GuruUno
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OK, I saw Stephan had a very similar beginning with his SL 4.0 and installed the RedShift seat post and stem shock to lessen the pains.
Being in a similar situation but having a preference for the Kinekt line of products I'm planning the installation of their seat post shock and stem shock products.
However, I remember that I had previously purchased a Redshift seat post shock for my former Allant 9S and then replaced it with the Kinekt, I knew it was somewhere....yep, I had put it on my wife's Electra Townie Commute 8D. Same post diameter as the Vado SL (27.2), so I figure I could try it out before making a permanent decision as to which one to ultimately get. However, the 5.0 SL has that light in the back of the seat and the wire goes down the seat post tube into the motor area (connected with pins to remove if necessary in the wire a few inches from the bottom of the seat tube).
So I figured heck, we are going for a long ride tomorrow, let me use her post for a day to get the comparison started. Unfortunately, I was not ready to begin a major engineering feat drilling a hole (deciding where on the post), and of most concern, how to route the wire through the center of the Redshift post so it does not get chewed up by the spring (the center of the post looks like it would allow passage, but the wire should most likely be in some sort of protective shroud). Killed that idea so I'll order the Kinekt, as all that has to be done is the hole to be drilled near the top to allow the passage of the wire to the light on the seat.
The next problem, engineering a different mounting (light) for an optional seat if the OEM seat is not used.
So, I'm going to take a breath and think things out but yes, the SL is a nice bike, truly a "fitness" bike as Stephan calls it. After a few weeks of riding the new Vado SL I'm really gonna enjoy the "old" Turbo Vado 5.0, I'll equate it to riding in a limousine I'd bet.
The bottom line is the SL needs some customization to meet the needs of us older folks and I have no problem with that. Just poking around to see if anyone has maybe tackled the retrofit seat post and lighting issue previously.
Being in a similar situation but having a preference for the Kinekt line of products I'm planning the installation of their seat post shock and stem shock products.
However, I remember that I had previously purchased a Redshift seat post shock for my former Allant 9S and then replaced it with the Kinekt, I knew it was somewhere....yep, I had put it on my wife's Electra Townie Commute 8D. Same post diameter as the Vado SL (27.2), so I figure I could try it out before making a permanent decision as to which one to ultimately get. However, the 5.0 SL has that light in the back of the seat and the wire goes down the seat post tube into the motor area (connected with pins to remove if necessary in the wire a few inches from the bottom of the seat tube).
So I figured heck, we are going for a long ride tomorrow, let me use her post for a day to get the comparison started. Unfortunately, I was not ready to begin a major engineering feat drilling a hole (deciding where on the post), and of most concern, how to route the wire through the center of the Redshift post so it does not get chewed up by the spring (the center of the post looks like it would allow passage, but the wire should most likely be in some sort of protective shroud). Killed that idea so I'll order the Kinekt, as all that has to be done is the hole to be drilled near the top to allow the passage of the wire to the light on the seat.
The next problem, engineering a different mounting (light) for an optional seat if the OEM seat is not used.
So, I'm going to take a breath and think things out but yes, the SL is a nice bike, truly a "fitness" bike as Stephan calls it. After a few weeks of riding the new Vado SL I'm really gonna enjoy the "old" Turbo Vado 5.0, I'll equate it to riding in a limousine I'd bet.
The bottom line is the SL needs some customization to meet the needs of us older folks and I have no problem with that. Just poking around to see if anyone has maybe tackled the retrofit seat post and lighting issue previously.
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