Specialized Turbo Vado/Como/Tero/Tero X User Club

[Stefan Mikes]

Gotcha. Didn't realise the same model & year would have different water bosses. That's strange. And yes the built in light under the stem is a pain to move to enable a handlebar bag to fit. The final incentive for me was the light mount broke and around the same time I saw the correct Lezyne model light with fork arch mount at half price online. Once the change was made it works well. Still have the saddle light also still going strong. In fact I don't have anything to tinker with this bike anymore which is a bit boring!

Except the big one of course. Drop bars! And that's neither cheap nor guaranteed successful.

On quiet days I keep researching options though.

I had a conversation with my friend Alfer who is an extremely strong competing cyclist. Whenever it is a gravel race, he rides a good hardtail XC bike. I know he owns a drop-bar gravel bike so why not to ride it on a race? He said he didn't feel comfortable with the drop bars in rough terrain. He prefers losing on asphalt to be winning off-road.

Also... There is nothing to tinker with my e-bikes, which is a little bit sad