Well according to UPS it should be arriving tomorrow, so that's 9 days for delivery rather than the 5-8 weeks as on the website.
That being said, some friends of ours actually had a friend in Holland order their Radwagon, and they went over to pick it up, as they needed it before the start of term (they have twin 5 year olds) and the equivalent bikes that can carry 2 kids are at 75% more expensive, Baksfiet, Tern HSD etc.
I'd never actually even seen a Radrunner or Radrunner Plus before ordering mine, I'd just read the reviews, and ridden my friends Radwagon, and that was enough to convince me. I've got a cargo bike, and I love 20" wheeled bikes, so it ticked all my boxes.
in the week or so since ordering, I've now seen a Radrunner plus (in Hyde park, and he had a wicker picnic basket on the back), and a Radrunner in Shepherds Bush.
A lot of the stuff the US model can do, the EU versions can't. Eg cruise around easily with 2 adults on electric power alone. The US version is 750 watts, the EU versions are software restricted to 250 watts. As a result the UK version doesn't come with the passenger seat and foot rests. They can be chipped so they're unrestricted, but I don't intend to do that. If you do, you've essentially turned your ebike into a moped, and so to be legally compliant, you'd need to have the vehicle registered, with a number plate, taxed, wear a crash helmet, insured, and follow the traffic rules for mopeds. So once they decide to crack down, I can envisage fines, points and vehicles getting destroyed.
The saddle is terrible, but it was designed so it could be flush with the passenger seat. However I still don't know why people still get the suspension seatposts, I have a theory that with electric assist, they never get out of their saddle, so even though you should be going faster, and on your bike less, your bum actually spends more time in contact with the saddle. I've ordered a non suspension seat post and will be swapping over one of saddles from one of my other bikes.
There are a lot more electric bikes these days. I see a lot of Van Moofs, Tern HSD, Baksfiets, ridden by commuters/parents. Amazingly about 33% of the Bromptons I see are electric. The deliveroo/uber eats, half are riding totally illegal DIY jobs, and riding them under electric power, or I now see a lot of them have gone with Zoomo, as they are really promoting their bikes to the service industry.
While Rad Power do seem good value, that's just the base price of the bike. The accessories seem to be super pricy. A front rack for 80 Euros?! Only one child seat fits the Radrunner, and that's the Thule Yepp Maxi. Coming from a frame mounted Raleigh Avenir snug that only cost £40, going to a seat that costs £128 is a little eye watering.
If you're interested in Rad Power bikes, use this link
http://rwrd.io/kyimd16?c . It's a referral code that gives you 50 Euros off the price. Also the Split it option, where it's interest free over 12 months really helped me make my mind up about ordering one.
