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It's not just Trek. The whole industry is reeling from the post pandemic slowdown with multiple closures and bike brands now, like Trek, slashing model ranges. Good article here by Guy Kesteven who has been testing bikes for thirty years- as he tells you himself each time on youtube "Hi I'm Guy...

Anyway you can test that top end 32x11 first, on another bike maybe? If you are mostly on the flat I'd be concerned that that's pretty low & you will be going very slowly, especially if you are used to the faster speeds with a 44T & assistance. For me & mixed terrain here 36x11 seems to do the...

10 speed cassette & derailleur. Cassettes the Deore M4100. Mech is the Deore M5120 I think.

Swapped out my 38T RaceFace chainring for a cheap 36T Amazon special (Snail?) giving me a low gear of 36T x 46T on my Vado SL 4.0. No need to shorten the chain so I can easily change back if required. The result is I can get up 18-25% hills easier and I've noticed the motor is both quieter and...

Ha, saved from that expense! Though is it worth you hanging on to the bearings kit for future problems? Likewise here - With the help of a mechanic friend the drivetrain clicking noise turned out to be just the master link being stiff or something! It wasn't loud, could feel it through the...

So I've had an 11-46 & 38T 10 speed drivetrain on my SL4 for the last year and really appreciate the lower gearing. But I've just ordered a cheap Amazon 36T chainring to try even lower as I realise I'm rarely in the 38 x 11 gear so want to experiment with the 36T. Especially when I go onto steep...

The pizza remedy was for Jason and his squeaking bike. My bike has developed a really annoying click lately I'm trying to find the cause of. So annoying!

Here's the 'park tools pizza slice greaser' @ around 4.43 mins in. Seems to do the trick!

it could be the rubber cover of the future shock rubbing on the frame as the handlebars rotate. Easy to put a dab of grease or oil on the groove in the toptube where it meets the head tube. Or it could be something totally different. The joy of squeaks, clicks and creaks, finding the source can...

Nice review here on the Spanish BH iAerolight road bike. Quiet and small BH in-house designed Mid drive (2.1kg) with 65nm, 2x, carbon frame, 410Wh battery and is under 27lbs/11.9kg. And BH have a FIVE year motor warranty. Yako the reviewer here owns an Orbea Gain & does lovely rides through...

I usually need to replace the pads on my Vado SL a few times a year. It's the hills, I'm on Dartmoor and every ride includes 2,000 to 3,500ft of steep climbs and descents on windy lanes. And yeah i was surprised that first winter how often they needed replacing especially compared to the rim...

Haha! Exactly.

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Slight correction - the first mass produced mtb was by the Koski bros and Univega. The Stumpjumper was ripped off from the Tom Ritchey and Gary Fisher bike they sold to Mike Sinyard that he then had mass produced in Taiwan. What Specialized and Sinyard were good at was mass marketing the...

That’s a great in-depth review!

Mahle who make the X20 who ‘every user is unhappy with’ With a record like that, this Mahle company sounds very dodgy! Somebody should warn Orbea. Thank God Spesh have nothing to do with them and developed their own unique Mahle SL lightweight motor- wait what? We’ll at least Spesh have their...

I do wonder if Spesh has something up their sleeve for a new model dedicated lightweight e-road bike. Either long term planning with a totally new lightweight motor, to say, compete with the Q factor of the TQ. Or shorter term perhaps using the Mahle X2O hub motor. After all they have a joint...

Just came across this thread again now & noticed you were riding your Vado SL with a 32T chainring in Tahoe & a 36T when back home. How did these small chainrings work out for you? How off road & rough did you go with the 32T and in your normal rides on the 36T how was/is the hill climbing & do...

Very well put. I agree with you, I too lucked out picking this particular bike October 2020. The only comparable lightweight e bikes back then were mostly rear hub Mahle ones and word was not great for hills. After I bought it I aimed to ride my Vado SL with minimal assistance and it's had a...

The motor thrives on a fast cadence. Shortly after getting my Vado SL 3 years ago I changed over to a 38T and immediately felt I'd increased the motor power on the hills. Like I'd swapped in a new more powerful motor. Such a difference. I also live in the UK and so am used to the steep hills...