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BlackHand reacted to stompandgo's post in the thread Watching the peloton - Professional Road Racing thread 2026 with
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BlackHand replied to the thread Air travel with ME1.You also need to figure out the battery since a 418wh battery is too large to fly with.
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BlackHand reacted to LazyJ's post in the thread Vado SL 4.0 Deore drivetrain upgrade suggestions with Like.
I remember seeing cable clips around the battery, crap, thx for that thought. I took the motor out in October thinking I had broken a...
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BlackHand reacted to RunForTheHills's post in the thread Watching the peloton - Professional Road Racing thread 2026 with Like.
I had a 1970/71 Colnago Super frame restored in that color by Ed Litton. I never got around to building the bike though as the frame is...
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BlackHand reacted to Jeremy McCreary's post in the thread Watching the peloton - Professional Road Racing thread 2026 with Like.
I also pay a lot of attention to color — more than I should. Every color has its place, and I really love orange, but not a fan of that...
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BlackHand reacted to Jeremy McCreary's post in the thread Watching the peloton - Professional Road Racing thread 2026 with Like.
Speaking of color schemes, walked past this African flag today. Another beautiful orange! Funny what you can and can't get away with...
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BlackHand reacted to Stefan Mikes's post in the thread Vado SL 4.0 Deore drivetrain upgrade suggestions with Like.
I didn't feel I liked participating in this thread until I saw the posts from you, Chris and Steve. What I did to my Vado SL with the...
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BlackHand reacted to mcdenny's post in the thread 2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos with Like.
My wife was going to be away for a week in early January so I took that opportunity to take my bike to Florida and ride some of the many...
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BlackHand replied to the thread Turbo Vado 2 4.0 or 5.0 or 6.0?.I don't have a Smart System bike. But no, you can choose to adjust any of those 5 settings independently or ignore them as it suits...
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BlackHand replied to the thread Watching the peloton - Professional Road Racing thread 2026.My biggest non-racing take-aways from the TDA. 1) Thank God Bianchi is with a better color-coordinated team in Bahrain Victorious! The...
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BlackHand replied to the thread Turbo Vado 2 4.0 or 5.0 or 6.0?.The video Stomp linked was older, I believe. Based on what I'm reading here, it seems quite a bit simpler with Bosch at least for...
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BlackHand reacted to LazyJ's post in the thread Vado SL 4.0 Deore drivetrain upgrade suggestions with Like.
Blackhand, thanks for confirming the M8000 is indeed an option, gets me exactly where I want to be.
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BlackHand replied to the thread Vado SL 4.0 Deore drivetrain upgrade suggestions.Hard to argue with that value for $160, though the 11-51 wouldn't work for me personally. I think a XT/SLX combo could be put together...
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BlackHand reacted to stompandgo's post in the thread Vado SL 4.0 Deore drivetrain upgrade suggestions with Like.
Yes, you are correct. The mountain 12s cassettes all went to Microspline. So maybe going with a Deore M5100 RD and 11-51 cassette and...
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How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?
