being a Class II bike with throttle+PAS comes in handy the suspension forks help smooth out the road a little more I can detour on the way to convert from commuter duties to trail riding and hit the +20 miles single track trails on the way home near Rio Grande river I can transition from road, side walks, dirt lots, sand, and hop curbs without missing a beat the 4" fat tires can smooth out the road imperfections, I like the Radrover as a commuter bike because: I have a hard time keeping up with my 4' 11", 125 lbs wife on her radrover at the same PAS level because she is so much lighter to me compared to what I have to haul around on my radrover (I'm 6'3" and +265lbs when riding). I would have to go with a different bike to maintain that kinda speed without using PAS-5 at full 750 watts on level ground. I don't think I could maintain a speed of +23 mph on level ground with just leg power hauling around +350 lbs of Radrover (bike+me+ riding gear+water+accessories+rack+bag). I was only 4 miles from home and I was able to call the wife to pick me up (the reason for the Vee 8 upgrade). I ended up running over glass at 5:30am and sliced the rear tire with an 1/8" slit that also sliced the tire liner, inner tube, and leaked all the tire sealant out. Tuffy tire liners, tools to remove rear tire, spare inner tube, Stans tire sealant, good bicycle pump, and back-up plan if that isn't enough. If you are planning to ride that long, I would get a good flat repair kit, Mr. I only had to use the extra battery once when the battery LCD indicator started to blink at 3 miles from home on extremely windy day after about 25 miles into the ride. I sometimes take my wife's Radrover battery on windy days if I ride on the weekends between 25-30 miles. I can do 19-21 mph in PAS 4 (500-550 watts) on level ground but, that will drop my range around 18-23 miles depending on how hard I pedal, terrain, and wind. I use this PAS level when I know I need the range of 25-30 miles at a minimum. On level ground (and only headwind is from the speed of the bike), I can maintain 17-18 mph in PAS 3 (350-375 watts). I'm also playing with the PSI and the Vee 8 still feel pretty good anywhere in the 20-26 PSI range (higher the PSI, lower the rolling resistance, better for range). I did upgrade my tires to 120 tpi Vee 8 and they seem to roll a little easier, much less noise compared to the Kenda, a lot more knobs for a smoother ride, a little less road vibration felt because of the softer sidewall, and pretty good traction on paved roads and hard packed trails. I would be at a constant 750 watts for +30 minutes in PAS 5 on the way home. I end up using PAS 4 on the way home because it is up hill and ALWAYS a headwind. I'm lucky to maintain 20-21 mph on level ground at PAS 5 because of the heavy bike, my weight of 260lbs+25lbs of cold weather gear/rack/backpack/lunch/work cloths, upright riding position, usual head wind, and knobby tires. I set my controller to 36 k/hr (22.4 mph) since 23 is my max pedal speed going to work. I can only reach those speeds because I'm mostly at a decline going to work (5400ft down to 4900ft). The fastest I can pedal is about 23 mph (70-75 rpm) before I look/feel like a hamster on an exercise wheel. My Radrover LCD speed is 1 to 1.2 mph slower compared to the displayed radar speed when I pass two different neighborhood radar speed stands on my +6 mile work commute. I not sure how exact the mph gauges are for the Radrover (26" rim set in LCD set-up screen but, 29" tire circumference). press and hold "mode" button to get out of set up screen I think the lowest is 11 k/hr (7 mph) and the highest is 40 k/hr (24.85 mph). The motor cut off speed is only displayed in k/hr and you can adjust up or down 1 k/hr increments. the motor cut off should be set 32 k/hr (20 mph). use the center "mode" button to scroll the options of wheel size, motor cut off speed, screen brightness, and mile or km for LCD display press/hold the up and down arrows on LCD controller to enter set-up mode Turn the battery pack and LCD screen on You can set the motor cut off speed up to 25 mph (40 k/hr) for the Radrover on the LCD set-up screen.
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