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Does your van battery have enough capacity, or will you run it down? Does your charger require a pure sine wave input? Does your inverter put out a pure sine wave? The chargers we use with our Specialized bikes require a pure sign wave input, but the small inverter in our camper van does not...

judging by the number of replies to the Other category (over 1/3 of the total at this time), you may need to expand that choice and list some additional brands

It's complicated for road bike wheels, requiring special rim and tire combinations. You may be limited to lower pressures (<40psi) going tubeless using the OEM wheels on the Vado 3. If you tend to get flats under your ride conditions you should probably just get tougher tires. The Vado 6 is...

Agree with mrgold35 about Stan's sealant for tubeless tires. Most punctures seal right up, and the few flats I've had over several years could be sealed by rotating the tire and pumping it back up. Here in the Southern Calif. desert the cactus always seem to be out to get you! I carry a small...

It's your "imagination", or more correctly your mind sensing the relative change. The brakes don't come on automatically and the cassette freehub allows the rear wheel to roll independently of the drive system. Shifting down from Turbo to Sport, from Sport to Eco, or from Eco to Off mode gives...

2018 Specialized Vado 6 (Large size in upper photo, Mrs levity's Medium in the lower) no longer stock, some mod's: removed fenders and rear rack because we're mostly fair weather riders built 27.5 wheels with DT Swiss hubs and rims Schwalbe G-One 2.0 tires 100mm travel Manitou Markhor fork 44t...

Good report, Bikerjoy, fitting to your handle! ;) BTW, I replace chains when the wear reaches a 0.5% increase in length as recommended by Park Tools: https://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/when-to-replace-a-chain-on-a-bicycle#article-section-4 "If you are using an eleven or twelve speed...

Vados in Death Valley Natl Park, Feb. 2018 Artist's Palette 20 Mule Team Road

500W should be plenty of power, enough for 20% grades with proper gearing. Most E-bikes come set up with gearing aimed toward higher speeds rather than climbing. I couldn't find the gear ratios for your model on the Allegro site. What size chainring does it have? What is the cassette cog range...

I don’t understand all the drama over a broken chain. Such a simple, easily solved, low cost problem. Rutland Cycle’s comment that it is a “wear and tear part” is justified, and most (99%?) chain issues are the result of poor maintenance and/or improper shifting. However, not taking care of...

Hi Jim, I’m surprised that your new Expert Levo came with a SRAM chain. The Specialized website says the 2018 Expert should have a KMC X11ET (recommended above by LimboJim). X11ET chains came stock on our ‘18 Comp Levos, and they have held up well to lots of abuse riding in desert sand...