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    Turbo Vado SL5 vs Skitch Flatbar! And the winner is...

    Thanks, good info. Actually with the big tires, carbon bars, and future shock, my hands have been just fine. It's my butt that's complaining. Maybe it's just because I'm not use to gravel, though the biggest pain seems to come from big cracks or bumps on pavement..
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    Turbo Vado SL5 vs Skitch Flatbar! And the winner is...

    Thanks! I was surprised and pleased to find that the deep dark blue in the store turns bright blue in the sun. I'm looking at both those seatposts, as I need a centimeter or two offset anyway. Do you know if there's any trick to removing the dropper? Can you just disconnect the cable and pull it...
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    Turbo Vado SL5 vs Skitch Flatbar! And the winner is...

    Don't know if the carbon bars reduce vibration, though I would guess they do. In my case, I needed to reduce the H-bar width to 40 cm, and drop the bars a centimeter lower (than the hover bars), so switching them out made sense, since the shop wasn't going to charge labor. Vibration and weight...
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    Turbo Vado SL5 vs Skitch Flatbar! And the winner is...

    Will do Stefan. In fact, I took an "easy" gravel ride today, and really started to appreciate those big fat tires!
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    Turbo Vado SL5 vs Skitch Flatbar! And the winner is...

    Creo 2 !?? OK, so I posted in January that I was looking at the Turbo Vado SL as a hill climbing, city riding, do-it-all ebike. The Vado SL seemed to fit the bill, and Nubnub mentioned the Santa Cruz Skitch flat bar which also looked amazing. I was waiting for both of them to show up in the...
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