Rad mission, anyone?

[john peck]

Look at the specs on this badboy https://arielrider.com/products/rideal

That looks to be a lot of bike for $1k. Someone here will denounce it for being too affordable. They may even
remove your post as a discussion of another $1k bike of mine was. Not nice to undercut the more pricey
bikes.

 

[BigNerd]

That looks to be a lot of bike for $1k. Someone here will denounce it for being too affordable. They may even
remove your post as a discussion of another $1k bike of mine was. Not nice to undercut the more pricey
bikes.

What is this other $1k bike you speak of? I'm all about value ebikes.

 

[john peck]

What is this other $1k bike you speak of? I'm all about value ebikes.

Well, they were talking about the CREO, a $9K+ carbon bike that weighs 30 pd, & i mentioned
the Ride1up roadster V2 being just 32 pds. at $995. It´s simple, looks like a regular bike, single spd, 5 modes,
belt drive. Not for everyone, but if you were young, athletic, & not rich you could have fun with the
spandex crowd. That discussion was removed for no legitimate reason, not politics,religion,no foul or
abusive language, & i want to know why???

 

[john peck]

What is this other $1k bike you speak of? I'm all about value ebikes.

I just watched a second video review of the V2. The display was a postage stamp joke, but
the ride was impressive for 36v 350w on flat ground. It zips right along, corners nice too.
I probably have 50 pds. & 40+ years on that rider. Still, if I could go back & erase those numbers,
I think i´d want this bike.

 

[Curious George]

I ordered the Radmission on the 25th ..it shipped the 26th. It will get here March 5th. I have a bunch of bikes...have owned other Ebikes too. I am 6’2”, 240 pounds...62 years old. Got a bunch of beat up body parts. So...we are closer than most. I will report back on how it rides.

 

[Captain Ron]

I sat down at my computer a couple of weeks ago and saw that I had an email from Rad Power Canada asking for my first impressions of my new Radmission ... which I've had for a couple of weeks. I had the opportunity for three nice rides before before winter finally arrived. Here's what I wrote ...
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I live in a Canadian mountain town, and the surrounding area has lots of great mountain bike trails but I was not planning to use the bike for that. I am too old (71) to risk hurting myself and possibly be "laid-up" badly for the balance of my years.

And now I realize that I could not do that, even if I wanted to. My weight (245 pounds) and an erratic heartbeat (not dangerous but vigorous uphill walking quickly has me gasping) are contributing factors, but I have found that moderately steep hills are a major wheezy challenge. As in having to stand up to pedal ... or walking the bike ... and everybody will tell you that the "Available" walking speed is more than a bit too fast.

Rad has a drone-based video showing a cheerfully smiling rider scooting up a fairly long/steep street through a residential neighbourhood ... but I suspect that she is 127.5 pounds and a moderately successful tri-athlete.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo58ZOTr0gE

Everything else about the bike seems awesome. We have miles of mostly level bike paths in the area, and the bike is perfect. It is often very windy here (This is an Environment Canada alert at the moment ... "Winds are expected to strengthen throughout the day. Gusts up to 110 km/h may be possible in some wind prone areas this evening and overnight.") and PAS 4 into a very strong 50 mph headwind is the equivalent to a normal bike on a calm day.

Anybody taller than 5' 10" with normal sized legs should probably get a stem riser right away and have it installed when the bike is assembled ... as I did. Even with it placing/raising the bars level with the adjusted-high seat, I still wish I could have another inch or two of leg extension when pedalling. I am a normally-proportioned six-footer.

I had a great MEC aftermarket "normal" seat on my 25-year-old steel-framed Specialized Rockhopper (a bike with thousands of street km) and had it switched over to the new Radmission. And by the looks of the more Spartan stock Radmission seat, my ass will thank me.

I've also ordered a great new Fenix BC30 V2.0. headlight ... because the stem-riser necessitated moving the stock headlight to a point very low on the steering tube.

I'm also planning to treat myself and will order the well-known Suntour suspension seat post with the available FG (beefed-up) red-colour spring. Why not?

I hope this helps. Everybody is welcome to ask me anything.

Incidentally, I would not be surprised to see Rad offer (in a year or two) a second version of the same bike (but with the addition of a robust basic derailleur and multi-gear cassette ) to offer a bit more hill-climbing ability.

That ability would easily be worth the additional $200-$300 (??) cost-of-admission, I believe.

The Suntour seat post (with the heavier duty spring) arrived and was installed yesterday ... an expensive upgrade, but worth it.