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  1. Stefan Mikes

    Another new TQ motor: hpr40

    The brand is going "the TREK way". How they want to make their e-bike business sustainable remains a mystery to me.
  2. Stefan Mikes

    CPSC seeks feedback on revisions to e-bike regulations

    I get the gist of what you are saying. I live by a huge logistic base. Perhaps it's hard to believe but the night workers commute by bike, e-bike, or an e-scooter (often a public share one) all year long. They ride the access street just below my balcony! Bear in mind, these menial workers do...
  3. Stefan Mikes

    CPSC seeks feedback on revisions to e-bike regulations

    It is because you live in a specific country, location and there are many circumstances that make a bike commute inconvenient to you. While many friends of mine commute in Warsaw on bikes and e-bikes, perhaps except the harsh winter. Moreover, old people of Poland, especially the poor, have the...
  4. Stefan Mikes

    Turbo Vado 2 4.0 or 5.0 or 6.0?

    The latest Bosch systems certainly allow the user to totally control the motor with so many installable Assist Modes and so many parameters. The problem is, Bosch systems are not comprehensive; starting from the choice of the Assist Modes to be installed by the dealer; through Static, Dynamic or...
  5. Stefan Mikes

    Turbo Vado 2 4.0 or 5.0 or 6.0?

    Not the same? I know the max motor power of my 1.2s motor is 520 W. If I set the cap at 50%, I know the motor power won't exceed 260 W. Now, the torque and power are related by the rpm. Is setting the motor torque same as setting the motor power? How does the relationship with the rpm look like...
  6. Stefan Mikes

    Turbo Vado 2 4.0 or 5.0 or 6.0?

    Not the motor power though?
  7. Stefan Mikes

    Turbo Vado 2 4.0 or 5.0 or 6.0?

    That's it!
  8. Stefan Mikes

    Turbo Vado 2 4.0 or 5.0 or 6.0?

    It was certainly not present in 2017 :) Is there a comprehensive Motor Power Cap in the BES? Like moving the slider to limit the Peak Motor Power to 50%?
  9. Stefan Mikes

    Winter Sucks

    "More than two thousand years ago?" /ISMO, a Finnish stand-up comedian in the United States/
  10. Stefan Mikes

    Winter Sucks

    Thaw in Mazovia, Poland. At last!
  11. Stefan Mikes

    Turbo Vado 2 4.0 or 5.0 or 6.0?

    Not. It is a universal concept for mid-drive motors. The Boost (Assist Factor) is the multiplier for your leg input power to give the mechanical power* delivered by the motor to its spindle. While Specialized says, e.g., 4x, others such as Yamaha or Bosch would say 400%. Meaning, your 100 W of...
  12. Stefan Mikes

    More ebike misinformation

    Where?! Charge, you are a pretty lucky person to get a legal fat e-bike made in Germany. All major European and American brands stopped making fat e-bikes. For obvious reasons. P.S. Ever wondered why Specialized only sells its Globe Haul in the U.S. but it is Turbo Porto for Europe?
  13. Stefan Mikes

    Carrying photography gear on a ride

    I've ordered a 1980s Asahi Takumar PENTAX-K 135 mm f:2.5 for the equivalent of £75 including shipment 😊 A photo taken with a similar lens on a Pentax K-1.
  14. Stefan Mikes

    Turbo Vado 2 4.0 or 5.0 or 6.0?

    I just think the data for the last data row is wrong (Specialized fault). It looks good for other data rows.
  15. Stefan Mikes

    More ebike misinformation

    No Charge, fat-bikes you can buy in the EU are all the illegal Chinese scrap metal. Your legal Haibike FatSix has not been made for years now. Both UK and Poland, illegal electric fat-bikes are mostly ridden by food couriers, always on the throttle. Food couriers here form gangs. I have...
  16. Stefan Mikes

    Importing from North America Has Become Tough

    Many businesses only work B2B. Nothing to do with the international trade relationships. What the president has done was levelling the U.S. economy and draining the U.S customers with the tariffs. Thank you, no. I hate Hafny.
  17. Stefan Mikes

    Vado SL 4.0 Deore drivetrain upgrade suggestions

    FWIW, my Vado 6.,0 is equipped with the 11-s M8000 drivetrain, the 11-46T version of the cassette... Up to 11s and with the 11T smallest cassette cog, all HG freehubs are compatible. The need of the freehub driver is pertaining to the 12-speed drivetrains and the 10T smallest cassette cog. Of...
  18. Stefan Mikes

    Vado SL 4.0 Deore drivetrain upgrade suggestions

    I didn't feel I liked participating in this thread until I saw the posts from you, Chris and Steve. What I did to my Vado SL with the 10-speed Deore was exactly this. Replacing the drivetrain with a Shimano CS-M5100 11-speed 11-51T cassette, the derailleur being replaced with the RD-M5100, and...
  19. Stefan Mikes

    Turbo Vado 2 4.0 or 5.0 or 6.0?

    I apologise for the miscomprehension. As you two should know, I'm very interested in the operation of Specialized ebikes, only the latest information looks strange to me. We knew, and could experimentally prove, the following facts about the SL 1.1 motor: Max Assist (Boost): 1.8x Max Mechanical...
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