Thanks handlebar.

I'm not as detailed about charging as you. My motivation was to tidy up the cords, which it does. I thought about a drop-cord scenario, but that came with its own complications as well.

My wife and I both have Rad bikes. To charge our bikes, we had cords everywhere. So I made a charging station so both bikes can be charged at once and charging time controlled independently with countdown timers. Relatively cheap and easy to make. Most everything from our local Henery hardware store except the $10 timers online, and parts I already had for various reasons. The oval cutout at the top is a handle to ease moving it around.

No big deal, but it is a convenience, so I thought I'd share.  Pictures attached.

My Radrummer Plus is far noisier than my wife?s RadCity 5 Plus.  As another mentioned, at peddle assist 2 and higher, or giving it much throttle, it?s noisy as you describe.  People hear me at a distance, but my wife?s City 5 Plus doesn?t attract any attention at all.  I got the same pushback from Rad.  I even took it into the Seattle store for a warranty service.  They said that the Runner has a different motor than the City, and that is why it?s noisier.  No satisfaction and disappointing.  I suspect I?ll swap out the motor myself along with a new controller next spring when the warranty is up.  Otherwise, it seems to run fine and the noise hasn?t gotten [much] worse.