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Actually, even though I am generally satisfied with my Radcities, I also think this site is spot on. We've only had ours 16 months and I've probably personally had more than half the # of items on that list. they really are not that great of bikes IMO -- in terms of raw quality of mechanical...

It sounds like what you effectively want here is No Key At All. If the issue is getting keys and batteries confused, try what I've done: take different shades of nail polish to put circles of different colors on each battery + key (plastic part) pair (well, all but one, no need to do them all)...

I did it, 52t front chainring in addition to the 11-28 on the back just like you (though for radcity) but -- yeesh, it's been so long. There are many threads already posted here that have your answers, just search. The key is to get the ring in BCD104mm spacing (unless you are going to...

DId you actually try that? I tried this for biking in rain over the spring-summer-fall last year: https://www.costco.com/holmes-workwear-hi-vis-rain-suit.product.100456086.html I personally found it too clammy, it does not vent at all when you sweat, and I was sometimes kinda gross when I got...

I also bought these this year, to try to address one of the three weakest links in my winter commuting: my hands are often numb blocks of ice by the time I get to my destination when the weather is at it's coldest (see my post from a year ago, about 6 posts up, describing my biking situation and...

So what happened with your upgrade, captain wavy? By the way, you ran all three of your URLs together into one link, which therefor takes you nowhere. To save others the effort of figuring out what you were trying to say, I cut & pasted each of the three links out of this, and ... none of them...

I'm guessing you have the PAS set high? Even though almost all my riding is commuting on city roads (and I am starting and stopping at intersections all the time), I tend to keep the PAS at "1" except up hills, or when it's windy or the end of the ride maybe 2-3, and I can't recall ever having...

I don't find the weight difference that noticeable, at least with regard to balancing after stopping etc, but then again I was already riding a steel frame conventional bike before I got it -- so weight maybe only doubled -- and my battery is positioned low enough to not boost the center of...

I think you may not realize how fast battery/power systems are advancing. Might as well ask why we are not keeping smartphones more than a few years, or general purpose computers before them. But I get & even share your general outlook. My primary commuter bike before I got my first ebike...

I commuted through entire winter here in Wisconsin, down to temperatures of about 14 below (Fahrenheit -- and that's actual air temp, not wind chill rating, that was something like -35). Second the Bar Mitts (or a knock-off, what I think I actually have). Once you get below maybe teens they...

You didn't know that they already do this? I'm not 100% happy with my RP bikes, but I've engaged with their TS twice and they've been quite helpful both times. No, not always videos, but ... for diagnosing electric connections in particular, I think you are WAY overestimating that just having...

As another person who would like to prolong battery service life as much as anyone else, but doesn't feel compelled to be anal about it either, I think one set of opinions which might be both consensus as being most important *and* easy to achieve is: Avoid discharging 100% if at all possible...

I can't believe anyone actually had to ask

Actually I should not have said that, there are knobby mountain bike tires that also have studs in them; I just don't use them because I am an urban commuter and those would be unpleasant on pavement (which is what I usually face except on the day of snowstorms). I can only speak for my tires...

If you are referring to the two pictures above your post, studded tires wouldn't have done much good in those conditions. Where they are necessary is when there is sheer ice, not snow. For snow, traditional "knobby" mountain bike tires work fine, and studs are actually completely useless --...

The coldest temperature I remember riding in this past winter was -18 fahrenheit. There were many days this winter that it got colder than that, but that was usually earlier in the morning, this is the lowest temperature I remember seeing on the TV news or my phone as I walked out the door (and...

I own the Radcity, and it only took thirty seconds to go into the controller menus and adjust the battery pedal-assist cutout from the default of 32kph (20mph) to 40kph (25mph). I understand is still 5kph below the limit for class 3, but it's closer to that than it is to Class 2. Class 2.6? I...

Not going to address rain, but as far as the cold, actually IME the key is just decent helmet and gloves. I commute daily in Wisconsin, yesterday they said on TV it was -2 air temperature when I set out in the morning, 18 windchill. It was cold enough that a colleague actually did not come in...

I'm confused. Did you buy the 1.75" or the 1.95", or both? Whichever it was (they were) did you find it (them) effective or not? If it was both, was the point of this to compare 1.75" and 1.95" versions of the same tire? The way I read your post your first line (three sentences) is...

I think a vehicle along the lines of Arcimoto's new FUN EV ("Fun Utility Vehicle") with its 100 mile range and 75mph top speed, has multiple orders of magnitude better chance of seeing widespread success than $3k-$4k trikes. Presuming they can eventually produce it at that price. Trikes have...