So there seems to be a lot of chatter out there indicating the RadRunner Plus 750w US motor is, in actuality, a running at 500w/750w peak.  The Canadian RadRunner is advertized as 500w, no mention of peak...
Does anyone know...  Is it the same motor?  If I decided to trick out my (Canadian) bike, could I apply the exact same numbers, use the same parts as the much published 500w steady/750w peak motor?

Thanks for your thoughts and input.
Cheers!
Jay

Hey everybody, let me introduce myself. I'm Jay Ryan. And I'm thinking of purchasing a RadRunner through the Canadian RadPower Bikes site..

It's been about 17 years since I last biked, and I had a mountain bike at the time.  Back then, the mountain bike was actually my main form of transportation. I needed to get somewhere, I needed to get there quick. And my 24 Speed Trek was an awesome vehicle for that.

Life changed somewhat in that amount of time and I went from a bicycle to two cars. And now we're at a point that the kids are grown up, I no longer need the second vehicle, and the bike won't be for going somewhere so much as just getting out, breathing fresh air and getting into better shape.

I'm not sure exactly what kind of bike I need, but I really like the style and mechanical features of the rad runner plus. I like the option of the gears, as well as either pedaling or not pedaling as it were.  It seems it can be easily customized both esthetically as well as electronically/mechanically.

When I'm going around to the bike shops and seeing what they have in stock, of course no RadPower bikes , but I look at many other we'll say similar styles. And of course, Canadian brands are different than the American brands, so we don't have Juiced, Super73, or Himiway. But we have something similar, probably coming from the same Chinese factory as far as the frames and running gear go.

When I mentioned Rad power bikes. They kind of cringe And tell me that ordering a direct to consumer bike Is not a good idea.  On face value, it would appear that their opinion is that getting service will be harder and parts nearly impossible.

Although it sounds valid, my question to all you folks would be... Would their warnings be valid? Or is it actually that they just want to sell me their bike?  Or a little of column A little column B?