u/Wide_Zucchini_524

I bought a rad power wagon 5 last summer in 2025 before there as a risk of it going bankrupt.

I’ve had good experiences with my bike, but I’m also not sure I’d buy another expensive bike from rad.

Would any out here buy a cheaper bike from them still?

My partner can’t keep up to us when we’re cruising because he has an aluminum bike.

So I’ve been thinking about getting the rad kick that’s $1900 CAD.

Thoughts??

My family and I are planning to move to the valley to be closer to my partner’s office. Our kids are young, but I’m thinking about what elementary and high schools might work best for us.

We’ve done some chit chatting with people we know who live in the Valley, and we’re hoping to move to one of these neighborhoods:

Near Valleyview elementary/ Isfeld high school
Near Brooklyn elementary / Highland high school

Being close to our kid’s schools is important for us. We would love to be able to either walk or bike when the weather isn’t stormy. And then let our kids walk to school solo when they’re in high school. It seems like the neighborhoods near either Isfeld or Highland high schools would be best for long term.

I’m curious if anyone has any experience about the difference between your kid’s experiences at Isfeld and Highland. Isfeld is larger and seems like it has more academic and sports opportunities. Highland is smaller, so maybe that would be better if you have a more reserved child who gets easily overwhelmed.

Any thoughts or suggestions about those high schools?

Do the students at those high schools walk to get lunch at any of the nearby shopping centers?

In Campbell River it seems like the high school students at both schools are always flocking the nearby stores over their lunch period, so I wanted to see if it was the same in the Valley.

I went to a smaller high school that seems similar to Highland, and I loved it for the most part. The only downside was my school wasn’t close to any restaurants, so my friends and I had to wait until we had our licenses to go anywhere fun for lunch. My partner went to a tiny small town high school. So having our kids attend a larger school like Isfeld feels different from our experiences. But different doesn’t always mean bad.

I think we probably should tour both schools before we house hunt haha!