Rad Power RadExpand 5 Plus: Everything You Need to Know
Stateside, the card is $1,399 from $1,899, a 750W hub at 64 Nm, a 15Ah pack it labels 720Wh, and Class 2 as shipped. A Canada tile prints 500W. A dealer cell prints 72V. The hero says 60+ miles. The estimate says 20–60.
By SickEBike desk
The short answer
The domestic RadExpand 5 Plus card is a folder with pedals, on sale at $1,399 from $1,899. The hub is 750W and 64 Nm. The pack line prints 15Ah and 720Wh. It ships in Class 2. Mass is 72.5 lb. A Canada tile on Rad’s own domain prints a 500W hub. A dealer cell prints 72V 15Ah. The hero says 60-plus miles. The estimate says 20 to 60.
Rad’s domestic RadExpand 5 Plus card is a folding bike with pedals. The sale line is $1,399 from $1,899. The hub line is “Rear hub 750W, 64 Nm,” with a note that power at the ground stays under 750W. The pack line is “15Ah 720 Wh,” Samsung 50GB or LG M50LT cells, UL 2271. The charger is 48V at 2 amps. Class is switchable between 1 and 2, and it ships in Class 2. The row on the list links here.
Seven hundred fifty watts, and a tile that says five hundred.
The US product card, the Canada page, a dealer listing, and a Lifehacker scale. Not averaged.
| What is printed | |
|---|---|
| US card | Hero chips: 20 mph, 60+ miles, 750W, 315 lb. The range paragraph then says “estimated 20–60 miles.” Torque sensor, five assist levels, half-twist throttle. Mass 72.5 lb (32.9 kg), or 62.5 lb (28.3 kg) with the pack out. Payload 315 lb, rider cap 225 lb. Rack 59 lb (27 kg). Heights 4 feet 10 to 5 feet 10. Forty-eight times 15 is 720, and this card does print 720 Wh. |
| Canada tile | Price CA$2,299, and a feature row that says “500W Geared Hub Motor,” “97+ Kilometers,” “720Wh,” and “142kg Payload.” One hundred forty-two kilograms is not that 315 lb sentence. Five hundred watts is not that hub line. |
| A dealer, and a scale | Riding 5 prints $1,199 from $1,899 and a battery cell of “72V 15Ah,” next to 20×4.0 tires. The charger line is 48V. Lifehacker’s scale was 73.8 lb. That review calls the assist “magnet-sensing cadence,” claims 60 miles on average and up to 80, and writes a 315 lb rider cap. On that card, 315 lb is payload and 225 lb is the rider. |
| An index | Velo Index, September 2026, lists the domestic bike at $1,899, 72.5 lb, 720 Wh, 60 miles, and Class 1 only. That card ships in Class 2. The Canada mass on that index is 32.89 kg. The domestic card prints 32.9 kg beside 72.5 lb. |
The watt fight is 750 against 500, on two Rad domains. The voltage fight is 48 against a dealer’s 72. The range fight is a 60+ chip, a 20–60 estimate, a 97 km Canada line, and a review that adds 80. The mass fight is 72.5 lb on the card and 73.8 lb on a scale. None of those is a correction of the others. A Class 1-only index line is not the sentence that says the bike ships in Class 2.
Quote 720 Wh from that card. Quote 500W only if you are reading the Canada tile. Do not merge them.
Who it is for
It is the heavy folder, not a train bike you carry up stairs without planning. It is not the Portola, which is the other folding row on this list, and not the XP4. Shipping in Class 2 means assist and a throttle that stop at 20 on that setting. The class chart is why a Class 1 index cell is a different claim. The watt-hour page is the 15Ah line that this card already multiplies to 720.
Questions people ask
Why are there two watt figures?+
The hub line is 750W and 64 Nm, and it adds that power at the ground stays under 750. The Canada feature row says 500W, 720Wh, and a 142 kg payload. Forty-eight times 15 is 720, and the card already prints that product. Five hundred and seven hundred fifty are not one hub. One hundred forty-two kilograms is not the 315 lb payload line.
Which range sentence should you quote?+
The hero chip says 60-plus miles. The paragraph under it says an estimated 20 to 60. Canada says 97-plus kilometers. Lifehacker wrote 60 on average and up to 80. An index shortens the claim to 60 and files the bike as Class 1 only. The card says it ships in Class 2. A chip is not the paragraph.
Is the pack 72 volts?+
Not on Rad’s card. The charger line is 48V at 2 amps, and the pack is 15Ah labeled 720Wh. Riding 5’s listing prints 72V 15Ah beside a $1,199 sale. Seventy-two times 15 is 1,080, which that dealer does not print. Do not replace 48 with 72 because a shop cell did.
What did the scale say?+
The card prints 72.5 lb and 32.9 kg together, or 62.5 lb with the pack removed, a 225 lb rider cap, and a 59 lb rack. Lifehacker’s scale was 73.8 lb, and that review calls the assist cadence and writes 315 lb as a rider cap. On the card, 315 lb is payload. The index’s Canada mass is 32.89 kg, not 32.9.
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