![]() ![]() It was all pretty easy to do using YouTube videos as a guide. RAD provided the replacement parts (two derailleur hangers & bash guards plus one front disc brake) and I've installed them, so we're good to go. RAD has a very nice rack on their "accessories" web page. I think a bike rack or cargo platform on the rear of your vehicle will be the best way to go. A similar sized folding bike with little skinny 20" tires would be much more compact (and lighter), but then you would lose the comfy ride and excellent flotation provided by the fat tires. Also, like mentioned above, it is the big fat tires that make the folded package so bulky. I am pretty sure two Mini's would not fit inside our Sorento, no matter how you arranged them. With two people (me and the wife) it is do-able. With one person, it is (in my opinion, at 73 years of age) very difficult. There is no good place to grab it when lifting it up over the sill. It's not so much the weight (although that is a factor) but more the shape. It takes up most of the flat floor space, and as mentioned above, is extremely awkward to load and unload. I have carried the RadMini (folded) inside the Sorento with the back seats folded. We have 2 ebikes - a RadMini and a conventional frame mid-drive cruiser. Good luck with your new bikes and I hope you learn to enjoy them as much as I do. I am very pleased with my $150.00 expenditure, but I realize this only works for a single bike with a second folding bike in the vehicle and certainly isn't an option for many riders. I may start covering the computer with a plastic bag, but I leave the battery and seat post on the bike. I do not do anything to prep for bad weather. My bike has traveled over 1500 miles on the carrier with no ill effects. At 34 pounds, it isn't hard to do and only takes a few minutes to install or remove. They make a fold up version, but I just remove it and lean it against the wall in my garage when not in use. It is perfect for the fat tires and the removable ramp makes it an absolute breeze to load and unload the 63 pound bike. I opted for a single bike, hitch mounted aluminum motorcycle carrier that only weighs 34 lbs and has a carrying capacity of 400 lbs. When we travel, we (read she) need lots of space for luggage, coolers, groceries, and just stuff. Plus while the wife's bike with 195 tires did not take up much room, the fat tire folder would take up almost twice as much, leaving less space for cargo. While the two bikes would easily fit in my small SUV (VW Touareg), I soon learned loading a folding ebike into an SUV was awkward and cumbersome, especially at 72 years old. I had put a deposit down on a folding fat tire, not a RAD, but with similar dimensions. I faced a similar dilemma when I bought my wife a folding 20" ebike. A platform rack would have a lower lift height, wouldn't block back-up cam/lights/brake lights, better rear visibility out hatch window, can wrap the ebikes in weather proof cover before strapping it down, add padding to the bottom of the rack if needed, the folding rack would take up minimal space at home when not in use, and the same bike chain/locks should secure it to the hitch/rack. I would also check into a platform rack you can fold up when not in use. ![]() The rack+ fat tire ebikes also block rear visibility out rear hatch window, back-up camera, I have to turn off back up sensors, obstructs license plate, and fat tires blocks rear lights/brake lights/back-up lights. I can't close my garage door even with the rack in the store position because it sticks out too far on the hitch. I wouldn't have to do that if I could just fold and toss them in the rear hatch.Īnother pain in the bottom is attaching my +60lbs platform rack when needed (Saris Freedom Superclamp 4). I usually have to "prep" the ebikes for out of town travel longer than +2 hours if the weather might turn bad like remove rack bag, aux light, seat post, seat, wrap LCD, remove battery, lock suspension, etc. Using a bike rack comes in handy if you need to travel with the rover and need the 2nd row seats for gear/people. Lucky for me, 95% of time I need to ride starts out my garage door for work commuting or hitting the Rio Grande river trails for fun rides. I don't "man handle" the rover anymore alone into the SUV or bike rack and get help lifting it (strained my arm once). The rover's wide body makes it a tight fit on the bike rack with bike's 4" fat tire+ bike rack+panniers. Having two rovers, 4 bike rack, and now a Radcity Step-Thru takes up a parking space in my garage. One rover barely fits in the hatch of my large SUV with the 2nd row folded. The Radrover weighs in about the same as the mini but, the rover's size is on a whole other level. I have two Radrovers and large and compact SUVs (MDX & RDX). ![]()
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