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  1. jwb

    I just bought my Turbo FLR (Sweden)

    That's absurd. If that actually happens to anyone they should publicly shame their Specialized dealer and complain directly to Specialized. If a bike shop is going to market a 7000-dollar bicycle they should stand behind it.
  2. jwb

    Range maybe just a teensy bit short

    OK, in typical wind conditions it seems like I can hold 22-25MPH in eco70, and hit the turbo for the last run up the hills. reoutput, full-time eco30 doesn't sound like a lot of fun. I wonder what the break-even boost level is, just to account for dragging around a 50lb bicycle.
  3. jwb

    Have you seen the new Scott ebikes from Eurobike

    I dunno, that Scott seems kinda dumb. Why do they mount the light up on the bars? The fork bridge is where you want it. And I don't understand why everybody puts fenders on these bikes, but useless fenders that don't do anything. The fender needs to go nearly all the way to the ground, or...
  4. jwb

    Range maybe just a teensy bit short

    Third week with my Turbo. It seems that I am regularly running out of battery (where "out" means less than 20%) before I get home, which is a 26-29 mile trip depending on my route. The shorter routes are straight up a very steep hill, while the longer ones are gentler slopes, but of course the...
  5. jwb

    Regearing my 2015/16 base Turbo again

    My complaint with these brakes is they center poorly. In my experience the Shimano hydraulic disc brakes are reliably self-centering. But yes, ditching the i-Spec fiasco should also solve your specific problem :-)
  6. jwb

    Regearing my 2015/16 base Turbo again

    Shame about the shifters not working out. Did you ever think about throwing out the brakes? The Formula C1 is garbage. I haven't looked into the integration, and I was told that the rear brake cuts the motor on the Turbo, but I don't know how that works or if it prevents the brakes from being...
  7. jwb

    Regearing my 2015/16 base Turbo again

    Thanks for posting this good info. I just got mine, but it's obvious to me that the gearing is totally weird. The 9th and 10th speed on the stock gearing are completely useless, and the 32T first gear isn't enough to get the thing up a mountain, either. I'm not sure what they were thinking.
  8. jwb

    Charging issue.

    My brand new base Turbo purchased August 2016 does the same thing: charges to 98%, then fault light on the charger comes on. Never gets to 100%. I have the more compact rectangular charger, not the finned one.
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