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  1. Stefan Mikes

    Anyone converted their Turbo Vado to tubeless tires?

    I own it all including tubeless rims, the booster tank, rim tape, a big electric pump, several tubeless valves and tubeless folded tyres, not even mentioning a CO2 inflator or sealant. Still, I chose simplicity and comfort of inner tubes instead of the struggle with tubeless. You could say...
  2. Stefan Mikes

    Just for fun...

    One thing I won't certainly understand is a guy riding a road bike in regular clothes, helmetless or in a baseball hat. The comic has been right about the cleats! While wearing cleated shoes is almost mandatory on a road bike, and a matter of style on a gravel bike, that "clac, clac, clac" when...
  3. Stefan Mikes

    Adrian Raeside cartoon: Bike lanes everywhere!

    Ze ejkorn rerli folz faa from ze tri*
  4. Stefan Mikes

    User Selectable E-Bike Class.

    I admit I can't quite understand it. So you are happily riding on the throttle with your feet stationary on the pedals in Class 2. Then you click to switch to Class 3. Will the throttle be disabled? I do not think so! Throttle and 28 mph makes it a motorized bicycle.
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    Adrian Raeside cartoon: Bike lanes everywhere!

    My Mother (who was a microbiologist and who kindled my interest in chemistry) once told me when I was a boy: "There are strong acids such as sulphuric acid and weak ones, for instance the sulphurous one. The same can be said about some people: some of them are wittic but others are wittous". I...
  6. Stefan Mikes

    Is Vado Smoking Addictive?

    This is a very simplistic view. Aventon is in a fact a Chinese company with offices in the U.S., only serving North America and only with e-bikes. Specialized is a global company with a vast dealer network worldwide. The brand has to, for example, cope with different regulation everywhere it...
  7. Stefan Mikes

    User Selectable E-Bike Class.

    https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1096 A class is a class to which an "electric bicycle" OR "motorized bicycle/moped" was built, so no "selectable class" is allowed.
  8. Stefan Mikes

    Adrian Raeside cartoon: Bike lanes everywhere!

    You @Chargeride remind me of my riding buddy Krzysiek. This 74-yo man is basically silent on our rides unless someone mentions "bike paths". That triggers him, and he produces long sermons about how the authorities build protected bike paths to get rid of the cyclists off the road :D As for...
  9. Stefan Mikes

    Is Vado Smoking Addictive?

    https://www.cyclingelectric.com/news/aventon-electric-bikes-europe I can see a potential buyer here :)
  10. Stefan Mikes

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

    Did he mean "rear"? We call this technique "a wheelbarrow".
  11. Stefan Mikes

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

    It is rather funny what the sellers do to even start the warranty claim. BIKE24 (a large German online store) require "At least five pictures or a video link" to start talking. Wheeltop has required a video, and they pretend they didn't get a link; it's been two weeks now and no progress...
  12. Stefan Mikes

    Is Vado Smoking Addictive?

    Who does make Aventon motors? Where are Aventon e-bikes actually assembled? You have described a corporate structure of Specialized and compared it to the relaxed approach of Aventon, OK. What was that other big e-bike brand that has recently declared insolvency? If an e-bike is priced half of...
  13. Stefan Mikes

    I'm new and I Ride A DYU A5 E-bike

    Oh well, a spam robot.
  14. Stefan Mikes

    Unpopular opinion: the DYU A5 proves e-bikes have killed traditional commuting bikes for me

    Two threads discussing the same e-bike make and model? Sus.
  15. Stefan Mikes

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

    Shimano Di2 technology: the shifter paddle fell off from the road vibration on the first longer ride :) @stompandgo :)
  16. Stefan Mikes

    Is Vado Smoking Addictive?

    Current Vado 3 has a 105Nm motor and an 840 Wh battery. Regarding the price, wait until the Aventon breaks then look for the repair or a warranty in the long term.
  17. Stefan Mikes

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

    No way. To prove it breaks, too?
  18. Stefan Mikes

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

    Korboloza Boogoza, or A Gravel Group Ride Along River Bug Saturday May 2nd 2026 As we met at the Wieliszew train stop, there was a new person waiting for us: Żaneta (Jeanette), a young female riding a custom gravel bike, and who later turned out to be a real powerplant! :) The first five...
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