Rhoades Car, founded in 1992, is an operating division of Rhoades National Corporation, located in Hendersonville, Tennessee

Hendersonville, Tennessee

Hendersonville is a city in Sumner County, Tennessee, United States, on Old Hickory Lake. The population was 51,372 at the 2010 census. Hendersonville is part of the Nashville Metropolitan Statistical Area and is located 18 miles northeast of downtown Nashville. The city was settled around 1784 by...

, USA. The company was founded by David Rhoades and he served as its president until his death in late 2009 from heart disease at age 61. He was succeeded as president by Bill Pomakoy in 2010. The company is now known as Rhodes Car International.

Rhoades Car's sole products are a line of four-wheel bikes, also known as quadracycle

Quadracycle

A quadracycle is a four-wheeled human-powered vehicle. It is also referred to as a quadricycle, quadcycle pedal car or four-wheeled bicycle, amongst other terms....

s. The company markets these products under the slogan “The 4-wheel bike that drives like a car!”.

Rhoades Car is one of the world’s largest quadracycle manufacturers.

Construction

All Rhoades Car bikes are made from welded square 2 inch by 2 inch 0.0598” (16 gauge) steel tubes. They feature 20 inch X 2.125” wheels. The two and four seat models have independent pedalling, with compound transmissions of up to 42 gears available.

Products

The company’s current product line includes:

• 4W1P – single seat quadracycle
• 4W2PCP Coupe – two seat side-by-side quadracycle
• 4W2PLF – two seat long frame quadracycle with longer cargo area
• 4W4P – four seat quadracycle
• e-one – single seat electric-assist quadracycle
• e-two – two seat electric-assist quadracycle
• Go-Boy – industrial use quadracycles

External links

• Hot Rod Conversion of a Rhoades Car
• Conversion of a Rhoades Car to a pick-up truck