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Thanks for the endorsements and opinions. Stefan - i followed your link to the long discussion and it was very helpful. Your photos of the various hand positions tell me what I want to know. Thanks!

Those of you who ride both drop and flat bar road bikes for 20+ mile rides, what flat bar grips do you find give you multiple hand positions? Even though I rarely use the drops on my road bike, I move my hands between three positions which saves them from aches and pains. Im hoping to find...

Pedals usually need a 15mm wrench. You might need a thinner than usual one to fit between the pedal and crank arm but try it before buying a pedal wrench. And I learned the mantra “back off” decades ago to remember which pedal is left hand and which is right hand thread. With the wrench on the...

RydaleMike and Allan47, great photos and details of how you attach the light and Garmin. Thanks! And Stefan, I’ll be waiting to hear your assessment of the shock stop vs stock VSL stem. You probably already considered this, but here’s a good stem comparison tool. By going from the VSL stock stem...

Did you ride with the stock stem enough to compare the comfort difference? Details please! I used a stem calculator and see that going from the stock 90 @ 14 to the 100 @ 30 shockstop stem raises the bars by 26mm and reduces reach by 9mm. How did you manage the headlight mount that some here...

I’ve seen some opinions comparing the Vado sl 4 and 5 but they are scattered within several long threads. My lbs has a Vado sl 4 in my size (xl) but only allowed me a ten minute ride. I know the 5 has a little wider gear range which would be nice, but my question is about the 5’s carbon fork...

Rincon, would you please add a link to the mission control pdf you found that gave you the table of power contribution? The docs I found give different info and what you found doesn’t make mathematical sense to me. For instance, specialized says the Vado sl and creo are “2 of you”. To me, that...

What do the two assist levels mean? I don’t have a bike to experiment with yet but the Specialized site just gives the default percentages of assist as one number per mode. Can someone explain the two, as in Eco = 35/50 …

Thanks for the input everyone. I’m stuck in the thought that drop bar bikes are for road riding, flat bar for shorter urban rides, and I want a bile for road rides. I really only use the bar tops on my road bike so I wonder if adding bar ends to a flat bar would give the extra hand position...

I’m looking for opinions and comments from anyone who has experience riding both the Creo and the Vado SL. I’m trying to decide between the two, and want to be sure the Vado SL would fit my needs if that’s the one I choose. Here’s my situation: I ride a Specialized Roubaix now, strictly on road...

Voltman99 - I followed the link to the Box One Handlebars and this note is at the bottom of the page: Please note, the maximum recommended rider weight is 100 pounds. It’s probably a typo - I imagine it should say kg instead of pounds, but it won’t hurt to check.