steve mercier
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Congrats! That is an inviting trail. What bike are you holding there?Enjoying our 40th anniversary View attachment 57921with a relaxing ride along a country road that we had to ourselves
Congrats! That is an inviting trail. What bike are you holding there?Enjoying our 40th anniversary View attachment 57921with a relaxing ride along a country road that we had to ourselves
Specialized 1.2s is very fast but Syncdrive Pro is a mighty climber. Still, there are many things differing the Vado from Trance, for example completely different chainring or geometry. Climbing serious hills made no slightest trouble to Trance. On the other hand, Trance is a slow bike compared to the Vado.Stefan which of your mid- drive bike motors feels more powerful?
You are telling me about the gearing. Let me ask you this way. If they both had exactly the same gearing which motor would feel more powerful? I have two very differently geared bikes with the same motor and yet both motors feel exactly the same to me.Soeci
Specialized 1.2s is very fast but Syncdrive Pro is a mighty climber. Still, there are many things differing the Vado from Trance, for example completely different chainring or geometry. Climbing serious hills made no slightest trouble to Trance. On the other hand, Trance is a slow bike compared to the Vado.
That's a specialized levo comp (19) so I have to plan the trips Charl comes on with her giant Liv Amiti carefully the trail is on my daughter's ranch that backs on to a portion of the Qu'appelle Valley in Saskatchewan, today's ride was a good test for the Levo as I pedalled along a challenging trail through a wilderness area to the Qu'appelle riverCongrats! That is an inviting trail. What bike are you holding there?
Well Stefan you can ride a bike and cowboy as my grandson is looking for a critter to rope -No time to post the Lesser Poland stories yet, but...
Something for @Readytoride and @Anna
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Equestrians met on a nasty trail.
-- Have you ever ridden a horse? -- the badass seen at the front asked me.
-- Oh, yes, I rode our Kary bareback when I was a little kid!
-- We see you're riding an e-bike. I use to ride horses and bikes, but not the electric kind.
--You must have missed something in your lifeI wish you would never need to ride an e-bike! A lot of health to you!
(It took me 15 seconds to jump off the Vado, remove the DSLR camera from the pannier, ask for the permission to shoot the photo and actually make it. Shot with a 135 mm, 1975 Pentax telephoto lens)![]()
If you mean giving treats to ridden horses after getting permission from the rider/owner, then no problem.The horse folk around my farm seem ultra polite and definitely appreciate my bell. They always have a ‘good morning’ for me.
A question?...I’ve thought of carrying equine treats, the ones I give Hank the donkey and his flighty young painted filly GF. Would giving a few of these to Horses and donkeys in my travels bother the human owners?
Gadget…Dillon Co to Breckenridge Co this weekend, 33 miles round trip on paved bike path.
Steve, the experience is the Yamaha SyncDrive Pro motor gives you a noticeable "kick" when you start riding. That might, however, result from the "Zero Cadence" feature of latest Giant motors that provide assistance from the cold start. Bear also in mind European 45 km/h Vados use less torquey but faster 1.2s motor (Brose TF) while the U.S. Vado 5.0 has the 1.3 motor (Brose S Alu), the same as in older Turbo Levos (a 90 Nm MTB motor).You are telling me about the gearing. Let me ask you this way. If they both had exactly the same gearing which motor would feel more powerful? I have two very differently geared bikes with the same motor and yet both motors feel exactly the same to me.
Never! Amazing photos and story Stefan, you really are doing Poland proud!(Will you object if I post many photos?)![]()
Now you've brought some remembrances to me, Randall. I was conscripted to the Army as an officer cadet and did my basic training in Cracow back in 1987. After a month of training, we made our oath and got a 24-hour leave to spend time with our families. We stayed with my young wife at the Hotel Polski you mentioned...stayed in the old town near the Barbican (at the Hotel Polski).