Maybe you’ll never go further, maybe you’ll end up moving house by bike five years down the line. If you want to get a bike that can cart kids and shopping around, and you live somewhere that’s not too challenging in terms of its terrain, and your budget doesn’t stretch to a more expensive mid-motor cargo bike, then the RadWagon is easy to recommend. That will depend on what you use it for and, to an extent, where you live. But it’s a third of the price, and it might be that it’s all the cargo bike you need. It’s impossible not to compare this bike with the Tern GSD, and it’s objectively not as good in most ways. But overall it’s well-considered, and given the constraints of the price point I’d say that Rad Power Bikes have done a really good job with the spec. There’s cheap equipment on it, sure, and day-to-day use with heavy loads would probably take its toll.
In a purely physical sense, on one hand: there’s a lot of metal here. This is by any reasonable reckoning a very cheap e-cargo bike, and you can’t expect miracles for £1,599, but you’re certainly getting a lot of bike for your money. RadPower RadWagon 4-3.jpg, by dave atkinson Chances are those are the only 22” tyres you’ll easily find, so it’s good news that they’re really nice, big bouncy moto-style rubber that offers plenty of grip and cushioning. They look like 20” wheels but in fact they’re 22”, which we didn’t even know was a wheel size, and they’re running on 3” tyres custom made for Rad Power Bikes by Vee Tire. It’s a significant update: the bike has been redesigned around a smaller wheelset, which makes it more compact and brings the centre of gravity of the load area down. The RadWagon has been about for a considerable while, and you won’t be surprised to learn that the RadWagon 4 is, erm, the fourth generation.
The motor’s not powerful enough to haul big loads up big hills, and some of the bits won’t survive too much heavy use, but it’s still a bargain. It’s very usable and easy to ride, and you can get accessories to carry all kinds of things.
If you’re looking to dip your toe into the waters of cargo biking, then the Rad Power Bikes Radwagon 4 is a brilliant first bike. Buy if: your budget doesn’t stretch to a Tern GSD but your weekly shop does
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