Essential EBike Accessories For Safety and Maintenance On My Rad Rover EBike!

Because I watched a previous video of yours, I bought the gloves while I anxiously awaited for the arrival of my ebike! The bike arrived, I already had my gear! Yay! Long story short & some ouchies, I hit a big rut on a gravel road. Went down with the bike. Was so glad I had a helmet & gloves on! I got pretty bruised up, am still styling the bruises. 🩹 But the helmet & gloves saved the event! My left hand is still sore, but my skin was saved. My left brow bone took a hit as did my head, but again, that helmet really saved me. I truly appreciate your vids! 👍👍

One of the best videos on the topic of accessoires for e-bikes! Thanks so much and I subscribed

Really useful content Russ! Thanks and hoping my e-bike helps my knee as well.

The first "mod" I did to to my new E-bike was to replace the "quick release" seat clamp with a bolt on style. "They" steal your seat "for the fun of it" Stupid druggies! I'm still adding to my E-bike with stuff from my old bikes. AND lots more accessories. LOL!

I suggest Tannus wheel liners and don't forget one size smaller tubes when you install since the liners take up room inside the tire...Just buy the full set. It's like 120-130 for the 2 liner/tube setup and well worth it. Research yourself. If you want cheaper go with Slime or there's another I used that works well I just can't remember. Not fixaflat btw. Don't use that. Another thing I suggest is at least one GPS tracker. I hid 2 in my bike(they make accessories that are made to hide them like bells or reflectors). An Airtag and a Samsung Smart tag+ to hedge my bets. The Airtag only works if you one have an Apple device and ppl around your stolen bike need to have devices that run Apple Find my Device. I got one of each for under 100 and one I hid inside the bike and the other I have a bell that hides an Airtag. Another thing if you have a bike that's worth a lot I suggest insurance. It's typically 60-80 a year for good coverage. Mine through Oyster is 65 a year. But most big companies have ebike insurance now. IIRC for the same coverage was 75 from Geico. One thing I did since I have a security system already was add a small telephoto sec cam that points where I keep my bike. It's secure but if someone knows I'm not around and has time to get into my garage and a angle grinder they can steal it. I get a push notification and a link to the live feed of a very good angle of anyone coming up to my garage(you can only get to it from one direction because I have 2 nosy dogs that love to alert and chase ppl away that can get outside from the dog door anytime. It's another cheap addition. IIRC it was 35 to add to my setup. But you can use it stand alone if needed..All that are things you can slowly add to secure your expensive ebike. Mine was 3k plus I have close to 1k into it in upgrades. And like I'm sure many of you all who dropped even half that amount worry that someone can pick that up and walk off with it if they had the will and watched you enough and got a minute and some guts. Out of all that stuff the GPS tags then insurance are the best bang for your buck after normal things like good lock and what Russ mentions. A second backup cheap headlight is a good call if you ride at night a lot. I've had one die before and had to use my phone to ride home in the Vermont woods for 5 miles years back. I learned from that experience and you should too. 10 bucks for a cheap backup is worth it.

Instead of packing an extra innertube, get a product called Flat Out. You put in your tires and it you get a puncture it seals it immediately. Its awesome stuff, I run it in all my bikes and never had a flat ever since. Pepper spray? I carry a .40cal pistol for protection! Lol

You and I are thinking similar. I got rid of my quick release clamp for my seat post as well. I have mirrors and spare tubes as well. In fact, I think I have the same electric pump as you as well and same water bottle as well. Same type of alarm too.

Awesome list! Bought the mini air compressor and that thing is RAD! Helpful for car trips too.

Hey Russ, recently came across your channel doing research on the Rad Rover 6+. I had an older model previously but sold it. I'm retired now and wanted to get back into riding again. As luck would have it, Rad is selling the 6+ for super cheap right now, I couldn't pass it up. So starting to get my amazon list together for accessories. Used all your links, so hope that helps when the time comes to buy. The only time I ever fell over was when I added a tall bag to the back rack. I couldn't swing my leg over it. Fell trying to get on and again when trying to get off. Took the bag off right away 🤣I found it helpful to stand on a concrete pad outside my garage to decrease the height a bit and then rolling on the throttle as I slung my leg over. Same thing when dismounting, I would swing my right leg back over while keeping my left foot on the pedal and then slowly coming to a stop. Great videos! 👍

The problem I have with panniers/bags and open trailers is that you can't lock up your stuff while you're out and about. I use a lockable ammo box mounted to my rear rack and pull a lockable trailer/cooler. I don't have an e-bike yet, but I'm looking. Thanks for all the info Russ.

If you do ride at night, you should also use rear (red or amber) blinkers on the side of bike, too...

One thing I carry with me that you did not mention is an air horn. It will scare off animals and will also get people’s attention possibly scare off potential robbers.

I might look into mini air pumps. The foot pump my dad gave me works great but it also takes up most of the space in my panner bag. once I get the battery cord & all my tools in the bag there is barely any space left.

Thank you for sharing, I got a lot of good ideas from that video.

Good job with your presentation and common sense purchases. You’ve got me thinking on what I still need to purchase for my Rad Rover 6 that’s sitting still crated in my garage. Keep your thoughts coming, and thank you for sharing! Sincerely…..jd

The best video that I was looking for. Thanks a lot Russ you are the best.🎉

Bike alrm. Yes. We bought them for our work vehicles after our Catalytic converter was stolen and broken into. I also bought the loud Horn alrm. Great key fob with the horn alarm.

Thank you, Russ, one of the most useful Videos I've watched. Helped me with stuff for my new Keplar.

Thank you for sharing all those tips and recommendations

Great video and love your honesty.