u/jy84562

Radpowerbike battery recycling/disposal in massachusetts or rhode island?

I'm trying to find a place to recycle/get rid of the faulty battery. I've contacted so many places but no one takes them.

REI, local bike shops (called 20 around me), contacted the rad retail stores listed on their own website NO LUCK, called my towns DPW they aren't licensed to take e-bike batteries.

I've checked out batterynetwork.org, earth911.com, some private companies. NO ONE WILL TAKE THIS DAMN THING!

Does anyone have CONFIRMED info? I want to get rid of this thing ASAP.

u/jy84562 — 4 days ago

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Faulty battery rant

I haven’t used my rad power bike in awhile, I called a shop today to have it serviced so I can use it this summer and was alarmed when they told me that they wouldn’t allow it in their store due to the battery issue.

I went home and immediately did research and holy moly, am a bit alarmed. I confirmed my bike has the affected model number RP-1304.

I plan to purchase their newer battery that’s on back order, but am also hesitant to invest more money into this situation.

Mine has no rain damage, never been dropped, less than 500 miles. I don’t want to store it in the house due to the safety issue now. I will be leaving it in the shed but the temp here in boston will reach 100 plus degrees this week which is also concerning.

2 questions:

Is anyone using their existing effected battery/will continue to just use it/keep it?

Any thoughts on how I could safely store this outside with summer temps around the corner?

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u/jy84562 — 5 days ago