The fork looks like the biggest challenge since no steerer tubes come that long. If you find something off-the-shelf, please share

Awesome mod, but I don't understand how you found (or "modified"?) a fork to have the very long steerer tube needed. Either way, there must be tons of dirt cheap 26er forks out there ripe for mod experiments like this!

This might not be much help but just a thought: The Thule Yepp is rated for 40 lbs so if you're kiddo is 41 lbs, you're not much over. Most quality products like we would expect from Thule are overengineered to be stronger than the publicized rated capacity. It can probably carry safely 50lbs maybe even 55. That could buy you some more time   

If you are very interested in doing modifications and don't mind the extra cost you could consider a dropper post so you can quickly adjust seat height. This is priceless if you regularly share the bike with anyone else who are a different height and therefore require different seat heights. I did this to my bike because I'm 6'1" and my partner is 5'7". It's a PNW dropper with external routing with a bar-mounted lever. If you're a little bit handy you can do this upgrade yourself. Even if you don't share the bike with someone else, it's very nice to be able to lower the seat height for more slow speed maneuverability in slow and tight city riding situations but then be able to send the seat height up to full height for pedaling efficiency once you're riding at faster speeds. 

Anyone on here had their tires pop? Does this really happen suddenly or is it a slow steady leak?

My guess is that it's not out of stock or discontinued. They're closing orders because of the safety issue. Better to simply say it's out of stock. Otherwise, what else would they say: "Temporarily unavailable while we resolve a dangerous tire flaw" 

Two general replies to your post and this issue in general:

1) It's still not very clear to me from the guidance issued today by Rad whether if I have the tires affected or not. Other owners could wonder the same. The "good and bad" graphic they provided (included here) says to look for a smooth sidewall or a ribbed one. What if the sidewall has both? Mine is around 90% smooth with 10% ribbed. That means it's probably the "bad" ones. But the guidance photo from Rad implies a much bigger area that's ribbed. I bought mine on June 4 so I'm over 3 months in. I might be in the clear if it hasn't popped yet. But it still might be the "bad" tires.

2) Bigger picture: this inspection and repair is probably going to be a big hassle for everyone who plans to do it. My guess is that the urgency expressed by Rad is probably mostly CYA (Cover Your A$$) to show they made every effort to resolve/repair it up to safe standards to avoid legal exposure. I could be wrong but doesn't it seem like most flats would not occur instantly, which would be dangerous. Most tube pops occur as consistent but slow leaks that would not be so sudden and dangerous. I don't know. What do others think? Have most of these flats been sudden while riding and therefore dangerous? I do cart kids around so a lot rides on this.

Quote from: JimInPT on September 01, 2022, 02:00:14 PM
Forums like this are sort of self-selecting, in that a large percentage of members probably sign up to ask about problems and rarely to say "everything's fine"

That's a very true point about negative bias in forums. I bought a Radwagon in early June and I can say (fingers crossed, knocking on wood) that so far this defect hasn't occurred with my bike. Probably just tempted fate by typing that. But I am here to follow along any news about the problem.

I also am here to see if anyone has figured out where to get replacement tubes. After hearing about this safety recall issue, I really dislike having no replacement tubes. I rely on this bike every day and am without a car. I'm wondering if a 24 x 3 tube would work since those are available online. Seems like a couple inches difference over the diameter might still work. I've put slightly off size tire tubes in mountain bike tires and not had issues.

Quote from: Juliebug on August 31, 2022, 06:31:48 AM
Hi there! Interesting dilemma. My children are grown so I don't use the seats for babies on the back of my wagon. However, hubby made me a beautiful maple battery box that locks onto the rack, utilizing the oval holes to store my extra battery. It seems to me that you could make some kind of modification to fit back there.  How heavy are the bags?

That box is awesome! Good hubby! Yeah, I think I have an idea now that will work and it's something simpler than your box, but similar as a section of plywood custom cut to fit around where the kid seat clamps. Hard to explain. I'll post if I accomplish it

Thanks in advance if anyone has ideas: I take my two kids (5 and 3) to and from school most days with my Radwagon. They fill up all available space on the back so my only storage for kids' bags is the one front basket. I'm wondering if it's possible to use these two bolt holes on the rear of the rack. They're not threaded so I don't know what they were designed for (handling during mfg process?). But they look like they could support a small rack and/or basket combo with the right hardware. Picture a milk crate sized basket (or literally a milk crate) directly behind that kids seat. Curious if anyone has gotten further along with this possibility. Thanks,

Thanks in advance if anyone has ideas: I take my two kids (5 and 3) to and from school most days with my Radwagon. They fill up all available space on the back so my only storage for kids' bags is the one front basket. I'm wondering if it's possible to use these two bolt holes on the rear of the rack. They're not threaded so I don't know what they were designed for (handling during mfg process?). But they look like they could support a small rack and/or basket combo with the right hardware. Picture a milk crate sized basket (or literally a milk crate) directly behind that kids seat. Curious if anyone has gotten further along with this possibility