specialized creo 2

[Stefan Mikes]

Has anyone used the Smart Control option in the MCU for long rides?

Not a Creo 2, not a particularly long ride but Smart Control appeared to be working well.

David Bowie - "Warszawa" | Strava

A Metric Century on a single 533 Wh battery (9% left)! Specialized Mission Control Smart Control used to automatically set the assistance to ensure pedal support during the entire planned ride. NB: I was terribly slowed down by the crowd in the New Town, Old Town, Krakowskie Przedmieście (Cracow...

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Necessary to mention, I have been confronted with the conditions of the upcoming Sudovia Gravel E-Sprint race: A single battery set, no recharging, 80 km, +1000 m, many short climbs up to 16%. I intend to make it on a Vado SL with the main battery + a single RE. I will have to entrust Smart Control whatever it takes. I would only be using Turbo mode on the steepest inclines, and consistently going OFF for any descent. I'm changing the gearing to 36-51T for that race.

 

[charleyt]

Thanks!

My insurance company is Allstate but they brokered it out to Markel. Insured the bike for $10K and the annual premium is $460.

 

[mschwett]

My insurance company is Allstate but they brokered it out to Markel. Insured the bike for $10K and the annual premium is $460.

isn’t it funny how a 50k car which can easily kill or maim people when operated incorrectly costs $80/mo to insure and a 10k bike which can hardly do much damage to anyone but yourself costs $40/mo?!?!?

 

[charleyt]

isn’t it funny how a 50k car which can easily kill or maim people when operated incorrectly costs $80/mo to insure and a 10k bike which can hardly do much damage to anyone but yourself costs $40/mo?!?!?

I know right! And that was the least expensive. Probably won't renew it. One company quoted me $1100 per year. I was surprised it isn't covered under my homeowner's.

 

[mschwett]

I know right! And that was the least expensive. Probably won't renew it. One company quoted me $1100 per year. I was surprised it isn't covered under my homeowner's.

my first creo was stolen out of our garage a couple yeras ago, and it was completely covered, upgrades included, no questions asked. it would not be covered if it wasn’t at home.

 

[charleyt]

my first creo was stolen out of our garage a couple yeras ago, and it was completely covered, upgrades included, no questions asked. it would not be covered if it wasn’t at home.

As soon as I disclose that it's an ebike, insurance companies tell me that ebikes aren't covered by homeowner's. All my acoustic bikes are but not the creo2. I keep all my nice bikes in the house so I'm more concerned about when I'm not at home.

 

[mschwett]

As soon as I disclose that it's an ebike, insurance companies tell me that ebikes aren't covered by homeowner's. All my acoustic bikes are but not the creo2. I keep all my nice bikes in the house so I'm more concerned about when I'm not at home.

i didn’t specifically tell them what it was, but i called it a specialized turbo creo and shared all the receipts. i wonder if they noticed …

 

[AvalancheRun]

My insurance company is Allstate but they brokered it out to Markel. Insured the bike for $10K and the annual premium is $460.

Does that include comprehensive coverage of the bike? I already crashed my week old Creo (lol). Bike and myself were 100% unscathed that time since it happened in a grassy field.

 

[charleyt]

Does that include comprehensive coverage of the bike? I already crashed my week old Creo (lol). Bike and myself were 100% unscathed that time since it happened in a grassy field.

Bicycle Physical Damage Coverage: We will cover sudden, accidental direct physical loss or damage to the insured bicycle.

 

[AvalancheRun]

Little impromptu adventure yesterday. With the Creo every "oh I wonder what's over there..." becomes "well, might as well find out!"

Wiggly like a worm in the mud

And in case you were wondering what tan walls might look like on the Gold Harvest colorway.. I'd say, pretty dang good!

 

[charleyt]

Little impromptu adventure yesterday. With the Creo every "oh I wonder what's over there..." becomes "well, might as well find out!"

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Wiggly like a worm in the mud

And in case you were wondering what tan walls might look like on the Gold Harvest colorway.. I'd say, pretty dang good!

