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I I don't know how they update the RE's as I just dropped the bike off in the shop. I had one RE connected and the second RE in the other bottle cage but I was not clear to the shop I had two and needed them both updated. Only the connected RE was updated.

I have one RE battery at the current x.3.1D version and the shop forgot to update the other one that is at version x.3.14 but I will probably get it updated before I will ever need to run low again. I assume the "Improved battery safety features" is part of the RE behavior at low levels and...

Just to clarify you need to connect the charger cable directly to the RE battery and remove the Y-Cable when charging just a RE battery. I also confirm nothing happens when you attach two RE batteries to a Y-Cable. The charger light just turns green. Quote below from...

I have had the update done on my Creo with RE battery and did not notice any difference in normal riding. I did happen to run my batteries down much lower than normal on a recent ride and I noticed better behavior from the RE battery as it neared the shutoff level in dual mode. The only other...

The light power Vado SL 5.0 is 180% of your input. The full power Vado 3 is 400% of your input up to the motor limits so it will feel stronger on the hills. On the other hand your lighter bike will be easier to ride on the flats above the motor cutoff speed.

I'm a fan of the Dilbert cartoon "Change is good, you go first". Just looking at the 2022 models they already have Mastermind and SRAM. Other people have done a lot of the testing for you. https://electricbikereview.com/forums/threads/my-2022-vado-5-0-is-running-great.51622/ Or if you want a...

You can actually stall a SL motor. The person I sold my Vado SL discovered this on a short steep section of a bike route where you turn off a bike path to a short 17% street section. It gave him some error message and I think he fell over. (Normally you shift to your very lowest gear and wind...

The SL 1.1 motor models work best at about a 75 rpm cadence. They are a bicycle with a little help. If you don't have enough cadence as you go uphill you can "stall" the motor. I will take my Creo in next week. When I stopped by the shop to check availability, one of the owners said...

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The Garmin 1040 is very new with a lot of new features. I use it for navigation on group rides and there are some navigation settings you have to change just as on the 1030's. I have the navigation reroute functions set to off or ask. Otherwise any disruption in the GPS it would reroute...

I don't use Mission Control for rides but I have seen a comment that for some models you need to connect the HR to MC. I was able to pair my HR to MC by connecting to my Creo, Ride, Smart Control, turn on Smart Control (normally off for me), Select HR for control. It then said no sensors...

According to the Specialized 2022 Turbo Levo Comp page, it does not have Mastermind. Garmin is trying to add an ebike distance alert when navigating a route to the 1040 but it just generates a nuisance alert on my Creo. I think he will need to use Mission Control or the Blevo app on phone to...

As far as I know the Garmin Varia Radar Display Unit has been discontinued for a couple of years or more. Once bike computers could display the radar there wasn't much point to the unit other than a few edge cases and you found one. When I had a Vado SL 5.0 EQ I did not take the TCD on rides...

I use the My Bike Traffic to generally keep an eye passing traffic speeds. Once you have loaded the IQ app, you can set which items to display using Garmin Express. I like to see Vehicle Count, Absolute speed and Last vehicle speed. If you display too many parameters the text is kind of...

How were you able to find so many used batteries? Were tourists leaving them behind after their trips or crashed broken bikes?

The silver bikes will look better when you start wearing matched jerseys and kit. It won't clash.

Probably time for a more up to date HR sensor with a newer BT chip. Rider power is a much better way to see how much effort you're doing although you need to watch HR and Pwr together for a while to see what's normal for you. HR is like the coolant temp in your car, by the time it goes in the...

Personally I ride a 2021 Creo with a standard TCU using a Garmin 1040 head unit and Garmin HRM-PRO with an extender strap for comfort, so I am looking at this for curiosity rather than personal Como experience. Support.Specialized.com - Using Mission Control with the MasterMind TCU...

There is a comparison table in the DC Rainmaker review of the 2020 Tickr. The original 2014 model has one Bluetooth and one ant + channel and is Dual concurrent ANT+/BLE. Did you try to pair to the phone app first which would use the Bluetooth channel and then pair to the TCD which should just...

100 year old saddle design on a 2020's bicycle. One guess as to which part will still be working in 20 years (as long as you give it time to break in). It's a bit of a fashion statement too. A quote from the Brooks website: "Our best-selling model for over 100 years, the B17 is the ideal...