Specialized Turbo Vado SL: An Incredible E-Bike (User Club)

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and the Like's of Kinect and the BBB action stem, ( https://www.kinekt.eu/product/kinekt-suspension-stem/ https://bbbcycling.com/nl_nl/bhs-52-actionstem)

they are all iterations of the good old girvin flexx-stem

aha, even canecreek has them now https://www.canecreek.com/collections/stems/products/eesilk-stem

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Specialized Turbo Vado SL User Club (est. 2021) recommends Redshift ShockStop Stem Also ShockStop Computer Mount and Utility Mount.

 

[2wheelsgood]

No motor March has now moved into no motor April

I am quite enjoying the lack of noise as I cycle around. I am in training for a sporting holiday that will involve a few competitive ride outs and I want to be in tip top shape for that.

The hardest thing will be adjusting to a hire shop road bike, can never get used to drop bar gear changes and often find myself changing up when I should be changing down - I much prefer the straight bar setup particularly as I upgraded to the click button ease of the Eagle AXS.

Bike is still as good as new 10 months in and I haven't dropped it yet. I treated the chain to a couple of rounds of Park Chain Cyclone cleans last week and even the chain is sparkling as new now.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

It looks my SL Range Extender marked by me as "unnamed" has been shot. Symptoms:

• The TCU displays the "Range Extender Error" pattern
• The battery displays one red bar and two flashing green bars.

I think this specific RE was slightly problematic from the start. The good thing the battery is not warm at any point. Well, written off!

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Update: The error has cleared itself. How odd.

 

[BEC111]

Update: The error has cleared itself. How odd.

This is speculation. The problem, if it recurs may be the cable, not the battery.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

This is speculation. The problem, if it recurs may be the cable, not the battery.

What cable do you mean? The RE was charged off the e-bike. The error LEDs were lit on a disconnected battery.

The problematic RE was occasionally manifesting a similar error before. No issues whatsoever with any other of the 3 REs I own.

Now, the "unnamed" RE is charging. I keep my eye on it.

Perhaps the BMS had detected some unusual behaviour of the battery such as heavily unbalanced cells?

 

[BEC111]

What cable do you mean? The RE was charged off the e-bike. The error LEDs were lit on a disconnected battery.

The problematic RE was occasionally manifesting a similar error before. No issues whatsoever with any other of the 3 REs I own.

Now, the "unnamed" RE is charging. I keep my eye on it.

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Perhaps the BMS had detected some unusual behaviour of the battery such as heavily unbalanced cells?

Oops. I forgot the problem occurred during charging.

I agree with your suggestion that the issue is with t(e electronics in the battery. Since you have plenty of spares, you probably won’t get suck with a dead battery on one of your rides.

Did you bring it into your dealer? They may be able to run a diagnosis Since they’re a Specialized store. Don’t have those near me. In fact the local sh9ps where I bought my SL and have it serviced no longer are Specialized dealers. There aren't any nearby that deal with e-bikes. Trek is dominant with strong growth by Canondale and the emergence of RAD.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Indeed it is a good idea to see a Specialized dealer! Meanwhile, I will keep an eye on the battery, discharging it down to 20% on the tomorrow's long ride (I will take two extra Range Extenders just in case).

 

[rochrunner]

I ride with a group of seniors (60-85yo) a couple times a week. There are about 20 people on the mailing list but fewer that show up on a particular day. There are now four of us in the group who ride e-bikes and they are all Vado SLs! There must be something about this model, which has few counterparts among the mainstream brands.

Just an interesting experience that I thought I'd throw in.

 

[mfgrep]

I ride with a group of seniors (60-85yo) a couple times a week. There are about 20 people on the mailing list but fewer that show up on a particular day. There are now four of us in the group who ride e-bikes and they are all Vado SLs! There must be something about this model, which has few counterparts among the mainstream brands.

Just an interesting experience that I thought I'd throw in.

That's great.

I am a bit younger when compared to your mentioned age range. That said, my friends back in in college 35 years ago teased me by saying that I acted like I was already in my 50's... So it all makes sense now lol.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

I ride with a group of seniors (60-85yo) a couple times a week. There are about 20 people on the mailing list but fewer that show up on a particular day. There are now four of us in the group who ride e-bikes and they are all Vado SLs! There must be something about this model, which has few counterparts among the mainstream brands.

Just an interesting experience that I thought I'd throw in.

I join a similar weekly group now and then. Two SLs (including mine), a Gazelle commuter, and the rest unassisted road bikes — a few insanely light and aero CF racers, some beautifully maintained vintage steel, one tandem.

Most riders strike me as lifelong roadies but still welcome ebikes. About 40% female. I'm probably older than most at 76. Usually manage to keep up in OFF or ECO, but the strongest riders can leave me on hills that put me in SPORT — a few at least my age! Very humbling.