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The charger is produced by ST Charger, a great company. It is also a lightweight one so you can easily carry in your bag. On the other hand, the range can be extended if you ride on lower pedal assist mode and do more pedaling.Ĭharger is a 2 amp charger which is a pretty standard one. This range will be lowered if you are someone on the heavier side or planning to carry extra load with this e-bike. The claimed range of this battery is around 45 miles, but considering the weight of the e-bike, 20-25 miles is a more doable range. For a normal e-bike I can accept this capacity as a bare minimum, but for this e-bike which is on the heavier side and designed to carry a passenger or cargo the battery is far from enough. The battery size of Rad Power isn’t that great, unfortunately. It is a 48V 14ah battery which uses high-end Samsung 3500 mAh battery cells. The battery capacity of Radrunner Plus is 672 Wh. The battery is positioned low so it doesn’t affect the handling of your e-bike. Radrunner Plus has the same battery with all other Rad Power e-bikes. You need to do lot of pedaling if you need to climb uphill, especially when carrying load on the back.Ĭadence sensor is a sealed type so there is less chance of being bended.

Sure I am not comparing it with mid-drive motor e-bikes but there are other e-bikes with hub motors doing much better in hill climbing. On hills I can make around 10 mph on throttle if it isn’t a steep hill. Actual torque value is something around 35-40 Nm in this motor. So mid-drive motors can reduce speed and increase power when needed such as climbing uphill or reduce power and increase speed. Only mid-drive motors can deliver both as they have multiple gear ratios. Hub motors are designed to deliver either high torque or high speed -they can’t deliver both at the same time. Although the claimed torque of the motor is 80 Nm, that claim is far from truth.

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The Radrunner Plus can go up to 20 mph top speed, and you can go faster if you upgrade the controller. I wish they can hide them in the frame, so they won’t be visible. I am not a big fan of Rad Power’s decisions when it comes to the location of the controller. I remember the LED Display of the first Radrunner e-bike and this was a well needed upgrade.Ĭontroller is positioned in the bottom of the e-bike and is protected by an aluminum plate. Also the display has been upgraded to an LCD display which we see on most of the Rad Power e-bikes.

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For the passenger they put standard skirt guards and foot pegs, full fenders. The extra features Radrunner offers are totally worth more than $500.įirst of all, it comes with a color matching the passenger seat. Does it worth it? In my opinion, it’s totally worth it. It’s like Rad Power listens to all my complaints and offer a similar utility e-bike where they solve those issues, but it comes at the price of an additional $500.

I’m glad that I finally have the chance to review Radrunner Plus! I loved the concept of Radrunner although some of their decisions on certain parts which I didn’t agree 100%.