Sold the second car.
We’ve owned are cargoroo for 3 years now and it’s been great. Sold the second car. Kids were 6 and 8; now 9 and 11) still love going on it. I’d say grade 5 will be the last year I can get my older guy on it. Novelty hasn’t warm off for me though! The price was very reasonable compared to some of the other models on the market twice the price. They do a good comparison to a rad power bike on their website and RTG seems better value. Disk brakes, shox, comfy seet, all the bells and whistles. The fact you can walk into the store if you have an issue was big for me (compared to a long distance order). And the beauty was that it came assembled unlike a rad bike. The two batteries is massive too. Zero range anxiety and we seem to charge only once every week or two. If an e-bike only had one battery,I could see myself coming home and wanting to immediately charge it up in case for some reason the next ride was a long one. But we don’t get this anxiety because we always seem to have at least one battery full so if a ride ends up being a long one, boom, we got a battery all ready. RTG has been great to deal with. Got a flat once (tire blew) and we brought it in the next day and was fixed in an hour. Different levels of assist and we tend to always be at the highest so top speed with two kids on a flat road is 36/kmh and because we are always on top speed, and therefore depleting battery faster, we get 25kms per battery.
I wouldn’t dare ride with two kids without some electric assist as bike is solid. Also, when storing it it will need to roll into flat area or up one step max. My wife is 5’3 and has no problems with it. I did hear a complaint from a lady once who was petite that said it was too heavy for her. Overall, very pleased with bike. I feel like value even used in a year will still be high. And the benefits of being out and about in the fresh air, saving gas, spending quality time with family, doing a small part for the environment, and just getting out in nature is priceless. Zipping around standing up with the e-throttle, you feel like a giant kid out there! Whether it’s an RTG bike or another E-bike, you need to get one. You won’t be disappointed. New location in Royal Oak was nice. Great to ride along Lochside trail to get there!
-R Family