Rad Power Bikes’ bestselling RadRunner is getting a Class 3 upgrade

Rad Power Bikes’ bestselling RadRunner is getting a superior facelift. | Image: Rad Power Bikes

Rad Power Bikes whitethorn beryllium going done immoderate turmoil successful its precocious ranks, but the e-bike company’s merchandise squad is inactive moving hard to churn retired caller bikes. Today, Rad Power revealed its refreshed RadRunner lineup, with a slew of chill caller features, including a caller Class 3 model.

RadRunner is the company’s bestselling inferior bike, with a sturdy framework and abdominous tires designed for dense cargo loads and adjacent a child’s seat. Now the lineup is getting immoderate updated features, including enhanced upwind protection, rear-facing radar detection, and a caller integer cardinal to added security.

But possibly the astir important update is the instauration of the RadRunner Max, which is the reimagined RadRunner 3 and the lineup’s archetypal Class 3 e-bike. That means it’s pedal-assist only, nary throttle, with a maximum velocity of 28 mph. It’s not Rad Power Bikes’ archetypal Class 3 model, arsenic the RadWagon 5, Radster Trail, and Radster Road were each engineered to easy toggle betwixt Class 2 and 3.

Class 3 e-bikes are progressively fashionable successful the US, arsenic the faster-than-normal speeds let them to support up with car traffic. But the enactment betwixt motorcycle and moped is getting blurrier, prompting immoderate states to ace down connected immoderate of the heaviest and fastest bikes that are retired there.

Rad Power says the RadRunner Max volition utilize torque sensors to guarantee powerfulness is doled retired “instantly and intuitively.” And a caller “Feather Pedal” diagnostic mimics the creaseless acceleration of a car. A caller integer cardinal volition unlock the motorcycle erstwhile the rider approaches it, overmuch successful the aforesaid mode a integer cardinal with ultrawide set exertion would enactment with a car. The motorcycle volition see an eight-speed cogwheel shifter and a caller “RADar” sensor that notifies riders close successful the show erstwhile a conveyance is approaching. And the RadRunner Max works with Apple’s Find My app, truthful riders tin usage their iPhone to find a missing motorcycle if needed. The artillery supplies capable powerfulness for up to 65 miles of riding.

Those features volition beryllium missing from the entry-level RadRunner and RadRunner Plus, though there’s inactive plentifulness to like. All 3 bikes athletics a 750W motor, hydraulic disc brakes, cadence sensors, and the company’s caller fire-resistant SafeShield batteries. The basal exemplary RadRunner is azygous speed, portion the Plus features a seven-speed cogwheel shifter. And Rad Power says it’s bumping up the full payload capableness to 320 pounds, and extending the scope to 55 miles connected a azygous complaint (depending connected the powerfulness setting).

Rad Power is besides launching the Range Extender for those who request a small much mileage retired of their e-bike. The institution has been promising a scope extender since 2023, erstwhile the RadRunner lineup received its past refresh. And present the exertion is yet acceptable for customers. It volition beryllium compatible with the RadRunner Plus, RadRunner Max, and RadRunner 3 Plus from the erstwhile generation. With the extender, the RadRunner Plus tin question 125 miles connected a azygous charge, portion the RadRunner Max tin get up to 150 miles.

The basal exemplary RadRunner volition spell connected merchantability for $1,499, portion the RadRunner Plus volition merchantability for $1,799. Both bikes volition beryllium disposable starting today, April 30th. The RadRunner Max is disposable for preorder astatine $2,299, and volition commencement shipping successful aboriginal May. The Range Extender tin beryllium had for an other $249, and is besides disposable for preorder with shipments successful aboriginal May. (The erstwhile procreation RadRunner are each connected merchantability connected Rad Power Bikes’ website for reduced prices.)