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  1. OzGreg

    Specialized Turbo Creo 28mph Electric Road Bike

    I read (and it sounds like marketing BS to me) the reason they used 11 speed rather than 12 speed is that its slightly lighter and of very little benefit on a bike with such a wide torque spread. I have never missed the 2 x drivetrain in fact I enjoy not worrying about a front derailleur. I've...
  2. OzGreg

    Specialized Turbo Creo 28mph Electric Road Bike

    Welcome to the Creo club :D. I'm glad you are finding the bike more useful than you expected. I purchased mine mainly to ride mountains but I now ride it every day because its just so versatile. A few friends have ridden it and everyone comments about how natural it feels - you don't get that...
  3. OzGreg

    Specialized Turbo Creo 28mph Electric Road Bike

    The Fazua system has been around several years - it was one of the first road bike compatible systems. It has generally been well received but early versions were heavy (I think the Pinarello Nytro was 14.5 kg). I don't think it has a range extender option either. Its a personal thing, but I...
  4. OzGreg

    Specialized Turbo Creo 28mph Electric Road Bike

    I never turn the motor off on the Creo but if I wanted to it's done with a long press of the select button. A short push cycles through the three support levels and a long push turns support off or back on but leaves power on to the TCU electronics. If I turned it off completely by pressing...
  5. OzGreg

    Specialized Turbo Creo 28mph Electric Road Bike

    Due to the pedaling input and time above 27.5km/hr. You can see above that when I get into the hills the battery dropped by 13% in 8km!. I want to keep fit and I'm very happy to put in the pedal input while I can. I just ride the Creo like I would ride any bike, but I'm getting the benefit I...
  6. OzGreg

    Specialized Turbo Creo 28mph Electric Road Bike

    Last post on Creo range, I promise.... Just showing again that the 80mi (128km) range for just the internal battery advertised by Specialized is for me very conservative and in typical conditions I can go much further. This is from a fairly average ride yesterday, although there was some...
  7. OzGreg

    Specialized Turbo Creo 28mph Electric Road Bike

    The camera is a Shimano CM-2000 - its quite good but they were a bit of a market flop and they were being sold off very cheap ($AUD90) 2 years ago. It has stabilisation and a very good auto brightness control. Battery life is about as good as a GoPro. Its also fully waterproof and I've taken...
  8. OzGreg

    Specialized Turbo Creo 28mph Electric Road Bike

    I'm on the Creo with the camera mounted on the bike. My girlfriend always asks "Why aren't you in any of the videos" :)
  9. OzGreg

    Specialized Turbo Creo 28mph Electric Road Bike

    Sorry about the "Video Unavailable" on the link above. I do a lot of bike videos and often use copyrighted songs on the soundtrack, which YouTube normally allows on my channel. This time YouTube restricted the video due to the copyrighted music so I had to replace the INXS soundtrack with...
  10. OzGreg

    Specialized Turbo Creo 28mph Electric Road Bike

    This is a totally different ride on the Creo to the one linked in my post on page 7. It is a ride through the beautiful Dandenong ranges close to Melbourne. Everything in this area is either up or down, not much is flat. I’m riding with a group that is stronger than me and if I was on a normal...
  11. OzGreg

    Specialized Turbo Creo 28mph Electric Road Bike

    I never turn the motor off, I don't touch the settings at all, but in Australia the motor cuts out at 27.5km/hr and much of this ride is above 27.5km/hr so no battery is used.
  12. OzGreg

    Specialized Turbo Creo 28mph Electric Road Bike

    Heres a link to a short video I recorded yesterday on my Creo All riding was done in "Sport" which I have set for 40% Support and 50% Peak Power. The metrics (except heart rate) are coming from the Creo. Sometimes the data display is out of sync (this happens when I chop up a long ride and I...
  13. OzGreg

    Specialized Turbo Creo 28mph Electric Road Bike

    I think this is somewhat correct, but only Specialized knows the fine detail of how it works at this time (until someone takes one of these motors apart and posts the info on youtube). There is no ratchet sound so perhaps it is a sprag bearing that connects the input shaft from the pedal axle...
  14. OzGreg

    Specialized Turbo Creo 28mph Electric Road Bike

    I don't use my phone when riding, just the Garmin 1030, so I don't record any rides with the Specialized Mission Control app sorry. My Garmin does display and record total watts but not the split between my wattage and the bike's input. I'm hoping Specialized bring out a Garmin IQ app that can...
  15. OzGreg

    Specialized Turbo Creo 28mph Electric Road Bike

    Here is a picture of yours truly with the bike on a cold and grey summer morning in Melbourne. The bike looks much bluer in photos than in real life.
  16. OzGreg

    Specialized Turbo Creo 28mph Electric Road Bike

    That information is not being proclaimed very loudly by Specialized but if you read Court's original post, which I think is from Specialized's press release, on page 1, down near the bottom you will see "If you want to fly with your Turbo Creo SL, the internal battery needs to be removed. You...
  17. OzGreg

    Specialized Turbo Creo 28mph Electric Road Bike

    Thanks for pointing that out, I have removed the comment. I hired the Wilier in Europe and I tried to read up as much as I could on the ebikemotion system before I left home. I read that tip about switching off at the top of hills to conserver battery on a forum and I just followed that advice...
  18. OzGreg

    Specialized Turbo Creo 28mph Electric Road Bike

    I live in Australia where the legal limit for ebikes is 25km/hr. I had a long ride on an Wilier Cento1 hybrid (very similar to Orbea Gain) earlier this year and you can read my review of that here. I decided to buy a Creo based on a number of issues I had with the Wilier. I have owned the...
  19. OzGreg

    Cycling the Pyrenees on a high-end eBike

    First ride on the Creo earlier this week. I was very pleased when I turned on my Garmin 1030 and it immediately recognized the bike and set up a new (eBike) profile with metrics like Power, Cadence and Speed and bike battery level visible. I didn't have to do anything except shuffle some of...
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