r/ride1up

Hello everyone. I’m looking at buying the roadster V3.
The price appeals to me as well as the hybrid style of it.
I’m in Canada. And I like the fact that I’ll be able to get a bike that goes faster than the class two regulations here.

Are there other bikes that I should be looking at? I’ve seen others that have turn signals built-in or more smart connectivity but obviously those things come with a higher price. I’d like to stay around what the roadster is.

After reading about people having issues with spokes being loose and breaking I took a look at the rear wheel on my new roadster with less than 50 miles on it and some of the spokes feel much looser than others, though the wheel is perfectly true. Is it good preventative maintenance to adjust spoke tension periodically? I don’t want to make them too tight with the propensity of breaking spokes.

I was thinking of buying a spoke tension meter but I don’t have a baseline of what the tension should be on the front and rear wheel of this bike. I’m also surprised that the rear wheel seems to have only 14 gauge spokes when all my other bikes have had at least 12 gauge. Does anyone know what the recommended tension is for this bike?

I bought two Ride1Up bikes. I really like how they ride and they're very easy to fold up and throw in the trunk or in the back of our camper.

Recently one of the batteries became bricked. Both bikes/batteries were used, stored, and charged the same way—proper temperature, no overcharging, no over-discharging. My SO's battery works fine. Mine died suddenly with a 80% charge after 50 miles. Tested the charger on her bike, it works. So it's definitely my battery.

Contacted support. They blamed storage degradation and lithium aging. I explained that doesn't match a sudden complete failure, and asked for at least a partial discount as a repeat ($2K+) customer. They refused and wouldn't escalate because it was past warranty. Now I'm out $350 for a replacement battery.

Just sharing my experience. I know others have had a great experience but have also read about some with this same battery issue. This post is just to show that even two Portolas used and charged in almost the exact same way can have a battery failure.

Another weird thing: I tried leaving an honest review on their site but it won't let me submit it. Seems like their review tool is broken.

Brand new bike. Took it out for first test ride today and at the end the front brake started clunking/squeaking. Before this it was making kind of a shhhing sound but thought it was just braking in.

Anyone else experience this? Only does it under load, cannot recreate the sound while stationary or simply spinning the wheel.

I just ordered a Portola. Are the tires still inner tube? Do they have slime? Or will I need to put that in?

The front brake specifically - is that because it's new, or is there something I can do? It's super loud, seems like it should be quiet. Thanks in advance for any advice.

I signed up for the ambassador program. Nobody else in my area has the bike that I now have. Do you guys get inquiries to test yours out often?