect elsewhere), as cargo bikes are banned. The tires on RadRover...

I don't think competing with Sondors on price is really the Rad business model. They seem content to offer a more fully integrated solution in the price tier directly above Sondors. With shipping the the Thin is $799. Actually, now it's going to be $899 (I think), because they're bundling the...

Those are 26 inch tires, etc. Doesn't the mini use 20 inch tires?

Looks like it could be the same motor that's on the Radwagon based on the picture.....

Couple of questions: 1. Has anyone put narrower tires on the rad mini (e.g. 3 inches wide or narrower). If so, how did it perform? Mostly interesting in city riding. Not concerned about off road. 2. does anybody know the if 60 pound weight listed on the Radpower site includes the weight of...

Yeah, I don't think the fat tires would fit on a bus rack either, even if the weight was lower. Juiced bike looks cool.

Thanks! That makes sense. I hope that Rad eventually makes a non-fat-bike that's under 55lbs (maximum weight allowed on the bike racks we've got on the front of Seattle's buses). Something like a the Sondors Thin but in the Rad style would be cool for city riding/commuting. Would also be easiest...

Apologies in advance if this is off topic, but this thread seemed as good a place as any to ask this question: Curious to hear from Mini owners why they chose this model over the RadRover or the RadWagon. Was it the folding aspect of the bike? The footprint, the little wheels, the style?

Yeah, I think that in a lot of urban environments pedal assist and light weight are more important than power/top speed, particularly if you're going to use the bike for a multi-modal commute, where you may life it onto bike rack on a city bus. Many parts of Seattle are relatively flat, but...

But it's not impossible to put together a set of components that includes torque sensing pedal assist, right? You'd just be more on you own, correct? From the little bit of research I did on that, it seemed like installed the torque sensing bottom bracket wouldn't be any more involved than...

Looks cool, but not really what I'm looking for. I already have an old steel mountain bike that I want to convert.

Yeah, I don't want to buy a bike. I have a '90s steel mountain bike that I'd be converting. In Court's review of the Dillenger kit, he indicated that you can't turn off the pedal assist. So if the unit is powered up, it's going to be in assist mode. There is level 1-5. There's no level 0 for...

Header says it all. Just curious what it's like riding a bike with the Befand mid-drive system when the motor is off?

I rode a Faraday electric bike a couple of weeks ago, and while I loved the styling, I don't have $3500 to spend on a bike like that. So I'm trying to figure out whether there is an ebike conversion kit that would yield a user experience that's similar to the Faraday. Here are the attributes I...