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    Charging Battery - 4 AMP to Watts?

    Yes, your calcs are quite close. I believe it's a 36V battery. So a 4A charger into a 36V pack is 36x4=144W (power)...and if that power is maintained for one hour then you added 144Whr (energy). Which means a 625Whr battery would take 625/144=4.3hrs to charge (or ~2hrs for 50% or ~4hrs for...
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    New Enviolo hub firmware / Vado 5.0IGH

    That's great to hear! I have not yet upgraded but plan to do so. Do you know if you have the 22T or 24T rear cog?
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    Update to/New Turbo Vado 5.0?

    I bought a Vado 5.0 IGH last summer, and found the last one in my area. But I had gone to other bike shops at the time that said it was "backordered" until June of 2024 but I could order one if interested. That corroborates June and loosely implies it should be a very similar model if they...
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    New Enviolo hub firmware / Vado 5.0IGH

    This is from Gates website https://www.gatescarbondrive.com/products/rear-sprockets/22t-enviolo-cdx
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    New Enviolo hub firmware / Vado 5.0IGH

    Good deal, it will be interesting to see if @Nonlinear can detect a difference You can update the firmware with the enviolo app. I have specialized app set to auto connect to bike. If you do too, make sure you kill Specialized app first so you can connect to enviolo app. I purchased the...
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    New Enviolo hub firmware / Vado 5.0IGH

    Enviolo posted new firmware a couple weeks ago for Automatiq (version R48 -- I'm on R47). Did anyone here try the update? I have not because it's working great and I don't have time to tinker if something goes awry, but I probably will at some point. Regarding changes, I don't believe the...
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    Two iPhone applications - What is the difference?

    @Bavi suggestions was a great one -- I've been starting ride in advance with the new app, and app will auto-unlock and effectively auto-start ride. My bike is in attached garage. So one annoying thing with new app's auto connect feature is that I keep getting app pop ups saying "connecting"...
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    Specialized Vado 5.0 IGH Cadence Survey

    I forgot to mention that I tried the Gates Carbon Drive app to check belt tension (in app store). You pluck the belt like a guitar string and app measures frequency with phone mic. But it was too noisy where I was and I often got incorrect reading. Ultimately I purchased "Gates 91107 Krikit"...
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    Two iPhone applications - What is the difference?

    Mission control can auto start a ride and allows you to connect Bluetooth HRM (probably same feature loss like ANT+ @Benj mentioned)... specialized app won't do either. But specialized app will auto unlock bike without even opening the app which is quite nice. Overall, Specialized app is...
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    Specialized Vado 5.0 IGH Cadence Survey

    Was the strange sensation like a vibration in the pedals in low effort conditions? If so, that was the catalyst for me checking tension, alignment and ultimately changing hub gear to 22T (2023 models come with 22T, 2022 comes with 24T). Good news is all is resolved! Cadence range is great and...
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    Specialized Vado 5.0 IGH Cadence Survey

    The table is theoretical...in reality some enviolo automatiqs have different performance. Hence the survey. Enviolo is CVT and high/low limits are subject to calibration. For me, belt tension had a huge impact on cadence because of apparent binding within or adjacent to hub that prevented...
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    New Spec App?

    What you describe is a common issue, but so far I have escaped it for whatever reason. I use mission control to unlock and for ride tracking since I can pair my pixel watch for heart rate tracking ,and believe that's where I set up the 80% charge (or maybe new app ? I don't recall). But so...
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    I would love some suggestions for the right e-bike for me

    Regarding earlier comments about Enviolo automatic, I have a brose with enviolo automatiq and have gone through troubleshooting on my own for pedal vibrations (I posted in specialized forum for "vado 5.0 IGH pedal vibrations"). Final verdict here -- 1) make sure you have the 22T rear cog...
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    2022 turbo Vado 5 IGH battery does not secure …. Loose when pushing it in at the top.

    Hi all, Going back to Silvercat's question, has anyone tried adjusting or removing those three screws? I'd like to remove the screws & battery bar holder to access wiring....but I'm hesitant in case the position and fit of battery are fine tuned by those screws.
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    Specialized Vado 5.0 IGH Cadence Survey

    I swapped to a 22T as well and think it's great, but I'm essentially on flats. I too saw different calibration behavior along the way, but for me, reducing the belt tension after calibrating at higher tension gave me an even wider gear range (this was with the 24T when I was messing around). I...
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    Enviolo automatic - vibrations + cadence + 22T + tension

    Are you trying to figure out when / why you should calibrate? There is not a lot of interesting detail on calibration. Basically they tell us how to do it, and then a few bullets with a common theme of calibrating whenever something changes. Nuvinci (before they were enviolo)...
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    Enviolo automatic - vibrations + cadence + 22T + tension

    I'm not sure if you have other sources, but I read that it should be calibrated twice a year, whenever wheel is removed, "repaired", etc. Documentation is open enough that I wouldn't exclude tension adjustments. Also, I didn't ask if belt tension changes when gear ratios change -- but I...
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    First Impressions Vado 5 IGH Automatiq

    I wrote down some of my findings regarding enviolo here https://forums.electricbikereview.com/threads/enviolo-automatic-vibrations-cadence-22t-tension.53873/post-621811 Main findings were that reducing belt tension after first calibrating at higher tension increased the available gear ratio (is...
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    Enviolo automatic - vibrations + cadence + 22T + tension

    Okay, so the 22T/2023 vs 24T/2023 alone doesn't explain the vibrations. While I did change a fair amount, I was able to get lower cadences/no vibrations with the 24T as well by reducing belt tension below spec (which seemed to increase available geat ratio)...so I guess too much tension could...
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