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  1. Stefan Mikes

    Why does giant need me to be online to use the bike?

    There's the famous Hanlon's Razor: "Whenever you expect conspiracy, rather attribute is to the sheer stupidity" :) Giant software engineers just suck.
  2. Stefan Mikes

    Why does giant need me to be online to use the bike?

    "Once you pop, you can't stop". The e-bike app (like Specialized App for your Levo) is useful to explore the inner of the e-bike (like tuning the motor for high performance or long range). It is possible to totally modify the behaviour of your e-bike, which is especially valid for the Levo as...
  3. Stefan Mikes

    Why does giant need me to be online to use the bike?

    The Original Post was about how handle the situation in which accessing the Giant Ride app to have a Giant e-bike connected was impossible because of the lack of the network coverage. The only two on-topic answers were: Use a Garmin Edge computer as the e-bike display Only use the Giant Ride...
  4. Stefan Mikes

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

    Robin 103: A Gravel Group Ride Our plan to take a car (or train) trip to Kazimierz Dolny to explore the famous gorges there for Saturday had to be abandoned. First, it was raining in the gorgeous town on the Vistula. When it had rained, the loess soil in the gorges turns into the most dangerous...
  5. Stefan Mikes

    Why does giant need me to be online to use the bike?

    There's no dumb topic only some people here. We're here to help people if they report an issue that can be solved. Now, all valuable answers are drowned in the avalanche of slop you Uma have created.
  6. Stefan Mikes

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

    Somewhere north of River Narew on a gravel group ride today. Still 14 km to go 😊
  7. Stefan Mikes

    Why does giant need me to be online to use the bike?

    Have you noticed how far the thread drifted off-topic? Just because of one stoned troll.
  8. Stefan Mikes

    Why does giant need me to be online to use the bike?

    The only issue is Wahoo does not work well with Giant e-bikes. (Garmin does).
  9. Stefan Mikes

    Why does giant need me to be online to use the bike?

    Yes. Ride a pedal bike. Do you realise that a Giant e-bike might even don't have a display to show you the battery charge %? Also, I am not sure whether you really understand the difference between Garmin (a device) and Strava (software). The OP needs a tool to be able to determine the e-bike...
  10. Stefan Mikes

    Specialized Turbo Vado/Como/Tero/Tero X User Club

    Not only is the 13-speed cassette gross but also almost all 12-speed (and above) cassettes require a special freehub body (that you do not have). A SRAM xD or Shimano Microspline freehub body is necessary to hold a cassette with the smallest 10 or 9 teeth cog. SRAM PG-1230, 12-speed, 11-50T...
  11. Stefan Mikes

    Specialized Turbo Vado/Como/Tero/Tero X User Club

    Perhaps Marcela you could upgrade to the 12-speed SRAM AXS (the version that fits your HG freehub body) and go electronic?
  12. Stefan Mikes

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

    Have you ever ridden for 62 miles in the first place? 😊
  13. Stefan Mikes

    Why does giant need me to be online to use the bike?

    Dave, it is what it is. You could solve the issue by buying even the least expensive Garmin Edge bike GPS computer (such as Garmin Edge Explore). The Garmin will connect to your Giant e-bike via ANT+ to deliver crucial information: the ride recording, your leg power, the battery percent, your...
  14. Stefan Mikes

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

    Try doing a nice long loop (morning to afternoon) you know very well two times in opposite directions on sunny days. You'll find the clockwise landscape boring as the sunshine lights up everything in a flat way. However, the anticlockwise trip is completely different; the sunshine falls from...
  15. Stefan Mikes

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

    I love aviation! Thank you so much Rab for the pictures and the vid! ❤️ Just recently, I rode south of Warsaw Chopin Airport. While in Kinetic Street (what a name!) :) I was plane-spotting... When I took that photo of a LOT Embraer arriving from Szczecin, a person from a van riding behind me...
  16. Stefan Mikes

    Anyone good at math?

    Don't you think the Coulomb is a rather arbitrary value with no physical meaning? The number of electrons flowing through a conductor is as arbitrary as saying 1 mile is 5,280 feet :) Oh, we know the "freedom units" are nowadays defined by SI units :) You should also check the old definition of...
  17. Stefan Mikes

    Anyone good at math?

    Not really. Volt is defined as the electromotive force that dissipates 1 Watt of power at a current of 1 Ampere. So the V is defined by the well defined W = J/s and A (which is an arbitrary value). Think of Pascals Pa. 1 atm = 101325 Pa.
  18. Stefan Mikes

    2020 turbo vado 3 battery not available through specialized california dealer

    I ride my Gen 1 SL in a similar terrain and clocked trouble free 21,031 km (13,070 mi) so far. The only major repair was replacing the drive-side crankarm. Yes, I use Range Extenders to reduce the wear in the main battery.
  19. Stefan Mikes

    Anyone good at math?

    My memory might not serve me well. I was in Houston just before the FIFA World Cup. Bought several plastic Coke Zero bottles and am almost sure each of them was 1.75 litre. Perhaps it was because of no sugar content? In Poland it is 1.5 or (more rarely) 2 litres.
  20. Stefan Mikes

    Anyone good at math?

    This makes sense in the U.S. and the UK where an electric vehicle owner pays for the charge expressed in kWh but the road distances are expressed in miles. It is an interesting British example of "split personality". The UK measures the volume of petrol in litres but uses road distances in...
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