Agreed, these bikes are absolutely amazing if you live in a city with horrible road condition. Although these bikes are Class 2 ebikes and capped at 20mph
I have the radcity5 and love it though I would have bought the Rover instead because it is generally $500 cheaper on sale, but the Rover wheels are too wide to fit on standard bus front rack and that was a deal breaker for me
Maybe its model specific but I have a Rad Runner 2 that I regularly hit 24mph on.
they already have horrible customer service so I wouldn't count on anything from them even today. definitely not in future.
I didn't haven't had that experience at all. I had a shipping issue with an upgraded display a couple years ago and they sent me a new one without any issues. Maybe things have changed.
Thanks! I just picked one up for an employee who bikes to work daily. He is autistic and cannot drive and I appreciate all the good feedback here!
For anyone looking for a commuter bike, be aware that fat tire bikes may not fit on a bus bike rack if you plan to multimodal. They are also incredibly awkward to lift onto the rack.
It really is just a marketing gimmick/trend for inexpensive budget e-bikes for the most part. They are mostly grossly overpriced and white-label china imports. Whenever I see a fat tire e-bike it is always one of those cheap budget bikes hardly worth more than $500. Don't believe me? Check AliExpress. You will find all those bikes there for less than half of what those white label resellers are pushing them for. The web sites and resellers who sell these will tell you anything to make you believe that they are good. Stability, carry more weight, more robust, etc.
It really is like putting mud tires on your pickup truck and never taking it off the pavement. Less efficient, less stable, heavy, and everything I wanted to get away from in getting an e-bike. So why do people buy fat tire and add all that crap back into their ride? That is why those bikes all have huge batteries. The bike needs it.
Of course there will always be a small group of people who think they actually need fat tires because they want to ride them on a snow-covered trail or soft sand at the beach. The truth is that not many e-bikes have enough power to get you through soft sand at the beach or through a snow-packed trail. None of that changes the fact that 95% of the fat-tire bikes are still cheap quality bikes with the lowest of the lowest components. I simply don't trust that those bikes are built to support even the bike itself, let alone adding a rider to it.
They inflate the prices on these so people believe that are better than they really are. If you have two identical bikes next to each other, one from AliExpress ($700) and the other from one of the white label resellers ($1,500), most will buy the one for $1,500 because it has a different name stuck on it and a price tag 2x of the other. It therefore must be better. LOL.
It really is just a marketing gimmick/trend for inexpensive budget e-bikes for the most part. They are mostly grossly overpriced and white-label china imports. Whenever I see a fat tire e-bike it is always one of those cheap budget bikes hardly worth more than $500. Don't believe me? Check AliExpress. You will find all those bikes there for less than half of what those white label resellers are pushing them for. The web sites and resellers who sell these will tell you anything to make you believe that they are good. Stability, carry more weight, more robust, etc.
It really is like putting mud tires on your pickup truck and never taking it off the pavement. Less efficient, less stable, heavy, and everything I wanted to get away from in getting an e-bike. So why do people buy fat tire and add all that crap back into their ride? That is why those bikes all have huge batteries. The bike needs it.
Of course there will always be a small group of people who think they actually need fat tires because they want to ride them on a snow-covered trail or soft sand at the beach. The truth is that not many e-bikes have enough power to get you through soft sand at the beach or through a snow-packed trail. None of that changes the fact that 95% of the fat-tire bikes are still cheap quality bikes with the lowest of the lowest components. I simply don't trust that those bikes are built to support even the bike itself, let alone adding a rider to it.
They inflate the prices on these so people believe that are better than they really are. If you have two identical bikes next to each other, one from AliExpress ($700) and the other from one of the white label resellers ($1,500), most will buy the one for $1,500 because it has a different name stuck on it and a price tag 2x of the other. It therefore must be better. LOL.
Fat tire bikes float on top of sand/snow, they don't need much power to ride on a soft surface. I can easily pedal mine without assist on sand and snow. Blasting through the snow with assist is a joy.
It really is just a marketing gimmick/trend for inexpensive budget e-bikes for the most part. They are mostly grossly overpriced and white-label china imports. Whenever I see a fat tire e-bike it is always one of those cheap budget bikes hardly worth more than $500. Don't believe me? Check AliExpress. You will find all those bikes there for less than half of what those white label resellers are pushing them for. The web sites and resellers who sell these will tell you anything to make you believe that they are good. Stability, carry more weight, more robust, etc.
It really is like putting mud tires on your pickup truck and never taking it off the pavement. Less efficient, less stable, heavy, and everything I wanted to get away from in getting an e-bike. So why do people buy fat tire and add all that crap back into their ride? That is why those bikes all have huge batteries. The bike needs it.
Of course there will always be a small group of people who think they actually need fat tires because they want to ride them on a snow-covered trail or soft sand at the beach. The truth is that not many e-bikes have enough power to get you through soft sand at the beach or through a snow-packed trail. None of that changes the fact that 95% of the fat-tire bikes are still cheap quality bikes with the lowest of the lowest components. I simply don't trust that those bikes are built to support even the bike itself, let alone adding a rider to it.
They inflate the prices on these so people believe that are better than they really are. If you have two identical bikes next to each other, one from AliExpress ($700) and the other from one of the white label resellers ($1,500), most will buy the one for $1,500 because it has a different name stuck on it and a price tag 2x of the other. It therefore must be better. LOL.
they already have horrible customer service so I wouldn't count on anything from them even today. definitely not in future.
That wasn't my experience. They did have some supply chain issues and bad controllers out of supply that definitely hurt their reputation though.
Mine failed in month 14, two months after the warranty and they still replaced it for free, I even put off trying to fix it since I was worried the cost and pain was going to be brutal but they were very kind and understanding and went out of their way to help me.
