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The plug from the range extender can be tricky. Just gotta make sure the pins are lined up correctly, you get a good seat and then you can lock it in place. I'll check tomorrow and post a picture of where the arrow on the plug is pointing when you seat it prior to locking it in place. As for...

As others mentioned I keep the pedals high in the turns - and I stop pedaling if it is a sharp turn. I also use thin pedals.

In the interest of science, if not my physical conditioning, I rode a short 10.1 mile loop in the 2nd level of the factory default which is 60/60. 10.1 miles at average of 87.2% support burned 78 WH of battery. Extrapolate 320 WH to 41 miles and 480 WH to 62 miles. Wind speed was around 10mph...

I'll give it a test next time out and report back. But I'm afraid I'll like it too much and I won't want to go back to the 25/40 or 20/30 I'm usually riding at.

So just to be clear, that was 69 miles with 480 WH of battery? And you are sure you had the range extender properly connected such that you had an overlay of green and blue bars on the top tube display? I'm just making sure because 69 miles sounds about right for 320 WH of battery assuming not a...

I've had those maple seed/helicopters stubbornly get stuck inside the fender. And the noise is a light version of the playing cards we used to pin to our bmx spokes when I was a kid. Annoying enough to make me stop riding to remove the thing.

I'll have to dig up my receipt. I think it was about $300 for the unit with install. I paid about $80 as a separate transaction for the Acid mount. I just noticed that the mount already shows 'sold out' at the Scooteretti site.

By then the newer USA compatible Nyon will be available. I think most folks would opt for the Nyon due to touchscreen, instant navigation and larger display. I was tempted to wait but I kinda prefer the compact package and sharp display of the Kiox. If I were a heavy navigation user then...

I'm figuring out at least the basics of the Kiox. I have more to do to figure out screen customization and I haven't tried navigation yet. But these are the post-ride stats I had been craving which were lacking with prior Bosch displays. Cobi would provide things like power output real-time but...

In September I had my GSD serviced and software updated. The bike is at about 1,750 miles. I also replaced the stock kickstand with the Atlas. The initial batches of GSD had a kickstand that I suspect might have failed under heavy loads or allowed the bike to tip. They rolled out the Atlas...

Good fix. I completed the survey for 4 bikes.

The structure of the survey was a little odd. Initial question was how many brands to you own (3 for me). It then says it will cycle 3 times through the survey, once for each brand. But then the questions start with e-bike #1. It assumes 3 brands equal 3 bikes (for me 3 brands and 5 bikes as I...

My overdue and unscientific observations on my Allant vs the Specialized Vado SL 5.0 are here: https://electricbikereview.com/forums/threads/over50s-specialized-turbo-vado-sl-5-eq-chronicles.36187/page-2

I'm past due on some comparisons between my Trek Allant 9.9s and the Vado SL 5.0. I have about 1K miles on the former and 500 miles on the latter. They are very different bikes although both fit into the categories of urban, commuter, fitness. While both are capable of some excellent range, I...

That was an interesting article with great photos. Thanks for posting.

When I took delivery of my Vado SL, I bought a spare tube - the only one the shop had left in stock. That tube had the max tire size equal to the size of my tires at 38mm. When I changed my tires, the stock tubes were apparently sized to fit larger tires and perhaps 38mm was at the low end of...

Yes, my tastes started to swing to lighter weight and even less power. The latter maybe because I got into better riding shape over time and wanted to do more on my own - or at least have the option to do more of the work and not have as much weight penalty. And I started to convince myself that...

Still lacking time to write up a good summary of observations riding these two bikes. But here are some recent side by sides:

So many great German brands. Where do you think Rotwild fits into the the list? Groundbreakers? Copiers? Average?

I didn't stick with mine long enough to find out about the heat issue. But I think I did have the blink-mode issue. When the shop first showed me the bike inside the store, the light was blinking (indoor daytime). I could never again get it to replicate that. It was a one-time event apparently...