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Not having any gears, or indeed anything else to worry about means the RadMission 1 gets on down the road very nicely indeed. You can adjust the levels as you go, which is easy enough, but otherwise all you need to do is pedal. There’s the twist power assist on the right side of the handlebars, which delivers a handy tweak of power to get you underway, but we didn’t end up using it as much as we’d expected. Simply turn on the battery pack using the ignition key-style assembly on the battery pack, press the power switch on the handlebars, select the level of assistance and away you go.

This is a great bike if you don’t want to spend any time acquainting yourself with the controls. You’ll need to put some more air into the tires and top up the battery before your first run, but aside from that the RadMission 1 will be good to go. However, our first ride was delayed a little trying to fix those mudguards on thanks to a stubborn screw behind the crank that simply wouldn’t budge.

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Without any of the optional accessories, most notably the full mudguards we got with our example, it almost looks like a bike you could have made yourself.

We were very keen to get on and head off for a spin on the RadMission 1 e-bike. The right-hand side grip offers a twist power assist feature, which we’ll get to shortly. You can also switch the lights off and on via this unit. Assistance can be altered by pressing on the + or – buttons, while LEDs show you the level of help you’re getting from the motor and how much life is left in the battery. Those handlebars feature, on your left as you ride, a no-nonsense LED control panel, which features one push on and one push off power. The icing on the cake comes from some Rad Power Bikes flourishes, including integrated lights with the rear one acting as a brake light too, flat comfy handlebars and a functional rather than comfy saddle.

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