Hiya,
I'm 40 from the sunny England. I've ridden bikes plenty, had a Specialized Sirrus for a lot of years and then a Trek which I can't remember the model. I absolutely loved my Sirrus so looking into e-bikes, the Vado SL was an obvious choice.
I haven't bought it yet, I'm going to test ride the 4.0 tomorrow.
I'm looking for a bike primary for commuting on roads and local cycle tracks which are a mixture of Roads, gravel and hard dirt tracks. Ideally I want to lose weight as well, I'm a bigger guy 230lbs so the limited assistance the bike seems to offer will be better for me.
Couple of questions - Being currently bigger, would the bigger motor in the 5.0 be needed? The terrain I'm going to cycle on will be relativity smooth but just how hard are the shocks felt? I'd prefer the 5.0 but i'm just not sure its worth the extra £700 or so.
I look forward to looking around here and hopefully offering some input when I get a bike.
Thanks,
I'm 40 from the sunny England. I've ridden bikes plenty, had a Specialized Sirrus for a lot of years and then a Trek which I can't remember the model. I absolutely loved my Sirrus so looking into e-bikes, the Vado SL was an obvious choice.
I haven't bought it yet, I'm going to test ride the 4.0 tomorrow.
I'm looking for a bike primary for commuting on roads and local cycle tracks which are a mixture of Roads, gravel and hard dirt tracks. Ideally I want to lose weight as well, I'm a bigger guy 230lbs so the limited assistance the bike seems to offer will be better for me.
Couple of questions - Being currently bigger, would the bigger motor in the 5.0 be needed? The terrain I'm going to cycle on will be relativity smooth but just how hard are the shocks felt? I'd prefer the 5.0 but i'm just not sure its worth the extra £700 or so.
I look forward to looking around here and hopefully offering some input when I get a bike.
Thanks,