We use a Burley trailer with our RW4. Any of their trailer options should be compatible, but not all of the hitch/mount options will work. This is the hitch design we have: https://amzn.to/3vMkyR8 . It's very quick to attach and detach and has no interferences with anything on the RW, including with the running boards installed! The way we have ours set up, we need to fold in the baskets that we have on the back part of our rack in order to attach and detach the trailer from the hitch, but once it is on, the baskets can be folded out and loaded up just fine. If you have panniers or side baskets you will probably have a similar experience.

Good luck! Glad to be able to help!

Quote from: Fohls on September 22, 2021, 12:46:42 AM
I've been scrutinizing the specs again and noticed the payload is only 158kg. I weigh about 95kg at the moment (trying to shed some lockdown timber now) my fighting weight is normally about 90kg or just below. I'm planning on taking two kids to school and back on my new bike. They're 8 and 5 and no feather weights.

Should I be worried about overloading the stated payload? Does anyone have any real life experience carrying two kids on one of these?

All the pics I've seen seem to suggest a man and two kids would be fine but now I'm nervous...

I weigh just about the same as you, and my wife and I combined put us right about at the max payload. We ride quite regularly together, with me peddaling, and my wife on the back. We also often tow a trailer with our daughter (and sometimes our dog too!) on top of that. We've never had any issues that have made us think we've been approaching the failure point of any components. The one issue would be the frequency with which the brakes need to be adjusted. Keeping on top of having them always properly adjusted was a bit of a pain. We did a hydraulic caliper upgrade from Juin Tech and it has made a big difference. I think that the mass and speed of a fully-loaded cargo e-bike is just really pushing the top end of what mechanical brakes can deal with.

I will say that when I ride alone, the RW totally *zips* up hills like it's nothing, but when we have all three of us, you can tell that the motor is a bit out of its element on big hills and it needs a lot of help. Nothing wrong with that, just recognize that it's a bit slower and will require a bit of work from the peddaler too.

My wife and I are just a touch under 350lb combined and ride together all the time. With all of the accessories we have on the bike, when we're on it together we're almost certainly a bit over 350lb. We also often tow a trailer with our daughter and/or dog.

Out of the ~1,100 miles we have on the bike, I'd say ~400 miles have been with both of us on the bike at about 350-370lb depending on what we had with us, and then out of that ~200 miles were with the same weight on the bike plus towing another 40-100lb with the trailer.

No issues other than having to adjust the brakes pretty often, and of course the acceleration is a whole lot less than when I'm riding alone! We recently bought and installed the Juin M1 hydraulic caliper conversion kit, and would 100% recommend it. Makes a huge difference when we are fully loaded.

In what way are you worried that it might be uncomfortable for a 9 year old on the back?

If you are worried about the general fit of the back seat, I would think that a 9yo would fit great. My wife very routinely rides on the back of ours. We have a RW4 set up with the running boards and 1 deckpad on the front half of the rack. No deck hand, she just holds onto the handle that's built into the back of the peddaler's seat. We have the back half of the rack set up with a pair of fold-out baskets on each side and a trunk bag on top.

I don't have experience with the caboose, but I think you are probably on the right track. Even if the 9yo fits in the caboose, they probably want to be able to hop on and off on their own without the caboose getting in the way.

We are in Minneapolis (far north-central US - January avg. high/low -5/-13 C). My biggest complaint about the RW4 is that due to the proprietary tire size, there is not a studded tire on the market that fits. The tires are quite wide and have a decent tread. I am very confident on them in both rain and standing water, and they are OK in patchy, wet snow. I do not, however, trust them on the ice and packed glazed snow that makes up much of the road surface during the depths of winter here. This year I am hoping to push it a bit more, but last year, I took a break with the bike from mid January to late February, and quite frankly last year we had a pretty mild start to the winter. My wife and I are thinking about getting a second ebike (probably another Rad), with one of the big motivating factors being having access to a studded tire option.

I've been looking for a studded tire that fits the Radwagon 4 22x3 profile, and haven't been able to find one. Has anyone else come up with something?

Thanks for this thread!

My Radwagon 4 just had the spring shear off at about the 70 mile mark. Fortunately I had been messing with the brake pads and had my hex keys with me as a result. Would have been SOL 6 miles from home if I didn't have them! Haven't done a replacement yet but I need to. Getting tired of having no kickstand-- it's a heavy bike to not have one, extra difficult when I have stuff in my baskets.

Should have spent more time Googling first... 

Looks like this: https://amzn.to/3vRwqAM , installed as described here: https://www.fitsaving.com/radwagon-ebike-review-for-a-family/ . Should have me covered for using my trailer on the Wagon.

Has anyone tried an adult on the back rack of a Rad City? With or without a seat or pegs?

I am looking at both the Rad City and the Rad Wagon... I don't think I need the extra cargo capacity of the Wagon and am pretty sure I would rather have the shorter wheelbase most of the time, but would love the ability to give another (smaller) adult a boost for short distances. The bigger reason why I am leaning towards the City over the Wagon is that we have a Burley D-Lite trailer, which attaches via a bracket that attaches through the rear skewer. As far as I can tell, this style of attachment would be compatible with the City but not the Wagon. I'm sure I could figure out a way to make some type of bracket to put on the rear deck of the Wagon, but again, if there were a decent solution for getting a 2nd adult on the City for short trips, that would be my preference.

Any experience?