I have 3400 miles on my RadWagon. There are few things to consider. #1 thing to buy right away is a good mirror, I use a motorcycle mirror as they cost no more and seem to work better. Yes if you ride by yourself and are not heavy then it has power on the flat and mild hills. However this is a CARGO bike and thus should be tested at weight as I do daily. Add extra front carrying box and bags, load it up and you will find you will be using lvl 5 a lot. However on the flat road lvl3 will do even at full load. If you do go up steep hills you will find the power drops off really quick as the torque is good at 12mph and best at 17+mph, below 12 you really lose torque and end up at 4-7mph uphill at full power. I really had to tighten up the spokes to keep them from loosening when at full weight. Which brings me to the brakes. On mine the adjustment is done on inside of wheel, which means the adjustment screw on rear brake is BEHIND the motor. So you have to remove the 30+lbs rear wheel to adjust the brake, hopefully you guess right on number of clicks needed otherwise you have to remove the rear wheel again. Not best design. Brakes pads last about 800 miles, bike would really benefit from hydraulic brakes due to it's weight and hydraulic brakes self adjust from what I've heard. Tires last about 1000 for rear and 3000 on front running full load mostly. I dislike the rear plastic covers being clear as they get dirty and are hard to clean, since I can no longer get them clear I'd rather they were a solid color with a logo or something. I have seen on another youtube that you can upgrade the power controller to send more juice to motor, at 1100 watts the bike seems to handle hills way better. Speed limiter can also be adjusted up to about 23mph, which is much more useful if this is a daily rider and you have to be in traffic. I could go on, but those are main things I think people should know.
12:08 "This bike has some power, and uh, that's nice." (blows full-speed through the stop sign). Love it! Very good job putting this thing through the paces. This is the first review that I've seen where someone really has done that. Thanks!
The visibility is really good at that intersection, so there's no need to come to a full stop. Plus, riding this thing is super-fun. :) Yeah, we give our best to show the real picture in our reviews and that means putting the bikes through a lot!
Pretty good review. I got more out of your Radwagon review than I think every other Radwagon review on TH-cam, and that includes the channels that have been around a while and have over 100k subscribers.
1:08 Interesting: According to their website, the derailleur is supposed to be Acera. Just a side note: Sprockets are in the rear. In the front, it's a chain ring. ;-) I like how you call this a "park bike." That's exactly what I ordered mine for; take my son to the park and running errands. We've been commuting to his daycare on a muscle-powered bike, and my hope is to be able to continue doing this during the hot summers here in Arizona, when you couldn't think about riding a regular bike with a kid and stuff on it.
You're right, the latest version does come with a Shimano Acera rear derailleur, which is a step up from Altus. Also, thanks for the constructive criticism, I'll keep that on my mind for future reviews! Happy to hear you enjoy the RadWagon, it works amazing for hot summers as well. :)
I have 3400 miles on my RadWagon. There are few things to consider. #1 thing to buy right away is a good mirror, I use a motorcycle mirror as they cost no more and seem to work better. Yes if you ride by yourself and are not heavy then it has power on the flat and mild hills. However this is a CARGO bike and thus should be tested at weight as I do daily. Add extra front carrying box and bags, load it up and you will find you will be using lvl 5 a lot. However on the flat road lvl3 will do even at full load. If you do go up steep hills you will find the power drops off really quick as the torque is good at 12mph and best at 17+mph, below 12 you really lose torque and end up at 4-7mph uphill at full power. I really had to tighten up the spokes to keep them from loosening when at full weight. Which brings me to the brakes. On mine the adjustment is done on inside of wheel, which means the adjustment screw on rear brake is BEHIND the motor. So you have to remove the 30+lbs rear wheel to adjust the brake, hopefully you guess right on number of clicks needed otherwise you have to remove the rear wheel again. Not best design. Brakes pads last about 800 miles, bike would really benefit from hydraulic brakes due to it's weight and hydraulic brakes self adjust from what I've heard. Tires last about 1000 for rear and 3000 on front running full load mostly. I dislike the rear plastic covers being clear as they get dirty and are hard to clean, since I can no longer get them clear I'd rather they were a solid color with a logo or something. I have seen on another youtube that you can upgrade the power controller to send more juice to motor, at 1100 watts the bike seems to handle hills way better. Speed limiter can also be adjusted up to about 23mph, which is much more useful if this is a daily rider and you have to be in traffic. I could go on, but those are main things I think people should know.
That's a great real world application assessment thank you
I got mine yesterday, it rocks. At 62 years old this is great fun..
Your reviews are excellent. Thorough but not unnecessarily long, keep up the good work!
Thanks for great words! We try to keep them educational but not laborsome.
12:08 "This bike has some power, and uh, that's nice." (blows full-speed through the stop sign). Love it! Very good job putting this thing through the paces. This is the first review that I've seen where someone really has done that. Thanks!
The visibility is really good at that intersection, so there's no need to come to a full stop. Plus, riding this thing is super-fun. :) Yeah, we give our best to show the real picture in our reviews and that means putting the bikes through a lot!
Now I have a 100 miles on the bike and still love it, not one problem. Great bike..
The Neoprene sleeve is for chain slap, when you have such a long chain it tends to bounce up and down and the sleeve protects the paint.
That makes sense. Thank you!
Pretty good review. I got more out of your Radwagon review than I think every other Radwagon review on TH-cam, and that includes the channels that have been around a while and have over 100k subscribers.
Thanks for the kind words! We wish we'd have more time to make more of these videos.
great review and explanation ty....I'm 225lb and my wife is 115lb, will I be able to carry her as a passenger? ty
I've been looking for more info about this bike. Nice review!
Thanks Ralph! I'm glad you like it :)
1:08 Interesting: According to their website, the derailleur is supposed to be Acera. Just a side note: Sprockets are in the rear. In the front, it's a chain ring. ;-) I like how you call this a "park bike." That's exactly what I ordered mine for; take my son to the park and running errands. We've been commuting to his daycare on a muscle-powered bike, and my hope is to be able to continue doing this during the hot summers here in Arizona, when you couldn't think about riding a regular bike with a kid and stuff on it.
You're right, the latest version does come with a Shimano Acera rear derailleur, which is a step up from Altus. Also, thanks for the constructive criticism, I'll keep that on my mind for future reviews! Happy to hear you enjoy the RadWagon, it works amazing for hot summers as well. :)
This is a great bike. The video shows a lot.of it's potential
It's a fun and capable bike. Happy you like the review!
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