#Rad city bikes plus#
With higher-end components like a more powerful motor and hydraulic disc brakes and exciting features like a semi-integrated battery, the Rad City Plus is sure to impress. The RadCity has made its way to thousands of hearts, but now there’s an upgraded version of the fan favorite. For everyday riders who want to cross town and back on two wheels, there’s no better value than the RadCity.The RadCity Plus by Rad Power Bikes is a multi-dimensional city cruiser with mid-range components and telescoping handlebars, a built-in rear rack, and a convenient step-through design. The comfortable rider position and stability at speed come at the cost of quick handling, but there are excellent road e-bikes if a low position and snappy, responsive geometry better suits your style.
The bike even includes an adjustable stem with its riser handlebar. It also suits the upright riding position that Rad Power intended. Mountain bike-inspired geometry boosts that ability to blast through urban obstacles. Even when you hit an unavoidable oh-$&%# pothole, that fork and those wide tires absorb the jolt but keep rolling onward instead of pitching the rider airborne. And then the 80mm fork brings even more insulation from the road, but notably, it also adds control. The high-volume Kenda K-Rad 26x2.3-inch tires add further cush. The thick, soft, cruiser-style saddle may offend some roadie or XC sensibilities, but it is undeniably comfortable. We talk about plush road bikes taking the buzz out of roads, but the RadCity achieves a higher level of plush a deeper dimension of plush. The derailleur guard provides valuable protection for any ride that’ll spend time getting bumped in a bike rack.
#Rad city bikes full#
The only gear needed for full functionality is panniers.
Also included are full-coverage fenders and integrated lights that run off the battery so you never need to remove, charge, and then remember (this is where I usually fail) to reattach them. The RadCity is an impressively equipped bike, from small thoughtful touches like the bell to the rack that’s built into the frame. But I fixed this in a matter of minutes by bending it back with a Vise Grip. The only fault found in the packing and assembly was that our test bike arrived with a bent derailleur guard that prevented the derailleur from reaching the top gears. Velofix will build your bike for $199 and throw in a 30-day tune-up.
If the bike build sounds out of the question, Rad Power has a partnership with Velofix, a mobile bike shop available in most major North American cities that comes to you. One tip to aid the assembly: Remove the battery so that the bike is easier to move around. They may also need a helping hand to lift the 63-pound bike out of the box (it’s a workout). A new owner just needs a box cutter or scissors to remove packing materials and grease for the pedal threads. And a small toolkit of essential hex wrenches and a screwdriver is included with the bike. Rad Power’s YouTube tutorial-especially helpful for attaching accessories like the fenders-proved to be a useful guide. I build a handful of bikes a year, and it took 55 minutes from cutting the box open to having brakes tuned and the Rad City ready to spin home. Though the direct-to-consumer sale includes the cost of shipping, getting the bike ride-ready is on the customer.
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