Hi all, for those looking to improve their radwagon - here are my list of improvements. There weren’t any commercially available analogs to what I wanted, so went the diy route:

- 52v bbhsd, Luna wolf battery
- gave up on using a derailleur with this thing, chain line issues, etc. so I used nuvinci n171 hub (fraction of the price of a rohloff) laced to velocity cliffhangers
- bmx bars
- hydraulic brakes (shimano) 2 pot rear 4 pot front
- lekkie cranks and 42t sprocket. The bbhsd cranks are made of an exclusive aluminum/cardboard alloy that will fail when you are taking your kid to school. Lekkie sprocket helps maintain chain line.
- surly extraterrestrial 2.5 tires
- diy lighting system (12v, bright)
- swapped out the dorky seat
- cnc’d steel torque plates (your dropouts don’t stand a chance without this!)
- white industries eno sprocket 22t
- cnc’d rack for ortlieb bags. Also allows me to use the Yepp maxi seat in the rearmost slot.
- surly ecr fork.

That’s it. Rode the stock radwagon for 900 miles and made a list of what sucked. Wanted something that would eat hills, go off-road, and bring a kid.

My list of gripes- The radwagon did not like hills, the brakes were terrible, the bags for the radwagon are not as good as ortliebs in design or quality, ergos were terrible due to frumpy dad seat and trying to climb a hill with the mary poppins handlebars was a no-go, proprietary tires are obnoxious, rads policy on selling parts only to registered owner is even more obnoxious.