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  1. Stefan Mikes

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

    It Was When The Fight Started... :) My close friend from Suwałki was incidentally flying his drone in Prudziszki at the 7th km of NOT A RACE, saw me in the front, went with recording and... At that moment the domination fight among the top gravel e-bikers started! You can see me in the darker...
  2. Stefan Mikes

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

    It is indeed a chainguard. I asked about your drivetrain. Is the chainring held by 4 or 5 bolts? If you keep the original Praxis chainring (the chainwheel in some countries) then the chain might drop again and again. If you want to solve it for good, give the chainguard up and invest in a...
  3. Stefan Mikes

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

    Who even uses the chainguard... Is your drivetrain a Shimano or SRAM?
  4. Stefan Mikes

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

    It is the local communities such as boroughs. We fully benefit from the EU membership. (Poland is becoming the net payer to the Union budget). Our VAT money go to Brussels and the local community may ask for money for roads. Local construction companies are the beneficiary. Killer soft gravel...
  5. Stefan Mikes

    Another new TQ motor: hpr40

    @mschwett: I'm sure you can get both your leg power and other display parametres from the Fastlane on your smartphone (Bluetooth) or on an ANT+ device.
  6. Stefan Mikes

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

    Sudovia GRVL 2026: The Most Epic Ride I Have Ever Experienced! Sudovia is a small region of Podlachia in Poland located in the most northeastern corner of Poland near Russian Kaliningrad exclave and Lithuania, north of Suwałki and by the infamous Suwalki Gap. This tiny region is totally...
  7. Stefan Mikes

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

    The Times They Are A-Changing It was the most beautiful gravel ride I've ever had. It was my fastest gravel race ever. It was also dangerous: a friend of mine ended up in a hospital with severe injuries (a spill in loose gravel while cornering at a high speed on a descent). I came up 28th of...
  8. Stefan Mikes

    Ambient temperature and range

    No issues whatsoever (written by an all year long rider from wintery Poland). Only never charge the battery below the freezing point. The battery range in low temps is shorter but 6-10 C is not as cold as to affect the range much.
  9. Stefan Mikes

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

    Congratulations Jugger! You are doing what I'm doing now and I'm glad to hear about your experience! Starting in eRide100 in Sudovia Poland today at 10:00. I have a strong competition this year, could be the last on the finish line! (please write km not klm, or it hurts my eyes) 😭
  10. Stefan Mikes

    Favorite Eats Post Ride

    The worst pizza I've ever had. The dough was thick, heavy and saturated with fat. It seems people of Sudovia in the most northeastern Poland might understand potato but not the Italian food 🤔 (Suwałki Poland). Kvass was imported from nearby Lithuania and was a perfect soft beverage though.
  11. Stefan Mikes

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

    I can't quite understand people who complain on not being able to find a bike rack good for a heavy e-bike with mudguards 😉
  12. Stefan Mikes

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

    Our last podium at Sudovia Gravel (before the race has even started!) 😂
  13. Stefan Mikes

    Favorite Eats Post Ride

    Yes, a kind of. Young beetroot stalks and, eventually, ice 😊
  14. Stefan Mikes

    Favorite Eats Post Ride

    For me, setting off on any longer ride is a pretext for having a good meal somewhere on the route. Therefore, there it makes no sense for me to post the "ride meal photos" :) Just one. Chłodnik, or Cold Soup that we Poles invented and named it "Lithuanian". (That was when Lithuania was a part...
  15. Stefan Mikes

    Looking for a second hand Shimano display SC E 6010

    https://eladowarki.com/glowna/480-wyswietlacz-shimano-komputera-steps-sc-e6010-lcd-sam-wyswietlacz.html?srsltid=AfmBOopulDpaqXvG1nHqZt6-DGDXMDFcut6SWbIbd_TOlLUGQi4FgqDl
  16. Stefan Mikes

    Looking for a second hand Shimano display SC E 6010

    https://portrowerowy.pl/products/kopia-licznik-sigma-14-12-alti
  17. Stefan Mikes

    Favorite Eats Post Ride

    It makes little sense to eat post ride 😊 the right time is half to three thirds of the ride.
  18. Stefan Mikes

    Bourbon

    That would be just milk 😊
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