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The major deficiency of both Marlin and Talon is a ridiculously small battery (Marlin 400 Wh, Talon 430 Wh). The battery of FX is not much bigger (520 Wh). These battery capacities make the e-bike more lightweight and a way cheaper. Fact. However, such small a battery is a laugh nowadays. I'm...

7th Anniversary Of My Big Vado! Part 2: Roadrunner 2023 - present On January 17, 2023, the great crew at Specialized Warsaw let me pick up the rebuilt Vado 6.0. This time around, I decided not to register the e-bike, knowing I could already ride it responsibly. (The society/offices in Poland...

7th Anniversary Of My Big Vado! Part 1: Highway Star (2019 - 2022) Since late August 2019, I had been riding my first e-bike: a Czech hub-drive Lovelec. In a little over a month, an acquaintance managed to damage the drivetrain, forcing me to wait more than a month for a rare replacement...

As Bram Hoekstra noted: "Soft tyres means the energy is lost in the tyre casing (rolling resistance), firm ones means losing energy in your body (impedance). There's a sweet point between these two". With firm tyres, you only have an impression you are riding fast. Some of the points you...

Science does not say that. If what you say were true, the competing cyclists (who count every watt) would still run their tires at 100 psi but they do not anymore. To achieve the least rolling resistance + impedance, you need to set your tyre pressure according to one of these calculators: Rene...

Do you mean the latest idea from the nazi billionaire?

They sent the dealer a New Old Stock frameset (including a new suspension fork and a matching front wheel) and then the dealer rebuilt the e-bike from the scratch. This is not the minimum insertion marker Brendon. It is just a scratch. (The minimum insertion marker is engraved at the rear of...

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It was the first morning with that e-bike, and everything was set up properly soon. I'm surprised you draw any conclusions after having seen a single photo. I doubt PON.bike would overlive Specialized. Specialized does care, and the user is paying a premium for that.

What a fascinating story! I've forgotten for a while you American people were in many wars, and the veterans are here! I presume you've never been equipped with an M-16? Glad to have you alive! ❤️ I was lucky not to be in any war (only experiencing the martial law in Poland 1981 - 1983 as a...

You have watched the e-bike on the first day of the ownership and made a conclusion. You are not aware of my body build either. Pathetic, to say the least. Your point was Specialized didn't care about its riders. Wrong. It is still the same Specialized e-bike 7 years post the purchase, with...

The throttle can just flexibly set the assist level for a hub-drive but the rider is still pedalling (the throttle is used to set the cruising speed only). With throttle-only, the contribution of the rider is 0%, resulting in the shortest range possible. We could as well discuss e-scooters :)

I know... I would not try adjusting the paddles anymore. The last attempt sent one of the paddles flying on the first ride in a rough terrain. I swear, I'd much prefer the SRAM rocker shifter.

Nate, The first thought is that for the same e-bike ridden under identical conditions and at the same speed, everything is down to the total energy used for the ride, which can be split into the rider's and motor's contribution. In them olden good days, there was an app for Specialized e-bikes...

Yes, they are the last. Recently, Bosch has invented the hub-drive motor. Surely you have ridden for 20,800 miles on that e-bike to draw your opinion.

Nate, the batteries also degrade with time and the number of charging cycles... I've noticed it already as all my e-bike batteries are old!

E-bike manufacturers market battery the range of their e-bikes for ideal riding conditions, a young sporty rider requiring minimal assistance, and possibly on the flat. The brutal truth is "the more power you can add to your ride yourself the farther you can get". The unassisted range is...

You have probably forgotten Specialized also owns SL mid-drive motors exclusively made for Specialized. Bosch is a caricature of a German bureaucratic company, where all the documentation is made on paper, and every smallest decision requires a hundred of business meeting and five hundred...

Inner Tube Sealant? I often watch the YT channel of Bram Hoekstra, a Dutch bike mechanic. He is very well informed, practical, and honest. In one of his programmes, he was talking about Tubeless vs TPU vs Latex vs Butyl Tubes and mentioned Muc-Off Inner Tube Sealant (I know Stan's is the name...

My friend who only rides recumbent bikes uses "traction pin" platform pedals (such as Crankbrothers Stamp) and good cycling shoes such as Adidas FiveTen Freerider Pro.