Recent content by Over50

I'd say you're doing pretty well to only get 1 jerk per week. I think I have at least one jerk per commute/day/ride. For me, the most common are the drivers - including the city buses - that pass me while I'm in the bike lane and then make a quick right turn or stop in the bike lane. The city...

@Stefan Mikes I'm sure your recommendation was a good one. I just couldn't warm up to the idea of a devoted gravel tire. Most of my riding is city - good roads, very crappy roads, some dirt roads, railroad tracks - sometimes on wet surfaces. And a little trail, crushed gravel or limestone. So...

I swapped the rims early on for WTB I23 gravel rims - I'm not sure but I don't think they are tubeless ready. Anyway, I don't have any experience with tubeless. When I set up the Trek Allant for commuting - a year prior to buying the Specialized - we were originally thinking to set that up...

Started e-bike commuting beginning of 2017 and was fortunate to avoid any breakdowns until I had 2 recently in a span of 3 weeks - both on the Vado SL but neither fault of the bike. First, I broke a chain 2 miles from home. I usually replace chains prior to 1K miles but had pushed this one to...

I recently added Tern's Short Haul (rear) rack. It is quite nice. Very light. Wide footprint but bags and batteries still accessible.

Glad I saw this. The Gen 4 Thudbuster (your photo) came stock on my Tern GSD Gen 2. Recently, about a year into riding, it lost the ability to keep the saddle clamped. Big bumps would lodge it loose. Specs are 16NM and my Park Tool torque wrench goes up to 15NM. Pretty sure I had overtightened...

I've carried my Allant all over the place on the Kuat NV 2. Kuat will tell you that the hook for the front tire needs to be all the way up by the fork and over the fender. But I prefer to hook the front tire just in front of my front fender - as seen in the pictures attached. But also, as...

More mulch, Starbucks and a few plants. The young fellow at the garden center tried to talk me out of loading the mulch - "I've never seen anyone do this before - these bags are 50 pounds each!" ...

Edited the thread title to include my wife's somewhat new Como SL (size S). Nice bike and I think she likes it. The only mods are a Thudbuster ST and Tannus inserts. Getting this bike through what is now a Specialized corporate store was an experience (and not a great one). I noted in my...

Here's what I went with: Rims: WTB CZR i23 28 hole, WTB CZR i23 24-hole (total cost about $1150) Rear Hub: Onyx Vesper MTB Boost CL MS 148/12 Thru-bolt rear hub (#102702), Vesper hub shell (#102702-099848-S-28-ano-bkm-101799), spoke count 28 black matte, hub widgets anodized blue (blue/black hub...

I don't have the step through but I did put carbon rims on my 5.0 EQ. And I'd do it again. That, combined with all the other mods I made, have made it one awesome commuter bike. https://electricbikereview.com/forums/threads/over50s-specialized-turbo-vado-sl-5-eq-chronicles.36187/

Not at all. I'll do my best to answer ...

I've had a good start ... put almost 900 miles on it from Jun-Dec 2021.

Yes, Kuat NV 2.0 works great for all of my bikes (well maybe exception is Tern GSD Gen 2) - and all of my bikes have fenders. The rear tire is secured with a ratcheting strap and not with clamp arms. The front tire is secured with a clamp arm but the front fenders are short enough on most bikes...

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