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In the battery. It can be changed, but it is illegal to do so in the UK.

I haven't posted in quite some time and thought I'd share some summary experiences. I turned 1700 miles on a ride today. This is 250 miles in late 2015, 1050 miles in 2016, and 400 miles so far in 2017. My riding is all recreational on rolling country roads and the Nashua River Rail Trail in MA...

Since I have a Garmin Edge 1000, I don't use Mission Control for navigation. I use the diagnostic tools and the basic configuration for wheel size, emtric/imperial, and for setting default ECO level.

A new version of the current (non-Vado) Mission Control App appeared on the Android Google Play store. I already found a bug in that it appears not to retain the metric/Imperial setting in the app. New in 1.1.2: - automatic ride recording - ride export - diagnostic report - more languages -...

There is a big difference in gearing between the Vado 3.0 and Vado 5.0/6.0. The Vado 3.0 has a 40T chain ring while the Vado 5.0/6.0 have the same 48T that all of the previous generation Turbos did. They all have an 11T small sprocket on the rear 10 or 11 speed clusters. The cadence needed to...

Steve, I am 66 yrs old, ride a 2016 base Turbo with the upgraded 691Wh Turbo S battery and I weigh between 235-240 lbs. With our Turbos, we have a 200W motor that provides assist to 42kph (26.2 mph) rather than 45kph (28 mph). While I regularly hit speeds above 30 mph on descents, I usually...

Ravi, I am so happy for you. Congratulations.

You really need to take a look at the 24 hr - 310 mi ride done by @Ravi Kempaiah in the Great Smokies a couple of years ago () on his ST2. I believe he used 2 batteries with meal breaks to charge for the 24 hour ride. He did a 5000 mi ride last summer from Wisconsin to So. California ((Link...

My fronts look like that. Rears got messed up pulling the wheel and putting it back without removing the pads. TIP: When you remove and reinstall the rear wheel, pull the rear pads. Getting the cassette, chain, torque arm and disc all aligned takes more dexterity than I have. By removing the...

My best advice....ride the Turbo. Compare it with the Trek. The Turbo is a very smooth, impressive bike to ride with its pure torque sesing system. Further the Turbo has many levels of assist from 10% to 70% in 10% increments as well as full TURBO mode. However, the TURBO is probably harder to...

A limit of 20 mph exists in most all states for electric bicycles that have throttles (as opposed to pure pedal assist).

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The "Clean Cockpit" control on the later model Turbo, Turbo X, and Turbo S (the original 2013 bikes had a different control) has been a VERY weak point of the entire Turbo line. The joystick is not easy to use and is flimsy and a cause of failure. The backlight also fails, making it hard to...

The changeover to the 11-speed Deore XT setup cost around $250. This included a Deore XT CS-8000 cassette, Deore XT RD-M8000 rear derailleur, a XTR SL-M9000 11-speed shift lever, plus cable and 11-speed chain. The older SRAM X7 10-speed mech, 11-36T cassette, and chain were re-purposed to...

buzzapage... 7000 km is awesome. I am at about 2500 km. Still love riding. Around 2400 km on my Michelin Energy tires and 2000 km on the Kool Stop pads. I did replace the rears. I had gouged them replacing the rear wheel a couple of times. I decided that it is better to pull the pads when...

It took a while, but I did a lot of playing around with my Specialized Turbo and went from 11-32T 10 sp cassette to an 11-36T 10 sp cassette. I also swapped the 48T to 44T on the front. This gave me a lower 1st gear and pretty decent cruising at 26 mph (top assist speed) at my normal cadence of...

Not a "secret power mode", just a pseudo-throttle. Once in Turbo mode, if you hold the littl;e thumb-stick "up" it will accelerate to 12 mph w/o pedalling. This is a feature of all Turbo's (Turbo, Turbo X, Turbo S).

The battery should be fine and have a 2 year warranty. They deliver the bike to the dealer originally with about 50% charge. If the dealer has the diagnostics, they can do a battery health check showing the number of charge cycles on this particular battery. Also, in regard to the Kool Stop...

Velome, Many thanks. This is the "base Turbo" that was originally introduced in late 2014 as a 2015 model. At that time it had a price of $3,800. In late 2015 the price was dropped to $3,000 for the 2016 model year. In late 2016, the price was again dropped to $2,500 for the 2017 model year...

Velome, There arent any 2017 Turbos. There are Turbo Levo or Turbo Vado. If this is an older Turbo model, it is generally leftover. I f you can point me to a URL I can give you some data. Doug