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I'm pretty sure that I listened to a podcast where a guy from SRAM explained the system in such a way that it somehow *does* know the position of the cassette and then moves the derailleur at just the right time to catch the ramps. I'll do some digging on this when I get a chance...

+1 on the Redshift products. My SL 5.0 rides like a dream now (came with the FutureShock front fork so just the ShockStop seat post needed). New wheels and tubeless tires on the horizon.

Thanks. I figured that that might work. I also saw a YT video where the guy used some dental floss wrapped around the pawls, tightened to get them to drop in, and then pull out the floss. But try the easy way first!

Is there a technique for reassembling it to get the pawls back inside the ring gear?

For me it's that I find the OEM hub to be excessively noisy and have had comments from people riding next to me about it. I'm currently considering having a custom wheel build done using something quieter. My other two bikes -- a Felt VR5 road bike and an old Specialized Crosstrail hybrid -- are...

Nobody would refer to our roads as "gravel". Our landscape consists mostly of "glacial till" and contains clay, sand, coarse gravel, and rocks of all sizes. Unless the roads have been recently graded, there are often washouts from water running across, a lot of washboarding that will shake your...

That's exactly the type of e-bike that I could use for riding the miles and miles of rough dirt roads that are available to me. Riding them on my Vado 4.0 and now Vado SL 5.0 was/is not that practical due to the condition of the roads and the tires on those bikes, so I rarely do it. The...

Before we took the plunge on e-bikes, my wife and I rented a pair from a Pedego store while vacationing in Tucson. That was my issue exactly, as I couldn't figure out when to expect a sudden non-proportional boost from the hub motor. The bikes also had throttles, which were kind of fun to use on...

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...