Gadgetory

the rad mini is a sturdy fat tire folding ebike from rad power bikes that's a fairly unique combination this bike is popular among people who don't have a lot of space to store a bike it can fit in a boat and RV or just a normal sized car and the fat tires and geared hub motor mean you can take it on rough and steep terrain so I like to think of it as an adventurous bike let's check it out be quiet silent wings three uses a smooth-running six pull motor to remain silent and cool your pc better check them out at the link below the rad mini arrives in a small bike box interestingly not already folded and it requires a bit of assembly you have to put on the front wheel the handlebars pedals and the optional front rack I had a bit of trouble with it but if you attach these two arms first you'll be fine now that it's assembled let's try folding it each of the folding joints features several points of redundancy to prevent the bike from accidentally folding mid ride so if this lever is loosened you'll be fine if the whole assembly rotates away you're still fine you have to pull this whole contraption up before the bike will be able to fold in half and it's the same story with the handlebars to fold this plastic holder needs to be rotated this handle needs to be pulled down and the spring-loaded part needs to be moved now that it's folded you might notice that the gears are exposed this guard around the derailleur prevents them from being damaged in transit but it should be noted that there's nothing to prevent the bike from scratching its own paint so I jury-rigged a solution out of some old bicycle tubes handy things by the way I keep them in my car next to the duct tape and wd-40 at 60 pounds the bike is heavier than most folding bikes but that contributes to its sturdy feel and I was able to carry it comfortably especially when compared to the 75 pound rad wagon the rear rack can even be extended but if your bike bags aren't very rigid they'll rub up against the back wheel unless you bought the optional fenders and I like how it looks but I found no real use for the front rack it's a weird hybrid between a rack and two baskets with the front open I guess to accommodate larger items but I also would have gotten rid of these extra railings on the sides so I could carry a more diverse range of objects it's also worth noting that it kind of prevents you from parking inside most bike racks yeah well time to start it up the key needs to stay inserted for the bike to run I wish this wasn't the case since they ended up hitting my foot while I'm riding separating the bike key from the rest of my keys solves this problem but it makes it easy to forget the key in the ignition which would allow someone to steal the expensive battery now let's talk about the riding experience the bike has only one derailleur with seven speeds that's usually fine but I wish the highest gear was a little higher there's a backlit LCD display which shows everything you could ever want except for estimated remaining range the wimpy front light runs off the main battery and the backlight uses doublea's there's no suspension on the rad mini combined with the smaller diameter tires bumps will feel harder than usual the fat tires definitely soak up all the little bumps but not the big ones on the subject of soaking you can take the rad mini out in the rain as long as you don't stay up for too long but my rad mini did not come with fenders pretty surprising since the company is located in Seattle where it rains all winter long I folded my bike bags over the top of the rack to keep the water off my back but the bike has still gotten absolutely filthy apparently there were no pre-existing fenders available for a 20-inch Fat Tire bicycle so rad power bikes had to specially design and manufacture them as of December 2016 the fenders have finally become available and they're great they work just as fenders should but at 1:59 USD they're definitely priced like custom parts yikes the rad mini has a 556 watt hour battery and a powerful 750 watt planetary geared hub motor but because of the geared motor the rad mini does not have regenerative braking though it makes up for this with better acceleration than the rad wagon up to its governor limited top speed of 20 miles an hour however it takes almost a second for the motor to engage after you twist the throttle the bike has a throttle and five modes of pedal assist based on the cadence sensor but the pedal assist is absolutely awful or at least it was out of the box basically the problem was that they added speed limits on top of the usual watt limits for all of the five pedal assist modes this resulted in most of the load being taken by either the rider or the motor instead of being equally distributed after I and some other users sent rad power bikes some feedback they reworked their firmware for the motor controller and sent me a new one in the mail it was a pain in the ass to install but now the motor controller works just the way it should and that's great but what's not great is that my first motor controller on the rad wagon was also buggy and needed to be replaced so it's become a pattern for me and looking through online forums I'm not the only one this is something I feel rad power bikes could address with more stringent pre-release testing and quality control but let's not dwell on that what can you expect from the rad mini with the updated motor controller that they're shipping now good things it turns out due to its superior acceleration and possibly even higher top speed when pedaling the rad mini was able to beat all the other electric vehicles in my office to Costco benchmark as for range the website claims twenty to forty miles and the furthest I've ever gotten was thirty which leads us to price at 1500 USD there is quite a lot of competition from other folding ebikes such as the Enzo or the volt bike which both come with fenders included by the way but despite that and any negative things that I've said about the rad mini I still really like it and because of its superior acceleration and top speed more upright sitting position wider tires and reduced size and weights for most of my adventures I prefer the rad Mini over the rad wagon and the fold ability means you can take it pretty much anywhere just make sure to bring a tarp so you don't get your buddy's Lamborghini dirty ting is the mobile carrier that is focused on customer service and satisfaction first you can call them and speak directly to a real living person and with ting you only pay for what you use the average ting bill is only $23 per month per device if you're currently stuck in a contract you can switch to ting and they will cover 25% of your cancellation fee up to $75 head over to Linus ENCOM today and try out their savings calculator to find out what you could save thanks for watching guys give it a like or a dislike get subscribed and get bailed as well because that's a 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