ShockStop Stem on Vado SL

[rochrunner]

The thread's been hijacked by "the usual suspects" but anyway I ordered the Lupine head spacer mount and short extensions from BUP labs. This has the advantage of mounting the headlight lower where it's out of the way of the cables and also allows more room for my to mount my GoPro when filming for FulGaz and Rouvy (separate bar-mounted mount). The worst part of things like this is having to buy inexpensive small parts and getting hit with high shipping costs. A lot of sites have things like "Free shipping on order over $50", which is kind of hard to achieve when you're buying a $20 item. And a lot of these items could be shipped cheaply by putting them in an envelope and dropping them into the regular mail instead of using expensive "priority mail" services and big shipping companies.

Anyway, problem solved thanks to help from @Base and other forum members.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Glad to hear you could solve the case!

 

[Rás Cnoic]

You could measure the actual width of your tyres using a caliper, Ras. I can measure mine.

With apologies to Rochrunner for continuing with the hijack- measured the Byways; 44-45mm. I might fling on the Gravelkings at weekend and can check those, but they feel wider then the Byways so we'll see if they actually are despite the 43mm rating.

Now back to your normally advertised programming. The idea for the fork mounted light fitting on my Vado SL that I installed a few years back and is brilliant, actually came from this exact thread where all this was discussed previously and a helpful contributor back then (forgotten who) laid out exactly which parts and how they attached the light etc with helpful photos. I wish there was a much better indexing system on this site because most topics have been discussed in the past but are now hard to find.

 

[Twowheelxtc]

was it anything similar to this? Installed tightly no lower than the rim for safety. There are various stub light mounts that work ok.

https://uk.ortlieb.com/cdn/shop/files/productimage-f9966-2.jpg?v=1736937978&width=2000

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[Stefan Mikes]

measured the Byways; 44-45mm.

No idea how you could fit a Byway and a Speedrocker on a Vado SL 1 frame size M as the clearance between the tyre and the seat-stays on that e-bike is very tight.

 

[Rás Cnoic]

No idea how you could fit a Byway and a Speedrocker on a Vado SL 1 frame size M as the clearance between the tyre and the seat-stays on that e-bike is very tight.

What can I tell you!

As you know well, I've had them on for around 3 years now with the (potentially wider) Gravelkings SK (small knobs) 43mm on for a year+ before then. It looks tight, but it doesn't ever rub.

Here's some pics from 2023 shortly after I'd chucked them on. I posted these back then, pretty sure.

Great tyres. Would buy them again.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

OK, Ras, I could not handle the 42 mm Rhombus or Tracer together with the rear Speedrocker on my Vado SL. I gave the rear mudguard to a friend and installed an Ass Savers Win Wing 2 instead. The problem solved.

 

[Rás Cnoic]

OK, Ras, I could not handle the 42 mm Rhombus or Tracer together with the rear Speedrocker on my Vado SL. I gave the rear mudguard to a friend and installed an Ass Savers Win Wing 2 instead. The problem solved.

Like I said, different tyres different fits. Especial gravel/mtb with protruding knobs.

 

[rochrunner]

I installed my ShockStop stem and headlight mount today and I think it came out looking pretty good. I went with the Lupine spacer mount and an extension that I found on Amazon (nice quality aluminum). As usual, nothing is as smooth as you picture it going beforehand and I did have to spend some time due to what I consider a design shortcoming on the Lupine part. I'll contact them at some point to let them know about it.

I was very impressed with Redshift's engineering and the way that they provide the special tool to easily remove and install the polymer cushions. I had no trouble at all following their directions and won't hesitate to change it out again if their recommended starting point doesn't work out.

Now to get all of my custom "bar hardware" swapped over from the 5.0. I'll probably also install the headlight switch that I had on the other bike. It was a good move on my part to install the switch using the OEM-style wiring connectors as it took about a minute to remove it and reconnect the OEM wiring. Installation on the new bike should also go smoothly (famous last words ).

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Oh, how nicely done, Doug!