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Stolen Rad Power Bikes: UK Frame-Number Check (Free)
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The Rad Power serial number is engraved on the frame below the RAD badge at the front of the bike, not under the bottom bracket where most brands put it. It may also appear on a sticker on the outside of the delivery box. Use the full engraved number and ignore charger, battery, motor and wheel labels. Run it through Cyclesite's free lookup for an instant UK check against a stolen-bike registry and rider-filed theft reports.
Where Rad Power engraves the serial number
On the frame below the RAD badge at the front of the bike. That is an unusual location and it is why owners who look only under the bottom bracket conclude the bike is unmarked. If the seller still has the original carton, the barcode sticker on the outside can help confirm the same number, but the engraving on the frame is the identifier. The RAD badge itself is branding, not a number.
Rad Power on the UK used market
Rad Power built a large UK base of utility and cargo e-bikes, the RadWagon and RadRunner especially, used for school runs and deliveries and often parked in the street or a shared hallway. Bikes in that role are left in public a great deal and carry high replacement costs. Charger, controller, display and wheel-hub numbers all exist on these bikes and none of them is the serial.
FAQs
- Where is the serial number on a Rad Power bike?
- Engraved on the frame below the RAD badge at the front of the bike, not under the bottom bracket.
- The box has a sticker with a number. Is that it?
- It can help confirm the same number, but the engraved code on the frame is the identifier. A box is not attached to the bike.
- Which numbers should I ignore?
- Charger, battery, motor, controller, display, wheel-hub and accessory labels, and the order number on its own. None of them identifies the frame.
Police datapolice.uk releases
Most stolen bikes are never traced back to anyone
Police recorded 28,531 bicycle thefts across 44 UK city centres over three years. A suspect was identified in 10.1% of closed cases, and 1 in 33 reached a charge. Pick an area for the local picture.
Jun 23Down 25% in three yearsMay 26
- 8,221
- thefts recorded in 12 months
- −12%
- change on the year before
- 10.1%
- of closed cases had a suspect identified
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