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About every company that had boom times during the pandemic and shortly afterward is facing sales slowdowns and laying people off: GoPro, Peloton, REI, Specialized, Zoom, etc., etc.

When you say "flying with a Creo" do you mean that you are removing the main battery and just taking range extenders in your carry-on or something? I'm surprised the bike would work without the main battery. I'm in a similar but different situation. I'm driving but will not be able to charge...

My wife's Trek uses a standard Bosch external battery and we found a rubber plug tailor-made for covering the contacts when the battery is removed. Specialized is more mfr-specific and there might not be something specifically for it.

ANT+ is a "broadcast" type of signal so can be picked up by any number of devices simultaneously.

@Stefan Mikes I must have been thinking of your original Vado.

With the bell, Garmin mount, and headlight switch my bars are getting crowded for sure (but nothing like @Stefan Mikes 😄). In any case, I installed SQLab's inner bar-ends and will see how that feels before deciding if I should knock some width off as well.

I think I've gotten my SL up to about 25mph a couple of times in Turbo mode but that's about it. Seems like the riding position on a Creo would yield a couple additional mph? My previous bike -- a Vado 4.0 -- would hit the 28mph cutoff but even that took non-insignificant effort on my part!

Yes, I soldered them for sure! These connectors snap together very firmly and my connections seem every bit as good as the OEMs.

I'm not going to belabor my reasons for wanting this, but I do find bike headlights to be distracting if not downright annoying when used on MUPs in the daytime with mixed traffic. Anyway, after having a switch on my Vado 4.0 I've been wanting to put one on my Vado SL 5.0 since I got it and...

I got the same email. Problem is, I just got my bike down into my shop for winter storage plus some stuff to modify on it so I won't get it to the LBS until next Spring.

There was a Class 1 sticker in the packet that came with the bike. :)

That's always been my point about the class definitions. If I'm riding at a reasonable speed on a MUP -- which I always do -- why would it matter what my theoretical top speed is? After all, my car's top speed is way higher than the speed that I drive around my neighborhood. My main reason for...

Thanks. I stopped at the shop while on a ride the other day and they also confirmed that.

Without boring you with my reason for wanting to do this, I'm wondering if it's possible for a Specialized dealer to make a change in my firmware settings to change my SL from being a Class 3 (28mph) e-bike to a Class 1 (20mph). I'll check with my LBS the next time I'm there but would like to...

For convenience, they usually only make chains in a couple of different lengths and I think I've had to remove links from every chain I've ever changed. Fortunately, chain breakers are cheap and easy to use.

You might find that by using the new Microtune feature that you can adjust the assistance level closer to the current conditions and use a lot less battery. I've been very impressed with how far I can go while using very little of my capacity.

How can the firmware be updated? Will MC do this?

I finally got around to trying out the range extender on my Vado SL. I fully charged both using the Y cable and at the start the TPU was showing the expected 150% charge and MC set it to use the RE first. At the end of a 30 mile ride MC showed 54% remaining on the RE, but also 92% on the Main...

Not that I recall. I have a Vado SL now and have not had the issue with that bike.

Happens to me when I'm standing over the bike at a stop and my leg brushes against the chain.