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  1. Kivis

    Specialized’s ultra-light 120-mile range e-bike - Turbo Vado SL

    My question is who needs the TCD? The PDF fact sheet is impossible to read. Doesn't Mission Control do all the TCD does and more? (New owner of a Vado SL 5.0EQ)
  2. Kivis

    Curious How many Vado SL Owners & reviews after several miles riding

    Went on the web site I found no manual explaining anything about the TCD. I looked at all the manual downloads.
  3. Kivis

    Curious How many Vado SL Owners & reviews after several miles riding

    Gotta a Specialized Vado SL 5.0 EQ, top of the ebike food chain, my big splurge. Oh man, rides just like a smooth analogue bike only faster. I mean it just rides so natural. I would know how fast I was going but the DAMN speedo guage comes with NO INSTRUCTIONS anywhere to be found. DRAT ! What...
  4. Kivis

    VADO SL 5.0 EQ

    Ok I got that figured out. And it took looking around on You Tube for directions to setup the TDU. Pretty crapping support for $4500!!!
  5. Kivis

    Vado SL firmware update - power boosted?

    That's the TCU, I know confusing.
  6. Kivis

    Vado SL firmware update - power boosted?

    Great. Now How in the hell do you activate the TCD? What? I have to go back to the dealer to do firmware upgrades?
  7. Kivis

    VADO SL 5.0 EQ

    Got my Vado SL 5.0 EQ (a mouthful)! a few observations: How in the hell do you activate the TCD? What? I have to go back to the dealer to do firmware upgrades?
  8. Kivis

    Vado SL firmware update - power boosted?

    Just got my Vado SL 5.0 EQ today. How to pair up Bluetooth for my Iphone and bike?
  9. Kivis

    Charge City Ebike in South Florida

    They claim a 10 minute assembly upon arrival. Took me 12 minutes. A great entry into electric bikes. Pros: Sits well. comfy saddle. Battery is removable (I know pros and cons here but for me it's a pro) Weighs 40 lbs. when battery is removed. Lights are always on, a good safety feature Display...
  10. Kivis

    Nearly Hit by Driver Running a Red Light

    Been hit once and almost hit once. 1st time, no biggie because there was no traffic but I got knocked into the air about 10 feet. Very sore, a chap drove up in a pickup truck and offered me and my bent bike frame a ride home. But only after arguing with the EMT's that I would not go to the...
  11. Kivis

    Ebikes prohibited on ferries

    Take battery off. Put in backpack. Go on ferry as a analogue bike. Viola!
  12. Kivis

    Recommend me a Bike rack for my SUV

    Point well taken
  13. Kivis

    Recommend me a Bike rack for my SUV

    Subaru Outback
  14. Kivis

    Recommend me a Bike rack for my SUV

    Why? I see that if you get a 2 banger, the weight limit is 35 lbs. each, So wouldn't one ebike at 40lbs be ok? Or will the arms bend? I am starting to see that I might have to bite the Bullitt and get a Hitch version.
  15. Kivis

    Recommend me a Bike rack for my SUV

    Looking for something more simple and cheaper. Anything out there?
  16. Kivis

    Recommend me a Bike rack for my SUV

    The one I have is just not sturdy enough to handle an E-Bike. It worked fine for my former bike which weighed 24 lbs. My Charge City E bike weighs about 40 lbs. sans the battery. Not bad but it flexes the arm in my present bike rack way too much. So I need a onsey but sturdier (maybe metal...
  17. Kivis

    I could wait no longer

    Also I might add that at 45 lbs it is pretty easy to pick up. I put it on my back end rack on my SUV (took the battery off first). It was very easy.
  18. Kivis

    I could wait no longer

    It shipped from central Illinois.
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