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  1. Stefan Mikes

    Specialized Turbo Vado SL: An Incredible E-Bike (User Club)

    Jeremy, If the 40s don't fit: Vittoria Terreno T10 Hardpack Gravel Endurance 700x37c Unfortunately, the industry has moved to the bigger sizes for most brands recently with the 35s for the thin end.
  2. Stefan Mikes

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

    On my first stay in the U.S., it was my first experience with a resort hotel buffet breakfast. Among us, there was a French. "Where's the waiter?" he asked. 'It is a free country. Help yourself.' -- I said. Still cannot understand the general laughter it caused :D
  3. Stefan Mikes

    The transition

    Just to put the things in the right perspective. It is a little above 1 quid for a train trip to Warsaw (15 miles) with the 35% senior citizen discount on Mazovian Railways or GBP 1.40 for Fast Urban Train. It is four pounds for a Mazovian Railways 1 1/2 hour trip, no discount (a senior citizen...
  4. Stefan Mikes

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

    There's no hope for the American cuisine :D I'm afraid I wouldn't have much choice. We are hosted by an American corporation :) I have put my culinary restrictions in the form: "No poultry, no mutton" :)
  5. Stefan Mikes

    The transition

    Our company dropped Google and Dropbox. Not because of any political reasons but why should you pay if you use Synology?
  6. Stefan Mikes

    The transition

    It is better than it is in Poland. We get a discount over 60 but not the free pass :)
  7. Stefan Mikes

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

    So guys, currently my boss is flying United over the Montreal air space towards Houston TX. On Saturday, I get in a private taxi at 3:30. My flight from WAW to AMS is on 6:00. There, I am switching to KLM flight to IAH to get there (realistically) at 2 p.m. If the Americans let me in, I'm taking...
  8. Stefan Mikes

    The transition

    I was on a car trip over the most beautiful places of England and Wales and think it was a big mistake. Because driving in the UK is no fun. I got rid of the car in Poland and use trains instead but also understand the public transport in the UK is very expensive.
  9. Stefan Mikes

    Watching the peloton - Professional Road Racing thread 2026

    Trans Balkan Race: A disgrace for Radzilla :( I was willing to proudly announce a big win for Poland's Radosław Gołębiewski in Trans Balkan Race, a 1397 km/30,000 m self-supported gravel race. We all were sure Radzilla would win with a great margin! Then, some 74 km before the finish line, his...
  10. Stefan Mikes

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

    Some More Pictures From Sudovia Gravel 2026 Bosch eRide 100 Agnieszka Augustyniak, the only female on the electric rally. She completed the ride in 5 h 25 minutes. I could see her in the middle of the most massive climb en route. She stopped midway the climb, supported herself with the right...
  11. Stefan Mikes

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

    Or, When You Have An Appointment With A Hairdresser, Collected Trousers From A Tailor, Ride... ...and see this :) WAT DO? I chose the TURBO mode and riding straight on! The young ones ran away!
  12. Stefan Mikes

    Vado 3 X

    I think it is the right decision. Vado 3X is as heavy as it is unsuitable for the trails. You are also right: riding asphalt on Levo will be painful.
  13. Stefan Mikes

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

    Wahoo read 18 "significant climbs" on the 64 mi route but actually the whole ride was climb/descend/climb... Sometimes, my Wahoo displayed ascents in red (very steep!) I loved that, especially as I have not many chances to ride in our high mountains in the South. My friend Paweł said "I've had...
  14. Stefan Mikes

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

    More Sudovia Gravel 2026 Photos "E-bikers On A Gravel Race". Handless Piotr at the left and I in the centre, racing. The guy behind us rides a modern gravel e-bike. Courtesy Mateusz Klimek @ Sudovia Gravel ❤️ @Chargeride admit you are jealous :) The actual ascent grade! I was going...
  15. Stefan Mikes

    Specialized Turbo Vado SL: An Incredible E-Bike (User Club)

    I promised myself not to feed the troll but he seems not to have ever seen a Vado SL or its battery :D
  16. Stefan Mikes

    Entered My First Gravel Race........with the Frey Beast

    Curious: what was your gross ride time on the race?
  17. Stefan Mikes

    Bourbon

    Was*. In the times such an activity could be met with severe repercussions from the system. For me, it was all a beautiful scientific experiment that let me understand the rectifier distillation process perfectly! Now, a true fact for you (even if it sounds like an invented anecdote!) I did the...
  18. Stefan Mikes

    Remember Highway 61 Revisited?

    Not sure what you guys use in America but this is what we commonly use in Europe. The electric kettle shows the current temperature of water from the current state to the final set temperature degree by degree (the set temperature can be 40 or 70 or 80 or 90 or 100 C: (The top button is for any...
  19. Stefan Mikes

    Bourbon

    Not really. 96% ethanol of grades "chemically pure" or "analysis grade" has -- according to the textbooks -- "delicate smell specific to ethyl alcohol". Polmos Spirytus Rektyfikowany 192 Proof is the gold standard for pure commercial ethanol. As AI tells me the product is not allowed for sale...
  20. Stefan Mikes

    Vado 3 X

    Buy a Vado 3 then.
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