Recent content by Kiwimac

Well hopefully next week they will manage to work out with Specialized what they need to do. It is certainly a nicely specced bike and wonderful to ride. I plan on riding it for 3 years, by which time it will be 5 years old. The tech will probably have evolved enough by then to make a...

I used the horn the other day when a lady decided to move her parked BMW straight out into my nearside...! She jumped in the seat. Would have been better if she had just bothered to shoulder-check her blind spot before moving but there we are...

Handy for you. I find the wider bars better. Perhaps you would be surprised if you tried them? Bike fit is very individual.

Perhaps. The bike store were a bit vague. It seems to be exactly the same model and spec listed here They did also say that they had never seen the Electrac tyres in NZ either. The suspension fork was not on the original 5.0 I do not think.

So here is an update from my saga earlier in this thread! Took the bike over to the dealer (a 200km round trip) for the service and the computer replacement. Left the bike with them overnight and headed back in at the appointed time only to discover that Specialized had sent them the incorrect...

Here in NZ we do not class them at all. They are just bicycles and the same rules as apply to bicycles with no motor apply to ebikes. Wearing a helmet is a legal requirement here for any bike.

Thanks - handy advice. The chain looks fine to me and shifts cleanly but I will certainly ensure that they check it. The brakes were inspected shortly before sale and the rear pads replaced but again, I will have them checked. I never had a bike with discs before - wow, they are something to...

Got to get through winter first - it is 5 degrees and raining today!!

Hi Long time lurker, first time here. I recently acquired a Turbo Vado 5.0, 2017/8 model with the BLOKS computer and rigid front forks. What a machine. It's only done 1900km (although the previous owner obviously cared little for his paintwork!) and I have put 250km on it in a fortnight...