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No, they put the pedals on correct crank arms. But the arms were on the wrong sides. I assume the builder just put the pedals on the sides they threaded to without paying much attention.

Gonna defend them here. The cranks were put on by specialized not the shop. I agree, the shop should have found it and corrected it before it got to me. But if specialized can’t put their own bikes together, at the factory, houston we have a problem.

Well, specialized may be dead to me. They delivered the como and there are two problems. The factory installed the crank arms wrong with the right and left swapped. When I switched pedals (or tried to) I couldn't get the first pedal on. Well, the reason is obvious. I also likely stripped one of...

I finally got to pickup my bike and ride it home. The difference is night and day between the blade and the vado. The vado is a whole different level of refinement, and it makes me want to put effort into the ride. No, I don't fly up hills at 15-20 miles per hour, but I *like* riding those same...

What shift sensing? It’s a chain bike. Are you asking about my IGH experience?

So, I am jumping back into the IGH. The bike is just so good when it works. Hopefully this time around will be a better experience.

My bikes have been delivered to the LBS today. Cool. We are going on vacation next week so we won't use them until may. There is a change I noticed from my previous vado igh (and como igh) to the current one. They changed the rear cog from 24T to 22T between 2022 and 2023 model (shown in the...

If I were confident in the motor power, I would have bought the SL 5.0. As it stands, I plan to buy a regular bike for my low-power riding. My wife and I pulled the trigger on 5.0 IGH models. The hills here are just too much for us currently.

Those were high on the list but I have not tried them yet. I only use the sh-56 on my shoes with every pedal. One thing I have noticed is I prefer some platform support. I have the me700 on my peloton, and I like the feeling, but the mechanism is definitely not as magical as my eh500. Other...

Guys! They make a pd-ed500 pedal! This is basically the pd-eh500 but clips on both sides! Woot! The clip side of the eh500 are amazing. They seem to just know when my intent is to unclip. It’s almost creepy. If there are two sides of that, they will be the best pedals ever. I have tried about a...

Booo. I just want to confirm it doesn’t interfere with the radar or brake light. And works on the vado rack.

@GuruUno did the quick adapter work out? Looking at the MTX as well.

Well, the wife put her foot down. She and I tried to buy a pair of e-bikes starting a year ago. That did not work out for various reasons. Not going into the story here. The important part is she made it clear that she wants to have a bike this season (especially now that she uses peloton six...

Awesome! What are you looking at to replace it?

I already never pedal downhill. ;) I was hatching a vado SL purchase plan for the wife and myself. But it has been killed by stock availability. :(

@Stefan Mikes how small of a chain ring can go on the vado SL 5.0?

I assume much stronger. The ride home is a mile with parts of it in 9-13% grade. Average of the mile is 6-7%. 600-700 feet in elevation. If our house wasn’t here, I might not have even bothered with ebikes.

Ok, going to post this here because it's not strictly e-bike and does relate to the vado SL. I tried a breezer radar X today. I do not qualify for Sirrus X/6 due to weight limits. The specialized rep was a bit confused by that as the lower weight limit is typically only for bikes that have...

And this, right here, is why I am still buying specialized. (Just to be clear, there is a lot of stuff I have been very vocal about not liking with specialized experience, but this trumps it all).

There are absolutely compromises. But, if you are looking for comfort and speed with the ability to ride (comfortably) on most terrain, full suspension + higher volume hybrid tires seems like a great starting point. For reference, R&M super delite, homage and delite are all full suspension...