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    Electric socks?

    I've donated more of the toe covers than I care to admit to the Chicago Lakeshore Trailside on winter nights. They do work well if you take more care than I do to keep them fitted.
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    Why is no one calling Out Criminal Scam Bosch was involved in with Nikola motors

    Glad at least one person hasn't thrown in the towel on morality. The whole Nikola motors charade was a concerted effort to muddy the waters and introduce friction into the process of bringing battery electric trucks into the fleet. Slowing the inevitable for even a short time pays handsome...
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    Good Morning North America, Good Night Pacific!

    agreed ...also interesting to spot those few without connection to diurnal patterns
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    Airline travel with Creo

    The lead ebike designer for the Creo and SL models from Specialized mentioned in a video some months ago that he was flying to various destinations with two aux batteries and the main battery removed and had not had any difficulties. If you are spending the winter there, perhaps you could ship...
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    My next bike...

    That's a beautiful bike and total battery capacity is rated at 1.125 kWh!
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    Has anyone had a hub motor fail?

    I've thought about doing the same thing, deciding which torque sensor to use has kept me from doing it as of yet... If you already have your new system running, which torque sensor did you buy and how would you compare the behavior and performance of the system to your Bionx?
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    What's your plan for a flat tire 10 miles from home?

    Middle of nowhere on the way to the source of the Mississippi. Repair included: swarm of biting mosquitos thunderstorm visit from landowner with pistol prominently on the seat of his pickup truck mother bear about 200 yards away became fast friends with the initially unhappy landowner, he...
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    Just picked up my 2021 Vado 5 SL. What a beauty!

    The best looking of all the 2020 Vado SL models in my opinion, enjoy the ride!
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    39,000 miles/62,000 kms in 37 countries with a Riese & Müller Supercharger

    Your adventurous spirit and unstoppable nature are inspiring! Not likely to be a solution for you, but the hollow tubes on some racks can be field repaired by inserting long shouldered bolts of the right diameter that have been covered in epoxy. A bit crude, but could keep things rolling in a...
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    Bionx battery callibration question

    I've seen reference to this in a BionX document I was browsing last year. I don't recall why they made "left and right hand" versions, but it was mentioned. Sorry this wasn't much help.
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    PLANET3 - mechanical e-bike derestriction device. https://planet3.bike/

    Looks like a version for the Levo SL is in the cards as well. Wonder when it will ship?
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    Go SwissDrive rear hub drive motor repair

    Congratulations on a great job! Is this still the same motor that has the FETs you removed and replaced on your own? It would be fun to know that part of the repair went well. I've only tried truing a wheel once, I didn't have a tension meter or a truing stand and it was too difficult, so I...
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    50nm mid drive vs 50nm hub drive

    this is a bit of a thorny issue and manufacturers don't help when they release non-standardized numbers which don't include the torque value along the relevant range of RPMs from zero to no-load (top speed) at a given voltage no doubt that marketing plays a role in what torque value is assigned...
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    Vado 4.0 vs. Vado 4.0 SL EQ (I've owned both)

    Well written, lots of details, based on experience with both bikes, my kind of review! We are about the same height, what size is your SL - L or XL? Any thoughts on frame size? Can the SL lights be turned on/off separately from the bike itself, or do they only come on when the bike is on and...
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    Specialized’s ultra-light 120-mile range e-bike - Turbo Vado SL

    Rob at emtb posted a video today showing how to remove the battery from a Levo SL. Most likely the same or similar process would apply to the Vado SL and perhaps even the Creo SL. Many on this forum don't do their own wrenching and others wouldn't want to void the warranty, but it might...
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    Anyone recognize this motor brand?

    There was a much smaller, but very active online forum for Tidal Force riders. Now that I think of it, it was reminiscent of EBR today, with a good deal of enthusiasm. When I rode one, it was speedy and fairly powerful. There was an active DIY upgrade group who were replacing the batteries with...
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    Parallel connecting two different packs

    Here's another good thread from ES - https://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=103126&p=1508436#p1508436
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