Recent content by OzGreg

I read (and it sounds like marketing BS to me) the reason they used 11 speed rather than 12 speed is that its slightly lighter and of very little benefit on a bike with such a wide torque spread. I have never missed the 2 x drivetrain in fact I enjoy not worrying about a front derailleur. I've...

Welcome to the Creo club :D. I'm glad you are finding the bike more useful than you expected. I purchased mine mainly to ride mountains but I now ride it every day because its just so versatile. A few friends have ridden it and everyone comments about how natural it feels - you don't get that...

The Fazua system has been around several years - it was one of the first road bike compatible systems. It has generally been well received but early versions were heavy (I think the Pinarello Nytro was 14.5 kg). I don't think it has a range extender option either. Its a personal thing, but I...

I never turn the motor off on the Creo but if I wanted to it's done with a long press of the select button. A short push cycles through the three support levels and a long push turns support off or back on but leaves power on to the TCU electronics. If I turned it off completely by pressing...

Due to the pedaling input and time above 27.5km/hr. You can see above that when I get into the hills the battery dropped by 13% in 8km!. I want to keep fit and I'm very happy to put in the pedal input while I can. I just ride the Creo like I would ride any bike, but I'm getting the benefit I...

Last post on Creo range, I promise.... Just showing again that the 80mi (128km) range for just the internal battery advertised by Specialized is for me very conservative and in typical conditions I can go much further. This is from a fairly average ride yesterday, although there was some...

The camera is a Shimano CM-2000 - its quite good but they were a bit of a market flop and they were being sold off very cheap ($AUD90) 2 years ago. It has stabilisation and a very good auto brightness control. Battery life is about as good as a GoPro. Its also fully waterproof and I've taken...

I'm on the Creo with the camera mounted on the bike. My girlfriend always asks "Why aren't you in any of the videos" :)

Precisely

Sorry about the "Video Unavailable" on the link above. I do a lot of bike videos and often use copyrighted songs on the soundtrack, which YouTube normally allows on my channel. This time YouTube restricted the video due to the copyrighted music so I had to replace the INXS soundtrack with...

This is a totally different ride on the Creo to the one linked in my post on page 7. It is a ride through the beautiful Dandenong ranges close to Melbourne. Everything in this area is either up or down, not much is flat. I’m riding with a group that is stronger than me and if I was on a normal...

I never turn the motor off, I don't touch the settings at all, but in Australia the motor cuts out at 27.5km/hr and much of this ride is above 27.5km/hr so no battery is used.

Heres a link to a short video I recorded yesterday on my Creo All riding was done in "Sport" which I have set for 40% Support and 50% Peak Power. The metrics (except heart rate) are coming from the Creo. Sometimes the data display is out of sync (this happens when I chop up a long ride and I...

I think this is somewhat correct, but only Specialized knows the fine detail of how it works at this time (until someone takes one of these motors apart and posts the info on youtube). There is no ratchet sound so perhaps it is a sprag bearing that connects the input shaft from the pedal axle...

I don't use my phone when riding, just the Garmin 1030, so I don't record any rides with the Specialized Mission Control app sorry. My Garmin does display and record total watts but not the split between my wattage and the bike's input. I'm hoping Specialized bring out a Garmin IQ app that can...