Put a tracker on it, a real tracker not a stupid AirTag because they just send the thief a text message saying that the item you just stole has a AirTag and you are being tracked.
Apple made airtags worthless because of a couple of whiners.
Put a tracker on it, a real tracker not a stupid AirTag because they just send the thief a text message saying that the item you just stole has a AirTag and you are being tracked.
The answer is never lock it up out of sight. Almost all locks can be easily defeated with a grinder. Buy a shock alarm.
I would buy one of these if they did not ship FedEx. FedEx has completely destroyed two previous ebike purchases in shipment. Be aware if you refuse shipment because the box looks like FedEx played forklift soccer with it and you witness the fedex driver throwing the box out of the back of the truck and letting it just crash to the ground, you will have to fight theses ebike companies to get your money back. The first one (BeCoolBikes) tried to charge me shipping both ways and said when they received the bike back, they were just going to ship it to ma again at my expense. 2 months and a Paypal claim to finally get my money back from them.
The second (a lectric trike) I did not refuse because of the problems previously. The trike was trash. Lectric told me to take it to their prefered bike shop 120 miles away and they would cover everything. When their prefered dealer notified them that the axel was bent along with all kinds of other damage, they refused to pay the bike shop fee. I had to pay it to get the trike to ship back to them. Another two months of fighting to get my money back minus the $250 bike shop fee.
Buying one of these can turn into a real headache.
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I have the radcity5 and love it though I would have bought the Rover instead because it is generally $500 cheaper on sale, but the Rover wheels are too wide to fit on standard bus front rack and that was a deal breaker for me
For anyone looking for a commuter bike, be aware that fat tire bikes may not fit on a bus bike rack if you plan to multimodal. They are also incredibly awkward to lift onto the rack.
It really is like putting mud tires on your pickup truck and never taking it off the pavement. Less efficient, less stable, heavy, and everything I wanted to get away from in getting an e-bike. So why do people buy fat tire and add all that crap back into their ride? That is why those bikes all have huge batteries. The bike needs it.
Of course there will always be a small group of people who think they actually need fat tires because they want to ride them on a snow-covered trail or soft sand at the beach. The truth is that not many e-bikes have enough power to get you through soft sand at the beach or through a snow-packed trail. None of that changes the fact that 95% of the fat-tire bikes are still cheap quality bikes with the lowest of the lowest components. I simply don't trust that those bikes are built to support even the bike itself, let alone adding a rider to it.
They inflate the prices on these so people believe that are better than they really are. If you have two identical bikes next to each other, one from AliExpress ($700) and the other from one of the white label resellers ($1,500), most will buy the one for $1,500 because it has a different name stuck on it and a price tag 2x of the other. It therefore must be better. LOL.
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It really is like putting mud tires on your pickup truck and never taking it off the pavement. Less efficient, less stable, heavy, and everything I wanted to get away from in getting an e-bike. So why do people buy fat tire and add all that crap back into their ride? That is why those bikes all have huge batteries. The bike needs it.
Of course there will always be a small group of people who think they actually need fat tires because they want to ride them on a snow-covered trail or soft sand at the beach. The truth is that not many e-bikes have enough power to get you through soft sand at the beach or through a snow-packed trail. None of that changes the fact that 95% of the fat-tire bikes are still cheap quality bikes with the lowest of the lowest components. I simply don't trust that those bikes are built to support even the bike itself, let alone adding a rider to it.
They inflate the prices on these so people believe that are better than they really are. If you have two identical bikes next to each other, one from AliExpress ($700) and the other from one of the white label resellers ($1,500), most will buy the one for $1,500 because it has a different name stuck on it and a price tag 2x of the other. It therefore must be better. LOL.
Fat tire bikes float on top of sand/snow, they don't need much power to ride on a soft surface. I can easily pedal mine without assist on sand and snow. Blasting through the snow with assist is a joy.
It really is like putting mud tires on your pickup truck and never taking it off the pavement. Less efficient, less stable, heavy, and everything I wanted to get away from in getting an e-bike. So why do people buy fat tire and add all that crap back into their ride? That is why those bikes all have huge batteries. The bike needs it.
Of course there will always be a small group of people who think they actually need fat tires because they want to ride them on a snow-covered trail or soft sand at the beach. The truth is that not many e-bikes have enough power to get you through soft sand at the beach or through a snow-packed trail. None of that changes the fact that 95% of the fat-tire bikes are still cheap quality bikes with the lowest of the lowest components. I simply don't trust that those bikes are built to support even the bike itself, let alone adding a rider to it.
They inflate the prices on these so people believe that are better than they really are. If you have two identical bikes next to each other, one from AliExpress ($700) and the other from one of the white label resellers ($1,500), most will buy the one for $1,500 because it has a different name stuck on it and a price tag 2x of the other. It therefore must be better. LOL.
DM me the link to this bike twin on AliExpress.
That wasn't my experience. They did have some supply chain issues and bad controllers out of supply that definitely hurt their reputation though.
Mine failed in month 14, two months after the warranty and they still replaced it for free, I even put off trying to fix it since I was worried the cost and pain was going to be brutal but they were very kind and understanding and went out of their way to help me.
The answer is never lock it up out of sight. Almost all locks can be easily defeated with a grinder. Buy a shock alarm.
The second (a lectric trike) I did not refuse because of the problems previously. The trike was trash. Lectric told me to take it to their prefered bike shop 120 miles away and they would cover everything. When their prefered dealer notified them that the axel was bent along with all kinds of other damage, they refused to pay the bike shop fee. I had to pay it to get the trike to ship back to them. Another two months of fighting to get my money back minus the $250 bike shop fee.
Buying one of these can turn into a real headache.
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