All reviews of James W Hamilton
Review about: Rad Power Bikes
Radrunner
My Criteria for this bike as that it would require minimum maintenance, Could carry a good sized load. and go over 15 miles distance at 20 mph reliably even when the batteries where getting a little old. That it would work well on pavement as that is where I do 99% of my riding. Finally it needed to be a comfortable ride. The Radrunner is one speed. As I have had ebike for many years I have fund that I rarely use more then one speed. I has high torque maiking it good at hills. It does not have suspension forks which I like as they are not needed or desired unless riding off road or on gravel.
The bike along with the accessories I wanted to add needed to com under $2000
The Handle bars have a lot of real estate for adding accessories.
Having only one speed and no suspension reduces the maintanence.
Cons
Soft Start makes is sluggish to start from a stand still. This can not be changed with the stock display
The headlight is not good for driving at night but will let others see you. Thou thay offer an upgrade
The display is very minimal and the upgraded display only allows a minmum ability to change parameters.
The $300 bolton controller upgrade will give it a lot more torque and allow changing parameters such as elmiminating the soft sluggish start with instant start.
Their customer service is abysmal and is reputed to be the worst in the business. My personal experience has found this to be true. This also makes their warranty all but useless.
In this price range that are a number of other moped style ebikes that are comparable from companies that have decent customer service which would make it difficult to recommend this bike over their competitors.