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  1. Stefan Mikes

    2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    Some Pictures From Warsaw... Partying at night... Setting off for a drinking bout on Sunday's afternoon... Walking by The Grand Theatre and Opera... Blocking passage for tourists between two craft beer pubs :) (Warsaw Barbican blurred in the background). Jan Kiliński, a shoemaker who...
  2. Stefan Mikes

    1.2 vs 2.0E motor

    The 2.3x thing seems to have completely disappeared from Specialized materials.
  3. Stefan Mikes

    1.2 vs 2.0E motor

    Specialized doesn't list this parameter anymore, even in the User Manual. https://media.specialized.com/support/collateral/VADO_SL_2_ALLOY_USER_MANUAL_ENGLISH.pdf
  4. Stefan Mikes

    2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    Some Telephoto Lens Pictures from Warsaw Physical activities in Warsaw City Centre. The last photo: Some nice immigrants enjoying volleyball. One of four tower clocks atop PKiN. Only a hawk-eye could see the Warsaw Mermaid being the logo! Young punk-rockers in Chmielna (Hop Street)...
  5. Stefan Mikes

    Turbo Vado 3

    Is it illegal? 😊
  6. Stefan Mikes

    2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    Some Pix From The Strict Warsaw City Centre :) It is when you'd perhaps take your gf to a Specialized LBS so she could choose an e-bike for herself but she took you to the Golden Terraces instead :) When she's in the fitting room... Wanted to buy her a pair of sunglasses but she said she...
  7. Stefan Mikes

    2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    Good morning, Warsaw! The view from our balcony, 52°14'03.7"N 21°00'12.9"E
  8. Stefan Mikes

    Turbo Vado 3

    I sometimes make jokes with my gf @Brix: 'What if I bought an e-bike for you?' I showed a Vado 3 photo to her. 'A brutal design, isn't it' she said. She didn't like the Vado SL 2 design, either, while she loved the looks of Vado SL 1! That happens when a company is run by accountants.
  9. Stefan Mikes

    The Ultimate Mid-Drive Chain Care Thread

    @BEC111: There is a simple trick how to reconnect the chain without any tools. Place both chain ends at the top. Temporarily remove the chain from the chainring, so the chain is loose. Apply the master link then delicately place the chain back on the chainring. Rotate the crankarm backwards and...
  10. Stefan Mikes

    2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    @Brix and I greet you from Warsaw City Centre! Centrum at night... Good morning Warsaw! We live in a rented apartment on the 4th floor with our balcony facing the Palace of Culture and Science (PKiN) only the light direction is wrong to take a photo now 😊
  11. Stefan Mikes

    The Ultimate Mid-Drive Chain Care Thread

    If it ain't broken don't fix it 😊 Unless you want to burn some money as I did recently. 4000 miles and the chain barely worn out? I must live in a totally different world...
  12. Stefan Mikes

    Avinox Day 9th April

    Meanwhile in Russia many appliances and even public toilets stopped working following the government's blocking of the Internet 😃
  13. Stefan Mikes

    New 1500W Avinox Amflows

    Think of an uncontrolled behaviour of such a beast. It always happens when you least expect it, and it is called an "accident". Your Levo peaks at 565 W. Not enough? I got a wheelie with my Giant's 520 W when I wanted to climb an escarpment.
  14. Stefan Mikes

    Avinox Day 9th April

    I can remember the same guy promoted the TQ HPR 120 a long time ago.
  15. Stefan Mikes

    Pinion Motor.Gearbox.Unit (MGU)

    Now it is DJI Avinox :D
  16. Stefan Mikes

    Pinion Motor.Gearbox.Unit (MGU)

    Perhaps it is the time you would give some consideration how many "greatest cycling inventions" really catches the market instead of singing hymns to their praise when they first appear...?
  17. Stefan Mikes

    New 1500W Avinox Amflows

    Wait until the first person is killed with this weapon.
  18. Stefan Mikes

    Pinion Motor.Gearbox.Unit (MGU)

    I presume you still haven't bought the system that you had promoted so much? :D (I shudder to ask what happened to Salsa Tributary) :D I used to own a Giant e-bike. You didn't.
  19. Stefan Mikes

    Pinion Motor.Gearbox.Unit (MGU)

    So, it is 2026. My recurring question is: -- Who of you has eventually bought a Pinion.MGU e-bike? I'm not interested to learn what next brands have embraced the system. The question is crystal clear: Any Pinion.MGU owners here since 2023?
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