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Johnny, Thank you for your message. I too was relieved to hear Brose's admission of belt failures, and Specialized's 2 year warranty on the brose motor (are all brose motors on a 2 year rolling warranty or just Specialized?). When I test rode bosche and brose bikes/motors in 2018, I loved the...

Danln St Pete, Thanks for your message. Local warranty service has been critical to my enjoyment of the Specialized Vado. Cynergy gave me a loaner every time I brought the bike in for a motor replacement. Cynergy often got responses from Specialized in 1-3 days in regards to next steps after...

The ride continues. In May of this year (2019), the 4th motor failed on my 2018 Vado 5.0. Again a loaner was provided by by Cynergy while Specialized decided what to do. At this time I began to explore Internal Gear Hubs and belt drives as a possible solution and test rode a few bikes with...

I bought the Outbound Road Light and it is great. I've experienced many bikers on the bike path with with circular spot beams which blind oncoming bikers, pedestrians and car drivers. This is not safe and to my knowledge, illegal in Germany/Europe. The Outbound Road light has a cut off line...

I have put 8500 miles on my Specialized Vado 5.0 in the last year. I've had to replace the Brose motor 3 times, all under warranty. You can read more of my experience here. The bike has worked 99% of the time I've owned it. It's the 1% that is frustrating, but worth remembering it's only...

I have had one eKMC chain snap, but the mechanic who installed it implied it was his fault as the quick link may have not been installed correctly. The motors that failed on my bike did not occur with a chain snap. The first failure occurred at only 350 miles. I suppose this was not a total...

This is an update since the last motor install in January 2019. Brose never got back to me about why 3 motors failed, though in my own observation it sounded like mechanical failure each time, as though a belt had snapped and teeth on motorized gears were grinding. I've checked the motor temp...

Drewtaylor, Can you share any more about your experience with the TCD-W display and the smart phone app. I'm considering making the switch but would love to hear more about it form others first. Any improved service from Smart Control? Is there a display for motor and battery health?

Thank your for providing this forum to discuss Brose Motors. I recently wrote a piece about the first 9 months / 5000 miles on my Specialized Vado 5.0 which houses a Brose 1.2s Motor (TF C97292 according to your write up above). You can see it here on EBR. An excerpt from that entry is...

Court, Thank you for all the work that you do at EBR. When I knew nothing, EBR provided me a window to the world of Electric Bikes. I recently wrote a piece about the first 9 months / 5000 miles on my Specialized Vado 5.0 which houses a Brose 1.2s Motor (TF C97292 according to your write up...

Thanks for people's responses. I will try to cover a few questions and add a bit more background. I'm 43, married with two children aged 2, and a newborn. I'm a former all american swimmer, NCAA swimmer and water polo player, biked to class in college and grad school, begun mountain biking in...

It's now been 9 months of ownership and about 5000 miles. When the bike works, it is amazing. The key word in the previous statement is 'when'.... I recently canceled an extended warranty service on a Toyota vehicle I purchased. I determined I would likely not need the extended warranty due...

I plan to write more here in the near future about my first 6 months of ownership, but until then I need to replace the brake pads and would like know if anyone has any recommendations. Thanks,