Stefan Mikes
Gravel e-biker
- Region
- Europe
- City
- Mazovia, PL
Greatly.Has my attitude improved?
Now, as you are not happy with a powerful motor: Have you ever considered a Vado SL?
Greatly.Has my attitude improved?
You certainly are a fit person, and could make a Metric Century (62 miles) on the 710 Wh battery easily. Am not sure about the ft 4k on the same ride though. We must be different people in the terms of health/fitness. My 78 mile +5100 ft ride ate as much as 981 Wh from my batteries. My average assistance level was 50/50% on that ride.I don't think there's a lot of bikes out there, certainly not the Vado SL, that could safely pull that off (even with the range extender).
Interesting about the motor power. I have the Tero 4.0 & find the power is spot on. Maybe the 5.0 is more setup for touring with luggage?
I must be lucky with Mision control (MC) as it works perfectly. When I first got bike I logged ride on Watch to as not certain MC would be reliable. MC & bike updated by shop & my iPhone (12 pro) is also updated, so maybe this helps.
I have a set of Hunt enduro wide wheels & some Maxxis Recon 2.6s coming today. As the Spez 2.6s fitted I’m pretty certain these will. Was worried about 2.6 tires on standard 25mm rims. Hunts are 30mm. I ride in the Surrey hills & some of the trails are very rooty, to much for the standard size 2.35, 80kg rider & 25kg bike. 2.6 are a big improvement, just hoping they are same physical size as the Spez tires & fit!
I’m a cycle mechanic so can mess around with swapping parts easily. Was also handy that a customer came in yesterday desperate for some wheels so sold him the ones of my Tero. They are good wheels, with serviceable free hub & sealed cartridge bearings. They took everything I threw at them including trying 22psi as tubeless & still ran true.
I’m now looking replacing the forks
You'll find out it is not easily done It's Specializedand remove the EQ!
With a hard tail you kinda need to have your butt off the seat slightly when hitting that sorta stuff with the rear wheel.Wider tires would help a little but I suspect you'd find the ride feels pretty similar to the Trek Powerfly 5 and there's probably not much you can do to significantly improve that.
And has a smallish battery. That explains the cost difference very well. (You wouldn't like to know what the bigger battery costs).Or how about upgrading the fork on the Tero 3? But then still less powerful.