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Re: RadTrike Electric Tricycle

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Post by dghlsakjg »

prmoustache wrote: post #148
dghlsakjg wrote: post #119

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What makes Rad not a bike company? They don't make high end bikes, but they do design and build their own bikes and run a network of shops. If you go by share of profit from bikes versus other sources I would not be surprised at all if they get more than trek or specialized. Trek/Bontrager and Specialized are notorious in the bike industry for requiring dealers to move accessories if they want to stock bikes. They ma…

Last time I was given one to ride for a month Rad bikes were basically aliexpress bikes with very crude Bafang electronic assistance which is lightyears behind what Shimano, Bosh, Yamaha or Brose provide.

You don't have to be state of the art to be a bike company. Part of their appeal for me is that they aren't 'state of the art'. They use commodity parts which means that I think they'll be repairable for a lot longer, and they also cost less than half of any of the other brands you mention (just for context, the cheapest Giant e-bike powered by Yamaha costs more than double what a Rad costs, and has a smaller battery).

Kia makes cheap cars using less than cutting edge technology, but that doesn't mean that they are any less of a car company than Mercedes.

Sure, they cater to the low end. But, their designs aren't off the shelf (or aliexpress), they have a network of showrooms and shops, and most importantly there primary business is the selling of bicycles.

Re: RadTrike Electric Tricycle

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Post by qwertox »

googlryas wrote: post #146
dylan604 wrote: post #105

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Yeah, the level of repair for mine is swap a wheel and tire. This is nothing for someone with any mechanical repair abilities at all. As you said, fixing flats on a bike was something I've done since a kid. I have a couple thousand miles on my bike, and I've done all of the maintenance myself. I have tools for it, but for some of these hipster Seattle types that bang out code all day and have never had grease from an…

Do you always confidently speak about issues you have no knowledge of? The tires are being recalled and destroyed due to defects. But you think anyone with any mechanical repair abilities can repair them? Why is the company spending millions of dollars on the recall and burning goodwill when they could have owners just pop down to a local bike mechanic(which is something they will have them do regardless with the new…

> the tires with a ribbed sidewall can unexpectedly go flat

If this is the problem you're putting so much weight on, where's the issue with buying new a tire? If you know the parameters, which are printed on the tire itself, you can buy a new one. Once your bike is ready for recall, I'd put on the original set and have it replaced for a new one.

But I myself wouldn't have an issue with just removing the tube once to take a look at it and the tire, then either replace something or just reassemble it and wait until it breaks due to wear, as it will do anyway sometime down the line.

The only difference will be that it will break because of wear (not the companies fault) or because it was of low quality. But I would never assume that this would cause some kind of harm which puts any life in danger, specially because it has 4 wheels.

Re: RadTrike Electric Tricycle

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Post by pnathan »

justinator wrote: post #69
flatiron wrote: post #65

I’m unsure why nobody releases a compact electric 4 seater car with a 60 mile range for running the kids to school and grabbing some random groceries. Basically a beefed up golf cart. That’s all I need to drop my kids off at school each day which is 95% of my weekday driving.

Plenty of Moms moving around town with a few kiddos in the back of their long trail eBikes. They seem to fit two rugrats on those things.

long tail bikes fit 2-3 kids.

its easier when it's an E-bike. But they were geared for and used before the electric assist became popular.

Re: RadTrike Electric Tricycle

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Post by cwoolfe »

rmahan wrote: post #74
cwoolfe wrote: post #42

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Whoa! +1 for https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Hot-Sale-2022-New-Che... Is that legal to drive on US roads?!

Definitely not. Electrek bought a LEV (Light Electric Vehicle) truck like this and it wasn’t. They’re unsafe for roads due to lack of many safety features

It doesn't surprise me that they are not street legal...but it's interesting to me that in all practicality, they are probably safer than riding a bike; and yet bikes are legal.

Re: RadTrike Electric Tricycle

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Post by Timmi2000 »

Ordering Bikes online is something I wouldn’t recommend. My Ribble Hybrid was damaged in transit. The manufacturer agreed to pay for the repairs. No bikeshop was willing to repair it though, since they want to make the sale themselves and don’t want to deal with exotic hardware.

As for trikes, do you really need one if you are not impaired? Bikes are awesome for the city because they are one lane wide. A trike instantly blocks the bikelane, is slow around corners and thus a hassle for anyone else who is trying to get somewhere!

Re: RadTrike Electric Tricycle

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Post by KleerKut »

dysarray wrote: post #160
KleerKut wrote: post #159

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I don't understand why people don't fight this silly rule about bikes on sidewalks. The number of people being maimed and killed by cars while on bikes is substantially higher than the number of people being maimed or killed by bikes while walking. The difference in speed and mass is orders of magnitude smaller for a bike. Yes, there will always be those clowns like you see on YouTube with bikes going much faster tha…

One could argue that bikes on sidewalks are dangerous for pedestrians. For example, a person walking on the sidewalk may not be expecting a bike to be coming from behind or from the side, and can be startled or even injured if the bike is going too fast or if the rider is not paying attention. In addition, bikes on sidewalks can make it difficult for people with mobility issues or for those pushing strollers or using…

I have mobility issues, and the chances of me dying on the road are amazingly larger than that of a pedestrian dying from me on my bike, no matter how reckless I could possibly be riding. If I have the choice between becoming roadkill or getting harassed by police, I will always choose the latter. It should be the job of the rider to yield to pedestrians the way cars must yield. If a rider isn't paying attention or going too fast for the situation, they are going to get hurt regardless of there being a pedestrian or any other obstacle. There is no danger to the motorist's safety when they mow down a cyclist. Source: I got mowed down by a police officer who buried his head in his laptop and slammed on the gas at the same time, veering uncontrollably. Luckily he wasn't injured. He had no clue he hit me until my bike was completely under his car. Somehow I managed to stay on his bumper and not go under.

This type of thinking, "One person might be frightened, so let's continue to make cyclists pay with their lives" is unfathomable. It's even more incomprehensible that it seems to come mostly from motorists wanting to dictate how all pedestrians 'shall obey' because the are second class citizens. "One could argue" all kinds of things without data and get nonsensical laws passed that affect other people and not themselves.

Furthermore, sidewalks already exist in vastly larger coverage of most cities, where bike lanes do not. Most places don't want to pay for bike lanes, and those that do rarely maintain them in the US. They have never run a street sweeper over the bike lanes where I live, and if they had, they would have hit the concrete spill that's been there for over 3 years and likely damage the street sweeper. It's outrageously dangerous if you don't know it is there because it is between the roadway and a turning lane, so if you get ejected in either direction you are possibly roadkill either way.

Re: RadTrike Electric Tricycle

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Post by hackmiester »

nomel wrote: post #138
hackmiester wrote: post #134

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Personally, I just illegally ride on the sidewalk. It's unenforced, and it's easy to stop and walk the bike when you see a pedestrian. (Which is even more rare than another cyclist.)

> It's unenforced This is false, depending on the region.

You probably won't ever see this, but I learned yesterday it isn't even illegal in my area, so I was wrong on several fronts. Wow.
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