Quote from: Tbery on October 27, 2024, 08:06:46 AMYeah, I've nicknamed my bike buyer's remorse. The controller issue which renders the lights unusable; they sent me a replacement controller but it has failed again in less than 6mo. The magnetic disc snapped, looked like when Rad delivered it fully assembled they put it on backwards and the old design had indentations on one side that got caught causing it to snap.

It's funny... every issue Tbery noted, I've had with my bike.  My rear tire exploded (sidewall blew out) due to the tire defect.  Tone wheel broke.  Controller went bad.  Headlight went bad. Bottom bracket, freewheel died and I learned of the joys of the ultrathin, readily breakable removal tool. My front hub bearings just gave up the ghost today and after some painful searching I've located some aftermarket bearing cones to replace the spent old ones and freshen up the hub with new balls.

I've done all the work on my bike and as you said, if you send the bike to Rad (if practical) it would take forever and be expensive... and if you send it to your LBS they're unlikely to have the patience or experience to deal with the quirky costed down Rad parts.

On the whole, the bike has been OK and I've got ~ 5500 miles on mine to date.  What mainly annoys me is that they used custom (and shitty) components that aren't easily upgraded to a nicer, semi standard Shimano equivalent.  The bottom bracket appears to be unobtanium from anywhere but Rad.  There appears to be only one available freewheel, and it's quality is lacking.  Rad certainly hit a low price point but they essentially designed a throwaway bike, and not one easily maintained.