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    True Love in Color

    https://uniortools.com/nl/product/1753-6-pocket-wheel-truing-tool you were refering to that one? work ok. on longer trips (camping) I take a few long straps and a bundle of zipties. so I can suspend the bike and use a ziptie to true a wheel (usually not one of my bikes...)
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    Bosch Walk Assist (Not Smart System)

    Holding the [+] button is a mandatory safety measure, it just to be different (talking a few years back) for US bikes vs the rest of the world. If you want to use it on a really steep hill you need to be downshifted to the lowest gearing, than it can crawl up on a steady pase. Most of the on/off...
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    What brake pads do I buy???

    being Dutch We use the Orange versions for the greasy jobs
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    2025 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    After a few days with 40+ degrees C completely different weather now. 18 C with rain. Good for the fields which are now full with flowers finally. And yes this time with one of the other EBikes from the shed, full power Vado 4
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    Do All eBike Motors Have Issues?

    Was just reading this https://carfixbook.com/death-wobble/ Shimmy is common problem with anything with wheels, from trolleys, shopping cards via argo bikes to large capacity cargo trains. We did study this matter for a cargo bike range we had on the market where this suddenly without any "new"...
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    Do All eBike Motors Have Issues?

    Speed-wobble aka shimmy? Than the Steering dmper would be leaking. Relatively easy replacement part For a bicycle, CC Viscoset.
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    Specialized Turbo Vado SL: An Incredible E-Bike (User Club)

    the manual is also not that clear on the mastermind tcu 8.7. CUSTOMIZING PAGES ON THE MASTERMIND TCU The MasterMind TCU has customizable screens that show options such as speed, odometer, battery charge level, mode, heart rate, and more. 100 You are able to set up the units, date and time, view...
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    Specialized Turbo Vado/Como/Tero/Tero X User Club

    right, didn't want to step on your toes. just wanted to share roughly 30 years of bikeshop experience. And that was a method driscribed for any reader. Mahle calls the midmotor M40 Drive system and Brose calls their midmotor Drive unit like the other brands, so I might be sticking to the...
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    Specialized Turbo Vado/Como/Tero/Tero X User Club

    release all air from the tube. Push the valve upwards. Plase the wheel with the rim-conection point (oposite to the velve) on your belt buckle while the wheel is almost horizontal and pres with both palms left and right next to the valve just above the rim. The bead wil come loose and the top...
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    new discbrakes for Spesh

    interesting to see if these would end up on the consumer market
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    Pedal assist failure - ET Cycle F720

    Disconnect the Brake breaker cable I think? Not the actual brake cable to actuate the brakes?
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    best security ideas for ebike

    For the Benelux, we see that bikes over 2500 euro are for 85% are on an insurance plan. Most E-bikes above the 3000 euro need to be equipted with a gps-tracker (not airtag like thingies, don't work) and at least have 2 locks on them, one cafe-lock/ringlock and a seperate chain or folding lock to...
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    best security ideas for ebike

    Abus Alarmbox 2.0 with chain lockt to lock your bike the a pole, fence, tree or other street furniture. besides that we have a tracker service in the Benelux who will get trace your bike back when it is stolen, and indeed we all use "cafe-locks" on our bikes. And besides those, a big lock to...
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    Show Us Your Bikes

    Resizing issue I think
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    Show Us Your Bikes

    The S Vado SL' s in travel mode The commuter bike in front of the sl My partners full power Vado for commuting Commuter in action
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    Specialized Turbo Vado SL: An Incredible E-Bike (User Club)

    Sure, bigger is not always better. A correctly moubnted set with the brake pads for that siutation and propperly bed-in brakes is equally important as the material itself. I could say that the combo of good pads with a quality rotor and correct setup and correct bed-in procedure does create the...
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    stompandgo's Cannondale Tesoro Neo X Speed build

    Switch the docking cable of the powertube directly to the BDU, check if the system responds as normal, if ok, check the Y cable to both docking cables and cross them to see if one of the batteries does not start charging when the charger is connected to the charging port. We have had bikes with...
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    Specialized Turbo Vado SL: An Incredible E-Bike (User Club)

    FM adapter from stock to 180 rotor size. Like with any discbrake mounting system there are adapters to use different sizes of rotors (as long as the fork/stay has room and the manufacturor gives clearance for the rotor size depending on the strength). And indeed, even for the Kleinmount (the...
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    stompandgo's Cannondale Tesoro Neo X Speed build

    Sounds like that the splitter doesn't wotk as it should. IWih all out bikes with dual batteries, it doesn't matter which battery is connected and on which chreger port the charger is connected to (as long as its just 1 chartger per bike). You could try to swap the ports on the Y splitter...
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