Recent content by Papa G

Hey Stefan. Happy New Year. It’s been a while since I posted, but I have a mission control question and thought I would check in here to see if you or anyone else has experienced the same issue. On my wife’s 2020 Turbo Vado 5.0 (full power), her ride distance resets on its own when the motor...

My wife and I have been riding ebikes for over 3 years now. We are both in our late 60’s. When I was in my late 50‘s I rode weekly with a group of younger, mostly 20 to 30 years younger, riders, several of whom rode the RAAM a couple of times during those years (They didn’t invite the old slow...

Mark Cavendish, the “Manx Missle”, a sprinter, has 34 career TDF stage wins, an unbelievable accomplishment, now tied with Eddy Merckx, the “Cannibal.” He could likely surpass that stage win record with two more flat stages left in this year’s TDF. But Eddy in addition, also has 5 overall TDF...

@GaleL As for the damaged seat post, that seems like an “amateur hour“ salesman, vs. an experienced bike mechanic, mistake. He didn’t loosen the seatpost clamp enough before twisting the seat to try to raise it. Also on the new seat post they need to be sure to grease it properly before...

My wife and I mainly ride on paved bike trails with joggers and walkers, they are supposed to jog and walk heading into bike traffic, to be able to make eye contact with cyclist, the trail is well marked for this. However, about half of the walkers and some of the joggers walk/jog on the wrong...

Terrific review Stefan. Your experience with a traditional Vado adds a lot of credibility to your review for those of us with traditional Vados. I’ll look forward to your follow-up updates once you’ve gotten your new Vado SL.

Stefan. Due to your long extended experience in riding a traditional Brose powered Vado, I look forward to hearing your experience with the Vado SL? I think it will give a perspective to traditional Vado riders that we really haven’t heard before?

I weigh just above 200 lbs and went with the "Large 200 - 240 range" for my 2020 Vado 4.0. My wife weighs a bit above the middle of the Small range and I originally got her the "Small 100 -150 range" on her 2020 Vado 5.0, but then had to order "Medium 150 - 200 range" replacement springs...

@M4R4. In addition to reducing tire pressure somewhat, a suspension seat post would make riding rough pavement or a moderate off-road trail a lot more comfortable. The Kinekt 2.1 suspension seat post seems to be consistently rated at or near the top by most owners. My wife and I have the...

@CharmCityCommuter, it sounds like you made a great choice, enjoy the ride!

One major benefit of the Specialzed Turbo Vado’s that I forgot to mention is the Turbo Connect Display Wired (TCD-W), with a smartphone app that lets you program the motor output in each of the 3 modes, has 5 programmable screens, including all standard information but adding heart rate, power...

My first ebike was a 2018 Trek Super Commuter +7, class 1 with pedal assist limited to 20 mph. It is a nice ebike, Bosch performance line motor is powerful with 63 nm of torque, but loud. I have a 15 mile bike trail commute each way to work and found the 20 mph pedal assist a bit annoying, as...

Update. I took the Vado 4.0 out with the new gearing to check the cadence on the top end in turbo mode. In my tallest gear 48t chainring to my 11t cog, my cadence was ~77 rpm at 28 mph. Much better. No issues climbing the 12% grade leading home from the trail. Rode up in 3rd largest cog, so...

Also found this video very helpful in setting up/adjusting the rear mech, it may have been posted by someone already and if so, I apologize for the redundancy.

At 1700 miles I went ahead and swapped the 40t Praxis chainring for a 48t Praxis chainring on my 2020 Vado 4.0, to get more speed on the top end at a reasonable 80 - 85 cadence. Also installed a new KMC 10 speed ebike chain (cut to 123 links) and swapped out the Shimano Deore 10 speed derailleur...