Underwhelmed with Radrunner, any recommendations?

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Hi there, recently down here we've had the beryl bikes introduced, I've been using them on and off for about 3 weeks testing them out, it has been my first e-bike experience and I was very impressed by them, I ended up buying a Radrunner assuming that it would be very similar in power but it's hill climbing capabilities pale in comparison the to the Beryl e-bike, I can't find the specs of the Beyl bikes but I assume they have a 250w motor although I'm now thinking maybe it has a restricted 500w? Now I'm not sure whether to sell the Radrunner on and try find a bike with more torque for hills, or maybe upgrade the Radrunner with the Eggrider or probably the 35amp controller?

Does anyone have a recommendation for a good hill climber e-bike in the UK?
 
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how much did you spend on the radrunner? you can probably get a proper good hard tail mtb or commuter bike for around 2k
Try looking at brands like Cube or Canyon
anything with Bosch, Shimao, Specialised, Yamaha/giant is probably having no issue with hills as long as they are rated for over 65nm assistance.

If you want cheap then your probably looking at something like a bafang conversion mid drive motor.

I've got an EMTB with a Bosch CX. me+ the bike weights around 135kg and I can go up most hills bouncing off the speed limit of the bike 15.5mph


Also 250watt when it comes to motors keeping within our countries legal requirements that 250watt isn't the max power output, it's 250 watt nominal.

those motors can still do short spikes that are 2-3x that many watts
 
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£809 with a referral for the Roadrunner 1, which to be fair is pretty cheap, riding around some more today I think it might do me for a while, Bosch seems to be the recommended motor to go for, a few bike shops I rang today said they are very good, very hard to find what the Nm torque of the 250w Radrunner is, one review of the EU version which is also 250w said it was 80Nm, not sure if the UK version are the same.

One chap from a shop said to me today if you want to go up any hill grab a Hiko Bike Rangler.
 
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