RadTrike Electric Tricycle

Post by darzu » Tue, Dec 06, 2022, 9:21 PM UTC

jeffbee wrote: post #37

darzu wrote: post #35

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I've a friend with an electric Specialized, and while his bike looks cooler my Rad is faster, half the price, with much better millage, and I can still hang it from the wall in my apt. One thing I've noticed is that pretty much every established bike company is placing the motor on the pedal crank, whereas Rad uses a much bigger (750w in my case) in-wheel hub motor. The acceleration with a hub motor is so much better…

What do you mean about hanging on the wall? One of the things you are getting for your $5k from Specialized is light weight. They have ebikes down to 34 pounds, about half what a radrunner weighs.

Post by bluGill » Tue, Dec 06, 2022, 9:27 PM UTC

beebmam wrote: post #38

algoatecorn wrote: post #33

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Yea but you don't become a cyclist until you start pedaling.

My best friend was just hit by a car on a 40mph road and had to be hospitalized with a traumatic brain injury and seizures that he's still not recovered from (and maybe never will). I'm not cycling again in my city until we start protecting cyclists here. The roads where I live are absurdly unsafe for cyclists to be on. It's a fucking joke to put a bike lane without a physical divider a few inches next to cars on a 4…

Post by dmix » Tue, Dec 06, 2022, 9:39 PM UTC

Gys wrote: post #8

sf4lifer wrote: post #4

Why hasn't anyone slapped on a gyroscope and just made an electric bike self balancing?

https://www.designboom.com/technology/self-driving-bicycle-h...

Post by TaylorAlexander » Tue, Dec 06, 2022, 9:45 PM UTC

algoatecorn wrote: post #33

bryanlarsen wrote: post #12

This is in response to the troll who you can see with showdead. The average electric bike owner gets more exercise than the average cyclist or the average driver: https://electrek.co/2019/08/11/electric-bike-riders-more-exe... In retrospect it's not that surprising since the average cyclist doesn't use their bike...

Yea but you don't become a cyclist until you start pedaling.

Post by dohdhdaa » Tue, Dec 06, 2022, 9:49 PM UTC

gorgoiler wrote: post #3

My 2021 radrunner plus has some serious defects. The charging port is prone to weather corrosion. Charging is a risky action that may or may not blow some very sensitive fuses. The mechanical disc brakes suck and are very hard to balance. The discs were supplied warped. I pretty much had to suck that up because of the misery of returning a faulty machine to an online bike company. The seat is a notorious bum numbing…