2020 Turbo Vado 5.0 w/Handbuilt Wheels

[Brendon@OEB]

Shoot me a PM with your email. Depending on the wheelset you might be better off selling it as a pair and building a proper set for the Creo. Lets chat further!

 

[Oberst]

Have a close look at the controller ( we’re talking about the + - and set?) To me it looks like it may not be as simple as a longer bolt.
It doesn’t have flexibility like e.g. the handlebar grip for the TCD. Looks very much made to fit the outer ends of mountainbike handlebars, 22.2mm.
I don’t want to be right, I want you to fix what you want with your Vado and happily tell us about it
But have a look. I noticed this just an hour ago when I exchanged my handlebars to get more rise.

Thanks will take a closer look!

 

[Oberst]

Thanks! Seatpost is a bit lighter and the smaller diameter has some give to it, plus I had it laying around. It's an older Shimano PRO Vibe 7s post. Wheels are a little lighter, I could go lighter but these are bombproof. The hubs are better and already broken in. Plus the tires are more road oriented, the main difference is it's easier for the bike to hold 46kph thus giving me a little more range. Not needed, but I like parking it as fast as it'll go on my way to the shop



Converting would be pretty easy with a couple moves. The main challenge is you've got to replace the rear derailleur, Shimano mountain and road derailleurs and shifters have different cable pull ratios. Additionally you want to note which calipers and brake hoses you use, sometimes there is a road drop lever that can work with that system which lets you just replace the shifter/master cylinder versus the entire brake system. GRX stuff is totally rad and would work well, same thing Spec. uses on the Creo. Both the flat bars and 99% of road bars have a bar clamp diameter of 31.8mm, no issue switching over.

I have GRX on my Creo E5 and do love them.

 

[Oberst]

Brendon your front hub is 15 x 100? I thought the Vado SL was similar to the Creo and had a front hub of 12 x 110?

As for a drop bar on the Vado, that kind of reminds me of the 90s when John Tomac raced XC on his MTB but with drop bars. It looked really cool and with the courses they had in those days it was possible. Plus the geometry of XC bikes in the early 90s was very similar to the geometry of gravel bikes of today, which kind of brings us to the current day Diverge. It's the "gravel bike" and one of the models in the line can be had with a flat bar. Interesting how similar some gravel bikes today are to XC bikes of 30 years ago.

Tomac is actually the reason I have been thinking of this! Of course I still think of him as a kid!

 

[Oberst]

Have a close look at the controller ( we’re talking about the + - and set?) To me it looks like it may not be as simple as a longer bolt.
It doesn’t have flexibility like e.g. the handlebar grip for the TCD. Looks very much made to fit the outer ends of mountainbike handlebars, 22.2mm.
I don’t want to be right, I want you to fix what you want with your Vado and happily tell us about it
But have a look. I noticed this just an hour ago when I exchanged my handlebars to get more rise.

You are correct. I took a closer look and it seems like it does not have the adjustability for a drop bar diameter. Maybe with the Creo, Specialized will make one because most of us Creo owners would likely want one as using the top tube button is less than convenient.

 

[Brendon@OEB]

I wouldn't be surprised if there's a piece on the Vado SL that can't be retrofitted to the Creo.