Why so critical of Rad? You sound like a very negative person.
Let's use common sense here. Rad's entire line is $1700 to $1800. JuicedBikes' line starts at $1700 up to $3500. Obviously, with a much higher average price, they are selling fewer bikes. Yet their complaints thread is 4x as long. Why do you think that is? Common sense leads us to one simple conclusion: THEY ARE LESS RELIABLE. DUH!
You take my use of common sense reasoning and impute all sorts of ridiculous emotional traits: hate, envy, etc.
As I have stated before juiced was my first choice without question. I was hoping that with their new cs rep and a new round of bicycles, their previous problems with reliability would be a thing of the past. WRONG. They ghost on a customer with bent frame who documented the problem in video with a shop mechanic present. They didn't even contest the customer's paypal claim because they knew they were wrong and didn't have the courage to own up to it. FAIL.
A crank arm falls off. I have NEVER in 30 years of bicycle commuting, ever heard of a documented complaint of a CRANK ARM FALLING OFF A BICYCLE! Much less a brand new bicycle.
Am I supposed to just ignore this? What kind of an idiot would consider these problems to be irrelevant. Look at the bikes recently pictured. Dude's battery is tied up with bungies, zip ties and covered with saran wrap. Does that give the impression of a reliable battery?!? Someone's sticking their head in the sand and it's not me.
So, here's the deal: praise juiced or be accused of being a troll. Got it. Admire rad's design and be accused of being a troll. Got it.
Why don't you just write my posts for me that way your feelings will never be hurt. Ever. Wouldn't that be nice? A world where the most severe life threatening design flaws are ignored just so you can be happy.
Oh, and bike's holding up after a crash? What's unusual about that?!? I've crashed several times on my road bike and mtb. My bikes held up just fine. Both bikes cost well under $1K. Are you saying a bike that doesn't disintegrate after a crash means that it's a great bike? It doesn't. That is an extremely minimal standard that just about every bike should meet.
The camp scrambler review: he's ridden the bike twice. Fine, I suppose. but someone else's crank fell right off first ride. So let's just disregard that.
Never mind that a rip current s that tora calls a rocket can't even make it up a six feet embankment, nowhere near what could be called a "hill" with throttle. It wasn't exactly a steep embankment either. The jb rep still had to pedal. The motor sound awful. The fenders rattled. It looked, performed, sounded like a cheap bike regardless of anything tora said. On a flat paved trail, yes, I'm sure it's fine. In any sort of challenging terrain, forget it.
I don't know what rad spends. I do know that their customers are much happier with their customer service and of course you see far fewer problems with their bikes, which is a lot more than jb can say.
JB has a new warehouse? Do any of their customers who have not received bikes, did not get accessories, got the wrong size or wrong color or had components fall off, or power cut out, or spokes break or were sent a defective frame or controller care about their "new warehouse?" That doesn't say anything about their quality or customer service. Your arguments are so illogical and so emotionally driven it clouds your judgment to a laughable degree.
Again, let's talk facts that are RELEVANT. A new warehouse is no indication of reliability, durability or performance.
And how do you define "lots of views?" Is 927 a lot of views? If you say so. If 927 is "a lot" what is GCN getting? Your attempts at hyperbole are embarrassing. The loss of a retail ebike store is unfortunate, but as I said before, there's no time to mourn. Only time to adapt.
I've said it before and I'll say it again since it appears to be necessary. I WANT JUICED TO SUCCEED. I want them to build the most reliable highest performing bike on the planet. I want that to be the case for every brand. But just because I want it doesn't mean it will happen. They are clearly taking shortcuts and their QC is abysmal.
So, enjoy life with your head stuck in the sand or somewhere else. That doesn't change the facts. Facts are not your enemy, quit trying to bury them. Facts help you to make decisions. Facts protect you. They're not there to hurt you. Make friends with reality. Good luck, whoever you are.