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FWIW don't expect a linear relationship between average speed and battery usage. Force of drag - which the motor must overcome - includes velocity-squared as part of the equation, making the relationship inherently nonlinear.

My Creo 1 E5 with 42mm Pathfinder tires is a wee bit heavier than the Creo 2 Comp's claimed weight, and it rides great with assist off. I'd looked @ the Diverge a while back considering it as a gravel bike. Ended up buying the E5 and putting the 42's on it. I mostly just use the assist to...

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Not sure what constitutes "successful design" for you, but the Trek Domane+ SLR with the newer TQ motor is available in 2x and reportedly has a 163mm Q factor, 6mm less than the Creo 2's 169mm. According to Trek, the TQ motor allows for as little as 135mm Q factor...

I don’t know that it’s so much not good for road use, as much as there are probably better choices for pure road riding. With the capability of taking 700 x 2.2 tires, this stretches the wheelbase as well as fork and chainstay lengths to accommodate the greater diameter wheels, which may make...

I've not seen the Ortlieb in person, just noticed it as an interesting option. Too bad that it doesn't seem to be as good as it might appear. Trek/Bontrager has some decent MIK-compatible racks, which is great as you can either buy a MIK compatible trunk bag or buy the adapter plate to mount...

Some thoughts in no particular order for you or other readers... FutureShock is nice - if you can choose a model with it. When I last looked it was just the Vado SL 5.0 models, though looking at the 5.0 EQ the specs don't list it but the photo shows it... Would want to confirm in person...

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Different ebikes can use different voltages (36V, 48V, maybe others), so you want to focus on Watt-hour capacity not amp-hour as measure of stored energy. The SL Range Extender is a battery which sits in a bottle cage and provides additional battery capacity for the SL series bikes since the...

Specialized claims 38mm with fenders, 42mm without. Potentially one might do 42 with fenders if okay with lesser clearance, and it may depend on the tread pattern.

@augie05 - if your Tero's Sport mode is at the default 60% Support / 60% Peak Power it is pretty close to the full assist and peak power of the SL 1.2 motor. (320 W / 560W peak power is 57%, 2.3x / 4x rider amplification is 57.5%) .. and if your Tero's Eco mode is at 35% / 35% that is pretty...

Very clever. I'll just add the thought that I doubt the RE would mind being stored upside down, saving the effort of threading the cable through the holder.

Tough to say - that's the one and only reference to an alloy Creo 2 that I've seen anywhere.

The connecting link? As in the quicklink holding the chain together? Good grief. 🤦‍♂️ Any of the wide links can sit in the middle. and yes, it's not written anywhere official that you can see proper orientation from above, it's just something folks noticed.

Not sure who you're responding to. Yes, the Praxis has the graphic on the inside of the ring. It's also unnecessary if you observe that the teeth sit to the inside edge of the wide-gaps of the chain when properly mounted, which you can see looking at it from the top.

It's not needed when you physically can't put the chain on incorrectly - the wide teeth won't fit into the narrower part of the chain. This is the case for any true wide-narrow chainring whether Wolftoooth or Garbaruk or other brand. Correct.

Creo2 returned to normal hub spacing, so there's that aspect but it's also presently heavily aimed at gravel riding not road. Not a lot of choices for 2x e-roadbike drivetrains unless you go with a hub-motor model, which again limits your wheel interchangeability. I think just some of the the...

2150 seems to be the default wheel circumference setting in the TCU or motor or wherever it lives. My 2022 Creo E5 came with 700x28c tires and a 2150mm Wheel Circumference setting. When I switched to 42mm tires I measured circumference and had my LBS change the figure since only dealers can do so.

Specialized recommends no less than 700x38 tires, so whether it'd pass a road bike depends on what tire size you'd like to use... I also find it interesting they reference an alloy framed Creo 2 ...

You talked about Creo and Vado SL My Creo takes a 110BCD five hole so that's what I provided, and the 12 speed SRAM models take 107BCD four hole model which is also available. :D Perhaps the Vado SL is the odd man out that takes 104BCD in a size uncommon to mountain bikes and thus is not as...