Imperial Beach store (San Diego) had their "grand opening" today, even though they've been open for a month or more. Received an email yesterday that they had RR 6+ Step-thru's in stock, huh? After failing to get clarity from Tech Support or the actual store (no one answers the phone), drove down this morning and sure enough, they had both assembled and boxed bikes ready to go. Purchased 2 charcoal bikes and have had them for a few hours now. First impressions:
1) Appears RPB disabled the hidden menu speed option (>20 MPH). Tried Headlight + Down button, HL + Up button, Down + Up button, Pwr + Down/Up, Pwr+HL, none opened any hidden menu. Crap. So either Rad did lock down the power or there's yet another hidden menu somewhere, just waiting for someone to figure it out and post it.
2) I'm 220 lbs, and took the bike on a 7 mile ride with 7% hills. Very disappointed in the power. With throttle only, slows down to 5 MPH, barely enough to keep from tipping over. The new motor is supposed to "kill it" up the hills, I have no idea what they're talking about. This thing is a dog. We were just on vacation in Hawaii, where we rented BlackRock e-bikes for a day. Those bikes took us up similar hills, with a lot more wind in our faces, much faster than this RR 6 Plus.
3) Watching reviews of this bike, the reviewers are climbing 10%+ grade hills at 8-12 MPH. Granted, those guys are skinny compared to my 220lb frame, but still... I can't help but wonder if these "early" bikes we just bought have controllers that aren't fully tuned yet.
4) Other than than the terrible power, everything else about the bikes is really nice. Disc brakes have great stopping power, very comfy ride, a little noisy with the fat tires but I'll go for more quiet ones after we wear these out.
Next, plan to contact the showroom and discuss, and/or tech support by phone. Only concern with TS is like I said, they don't even know the bikes are being sold yet so it may be hard to get anything other than the party line out of them. If someone can't address the power issue, I'll likely return at least one of these. My wife is half my size and less of a daredevil so the bike may be just fine for her.
1) Appears RPB disabled the hidden menu speed option (>20 MPH). Tried Headlight + Down button, HL + Up button, Down + Up button, Pwr + Down/Up, Pwr+HL, none opened any hidden menu. Crap. So either Rad did lock down the power or there's yet another hidden menu somewhere, just waiting for someone to figure it out and post it.
2) I'm 220 lbs, and took the bike on a 7 mile ride with 7% hills. Very disappointed in the power. With throttle only, slows down to 5 MPH, barely enough to keep from tipping over. The new motor is supposed to "kill it" up the hills, I have no idea what they're talking about. This thing is a dog. We were just on vacation in Hawaii, where we rented BlackRock e-bikes for a day. Those bikes took us up similar hills, with a lot more wind in our faces, much faster than this RR 6 Plus.
3) Watching reviews of this bike, the reviewers are climbing 10%+ grade hills at 8-12 MPH. Granted, those guys are skinny compared to my 220lb frame, but still... I can't help but wonder if these "early" bikes we just bought have controllers that aren't fully tuned yet.
4) Other than than the terrible power, everything else about the bikes is really nice. Disc brakes have great stopping power, very comfy ride, a little noisy with the fat tires but I'll go for more quiet ones after we wear these out.
Next, plan to contact the showroom and discuss, and/or tech support by phone. Only concern with TS is like I said, they don't even know the bikes are being sold yet so it may be hard to get anything other than the party line out of them. If someone can't address the power issue, I'll likely return at least one of these. My wife is half my size and less of a daredevil so the bike may be just fine for her.