The tan sidewalls and mud look great with that colorway. How wide did you go with the new tires? And I concur, I'm much more willing to explore tangential trails and roads on this bike.

 

[Saratoga Dave]

Funny how the Creo started out a straight road bike, the Evo being sort of an afterthought, it seemed. Look at em now! I have had mine in places I never expected it would see when I bought it, and my son now has my old faithful Giant Toughroad E+ as evidence. Two years, almost 5500 miles and it’s absolutely the best bike I ever owned. For those first two years, riding was almost equally split between the Toughroad and the Creo… from now on it’s all Creo, all the time.

 

[AvalancheRun]

The tan sidewalls and mud look great with that colorway. How wide did you go with the new tires? And I concur, I'm much more willing to explore tangential trails and roads on this bike.

Oh that’s all mud! Nice little mockup of what tan walls might look like.

Running the stock 47s and very satisfied with them so far even for road riding.

 

[charleyt]

Oh that’s all mud! Nice little mockup of what tan walls might look like.

Running the stock 47s and very satisfied with them so far even for road riding.

LOL, I thought those were really tan sidewalls! I very happy with the stock 47s. I measured mine with calipers and they are 48 which is even better.

 

[Easy-Rider]

my first creo was stolen out of our garage a couple yeras ago, and it was completely covered, upgrades included, no questions asked. it would not be covered if it wasn’t at home.

My homeowners covered my 2 bikes valued at $11000 for 800.00.
For the new CREO 2 at $14000. Velo/Markel quoted 749.00.

 

[Easy-Rider]

Having a technical problem with transferring a screen from the Mission Control app to the MCU on my bike. Ridercare says to press both remotes simultaneously to trigger the screen transfer. Not happening. Below is a pic of the screen I’m trying to add to the MCU. Does anyone have a solution?

 

[charleyt]

Having a technical problem with transferring a screen from the Mission Control app to the MCU on my bike. Ridercare says to press both remotes simultaneously to trigger the screen transfer. Not happening. Below is a pic of the screen I’m trying to add to the MCU. Does anyone have a solution?
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In my experience, there is no pushing buttons to "transfer." When I change a field on my phone, it updates instantly on the TCU. Make sure you are using the newest spesh app with the white S on black background. The old app is white S on red background. The newest app is no longer called Mission Control. The new one I believe is simply, The Specialized App.

 

[AvalancheRun]

Having a technical problem with transferring a screen from the Mission Control app to the MCU on my bike. Ridercare says to press both remotes simultaneously to trigger the screen transfer. Not happening. Below is a pic of the screen I’m trying to add to the MCU. Does anyone have a solution?

Also on my list of questions. My bike only shows the very first screen style in the menu. I can switch the one variable (mph) to the other options, but the other screens do not push to the bike.

 

[Easy-Rider]

In my experience, there is no pushing buttons to "transfer." When I change a field on my phone, it updates instantly on the TCU. Make sure you are using the newest spesh app with the white S on black background. The old app is white S on red background. The newest app is no longer called Mission Control. The new one I believe is simply, The Specialized App.

I have the new app. When I talked with Ridercare, they suggested the screens could be synced to the M TCU by pressing both remotes simultaneously. I can use the remotes to toggle back and forth for Microtuning if I don’t want the other ride modes (ie., ECO). But otherwise I only have the battery level showing up on my MTCU. Ridercare suggests having the remotes checked at the shop.

 

[charleyt]

I have the new app. When I talked with Ridercare, they suggested the screens could be synced to the M TCU by pressing both remotes simultaneously. I can use the remotes to toggle back and forth for Microtuning if I don’t want the other ride modes (ie., ECO). But otherwise I only have the battery level showing up on my MTCU. Ridercare suggests having the remotes checked at the shop.

When I'm at home configuring the screens on my phone that I want on my TCU, I never touch the remotes. Now, when I'm on a ride and I want to toggle between the screens I've created, then I press both remotes at the same time. That's how you switch screens on the TCU, press both at the same time. Good luck!