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Stefan, so we agree that the correct placing of the chain on either the Praxis or a standard narrow-wide chainring is really important. Would you also agree that these types of chainrings were only brought into the mainstream when 1X (single-ring chainring) drivetrains started to become a...

Stefan, You strike me as a person that knows the trick of placing the chain on the chainring in accordance with the maker's specification. It's more obvious with narrow-wide chainrings. But I found that the design of the Praxis wave tooth pattern allows one to incorrectly place the chain, which...

Exactly Stefan. But the skipping in combination with the chain going backwards causes the chain to drop. I've tested it on a Vado 4.0 with the standard Praxis chain ring that it came with.

What you describe as "moving the bike backwards" is a standard use case of any general-use bike. I may have recreated the same circumstances while testing my bike on my maintenance stand. But I am not 100% sure so please no flames. I found that the chain needed to be located on the Praxis...

Yeah, I'm in the same boat. But the opposite way having a Vado. It's a bit of a nightmare trying to figure out. There are so many different sizes, standards and designs, which is made more challenging with the complication of the SLs Motorized crank. It'd be helpful if Specialized offered with...

The Vado's chainring guard is made of plastic and screws into special holes in the Praxis Chainring. I couldn't find the chainring or guard on the Praxis website and suspect it's a bespoke part for Specialized. Odd as the Creo's bespoke part is on the website but maybe it's because Trek use the...

It's a more interesting topic than it appears at first glance. Specialized have created two bikes in the Creo and Vado that by their nature work on the road or light off-road. But with subtle component changes make them both more suitable to one or the other depending on how their owners want...

My new Vado 4.0 SL was found to have a bent Praxis Chainring, which when replaced like with like the drive chain worked flawlessly. It's a road bike chainring and might not be strong enough for even light off-road paths with stones etc. I really don't know, so I am not saying the Praxis 42T...

Update: The excellent Specialized Concept Store in Chester (LBS) worked with Specialized and said they had identified a problem with the Praxis Chainring, which they replaced like with like under warranty. I didn't quite buy (understand) the story but there have been absolutely no problems...

Totally agree. I used to carry my bike knowledge as a badge of honour and pity those who had to wait in line to pay their local bike shop (LBS) loads of cash, who themselves didn't make much profit either. Mad! Keeps cycling niche and for the needy, nerdy or well off. SRAM first simplified...

Lovely Photos. I'm impressed that your bike handles this terrain well. I'd use my cross country MTB but I'm super cautious. Would Specialized view this terrain as being appropriate for the Vado SL? I am not sure of their opinion. It seems OK, their sales & marketing for the bike matches what I...

The button highlighted is to lock the cage out of the way to take the wheel off. SRAM call it cage lock. https://www.sram.com/en/sram/models/rd-nx-1-a1 At first I assumed it was a button to turn the clutch on and off but it's simply to hold the cage out of the way. Therefore I understand why...

That's probably true too Stefan :-) I see you've been hurt.

:-) I bet you are a laugh

I can understand why you make your comments. I was brought up maintaining my own bikes and mixing and matching components. I built up plenty of bikes, including converting a Whyte T-129 to an e-bike using a Bafang mid-drive motor. I bought the bike off Specialized not SRAM. Your comment is...

Yes, the derailleur cage can easily be moved by hand at any time. It has a button to hold the derailleur out of the way to aid wheel removal. But there's no on/off button or a way to adjust the tension on the derailleur, which when compared to my experience of Shimano's XT the SRAM Horizon NX...

Just because you don't understand something doesn't give you the right to personally call out others as ignorant. In that respect it is you that is ignorant as the version of Vado that you speak about with a shadow derailleur (Shimano) is different to the currently sold Specialized Turbo Vado SL...

kpmnd85, that's brilliant engineering. But I'd say that it is more than a shame that Specialized did not do a better job on the total drivetrain system when they are selling a bike for 3,500 UK Pounds. It's totally unacceptable in the UK to sell a bike that isn't fit for purpose out of the...

I have had a Vado SL 4.0 from new for a few weeks. The chain has come off the front chain ring twice and jammed between the frame and the chain ring causing damage to the frame. The only way to release the chain was to undo the four Allen bolts holding the chain ring onto the spider. I took...