She noted that despite its 65 pounds of weight, the RadRunner 2 isn’t so heavy as compared to her current e-bike, the Aventon Pace. It’s a gentle acceleration, which is especially good for us older folk,” Bellan the senior told me after an hour-long cycle around a suburban neighborhood in Long Island. I like how when it accelerates it doesn’t accelerate where you feel like you’re being thrown back.
The RadRunner2 is great for both on-roading and off-roading. What my 61-year-old mom thought of the RadRunner 2 I found that on both bikes, the fat tires made for a bouncy, rather than bumpy, ride over potholes and other cracks in the road. The RadRunner has 20 inch by 2.2 inch tires, and the RadExpand’s tires are 20 inch by 4 inch. For a smart bike, it would be cool to see an anti-theft locking system.įinally, the RadRunner and the RadExpand both have fat, puncture-resistant tires, but just how fat differs with each bike. Many suburbanites don’t actually lock their bikes up, but rather leave them in the shed. They both are very easy to turn on by holding down the ON button, but I found that maybe made them easy to steal. Additionally, while both bikes have LED head/tail/brake lights, RadRunner 2’s rear lights not only indicate when braking but also have a flash mode.
RadExpand’s is a regular style kickstand, but RadRunner’s is a dual leg, spring-loaded kickstand, which is much harder to push over. For example, the RadExpand’s rear rack max load is 59 pounds, but the RadRunner’s max rear rack load can handle 120 pounds (and then some, as my partner and I proved.) Other stuff: Simple LED display, bell, four pedal-assist settings, half-twist throttleīoth bikes come with an optional front rack and an integrated rear rack, but their payload capacities differ.Battery: 672 Wh can be charged on the bike or can be removed to charge inside.Top speed: 20 miles per hour (unless you’re flying downhill, then it definitely can go faster).The RadExpand 5 launched in April as a foldable e-bike at $1,599.
#Rad power update#
The RadRunner 2, an update on Rad’s very successful RadRunner utility bike with a step-through frame, came out in December 2021 at $1,499 and comes in black or forest green. I decided to test that by putting my mom on one of them, and you’ll hear her thoughts on that later (Spoiler: She wants to buy one.) Rather, Rad’s sturdy frames, fat tires and easy-to-read digital displays are aimed at people over 50 years old who live in suburban or rural areas and want a greener mode of transport that still feels safe. Stephens told me that Rad’s main target customers aren’t urban commuters. They both appealed to me as affordable and stable bikes that could be delivered to your door, but I also wanted to give them a go based on a comment that Rad chief product officer Redwood Stephens made in a recent interview with TechCrunch. The company recently sent me two e-bikes to test out: the RadRunner 2 and the RadExpand 5. I wanted to see why investors seemed so keen on the company and why these bikes were gaining in popularity. In 2021, the company raised two massive rounds - $150 million in February 2021 and another $154 million just eight months later - that brought its total funding above and beyond what Europe’s e-bike darling VanMoof secured.
Rad Power Bikes, the U.S.-based e-bike manufacturer, has made its mark as a direct-to-consumer business selling fat-tire bikes that helped shape the COVID e-bike boom.
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