Specialized Turbo Vado/Como/Tero/Tero X User Club
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Phyz
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@Stefan Mikes did not cast the hood-wearing as funny, he wondered if the Bubba in the photo might have considered it funny. So slow down, peddlers, there is no fight to be seen here.
Finally got my Vado 5.0! It took 2 weeks after ordering at my LBS. They forgot to tighten the seat angle adjustment, didn't adjust the derailleur correctly, and left the front fender a bit crooked, but at least they put a class 1 sticker on it! 
I went on an 8 mile ride, hills feel like they're flat, it's wonderful.
I went on an 8 mile ride, hills feel like they're flat, it's wonderful.
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TMH
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Yes, I also received the Class 1 sticker with my 28mph Vado 4.0 documentation package (but not applied to the bike). (I'm tempted to put it on my wife's Juiced HyperScorpion when we get the bike )
I guess that maybe Specialized shops can restrict the top assist speed on these bikes if the customer happens to want it, or the jurisdiction mandates it?
Congrats on your new bike!
)I guess that maybe Specialized shops can restrict the top assist speed on these bikes if the customer happens to want it, or the jurisdiction mandates it?
Congrats on your new bike!
The eastern part of San Diego was for many years a conservative Stronghold and had lots of clan activities. Infact the name of the town, that this guy was shopping in (Santee) is known by local San Diegans as “Clantee” because of a violent race based murder of a black marine in the 90’s so unfortunately it is not surprising.
Stefan Mikes
Gravel e-biker
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- Europe
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- Mazovia, PL
Friends,
It must be some nightmare. The Specialized LBS in Warsaw intends to keep my Vado for two weeks. I start suspecting there is something very wrong with them. Considering a complaint to Specialized B.V.
Worse, the local workshop may not return my Lovelec this week (they claim something serious is broken, perhaps a bearing). A hopeless situation.
It must be some nightmare. The Specialized LBS in Warsaw intends to keep my Vado for two weeks. I start suspecting there is something very wrong with them. Considering a complaint to Specialized B.V.
Worse, the local workshop may not return my Lovelec this week (they claim something serious is broken, perhaps a bearing). A hopeless situation.
TMH
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This is terrible news Stefan Mikes. Is there no way you can arrange a loaner bike through the shops now that your own bikes will be tied up so long for (warranty?) repair?
There is that old saying: "When life gives you lemons - Make lemonade!" Perhaps it is time for a new e-bike for you? Any new bikes you have been looking at?
Too bad you don't live near me in California - I have loaner e-bikes!
There is that old saying: "When life gives you lemons - Make lemonade!" Perhaps it is time for a new e-bike for you? Any new bikes you have been looking at?
Too bad you don't live near me in California - I have loaner e-bikes!
rochrunner
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- Rochester Hills MI
Here in Michigan, the "class system" is a mess. Statewide, Class 1 is permitted on all trails and MUPs unless specifically prohibited; Classes 2 & 3 are prohibited unless specifically permitted. So right now, I can go on a 10-mile ride on a trail that permits Class 1 & 2 (Class 2 is 20mph with throttle) that connects with a Class 1-only trail, which leads right onto a trail that permits anything that requires pedaling (Classes 1 & 3). Moreover, I only know this because I have particular interest in the trail network development; none of these regulations are posted anywhere along the trails as far as I have seen!Yes, I also received the Class 1 sticker with my 28mph Vado 4.0 documentation package (but not applied to the bike). (I'm tempted to put it on my wife's Juiced HyperScorpion when we get the bike
I guess that maybe Specialized shops can restrict the top assist speed on these bikes if the customer happens to want it, or the jurisdiction mandates it?
Congrats on your new bike!
However, enforcement is also non-existent unless they catch someone with a gas engine-powered cycle. Other than that, I'm not sure how many enforcement officers care about it or know how to check.
Cyklefanatic
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In Ontario Canada class 3 is not legal. However I do see the odd class 3 on the road that I assume were imported from the States. All ebikes are banned from bike trails here but enforcement is non existent. Police have better things to do. But if you run into someone then police will use all the laws to charge you. So responsibility is with the rider to do no harm.
Sierratim
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- USA
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- Nevada City, CA & Paradise Valley, AZ
Two MORE weeks for the Vado display swap?! This for a well documented procedure that Specialized estimates to take an hour. Our LBS had to replace my wife's TCD display under warranty. They had the bike back the same day. Admittedly the battery nest wasn't involved, but lots of disassembly since the wiring harnesses are integral to the display.
Stefan Mikes
Gravel e-biker
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- Europe
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- Mazovia, PL
Ah, the service queue at the Specialized LBS is such long...
The other workshop wants to replace the chain, the cassette and the brake pads in the Lovelec for equivalent of US$120. Suckers! I don't believe that's necessary after just 2000 km on a hub-drive e-bike.
You should be aware TMH Poland is "e-bike backwards country". No help.
It's really the time for the third e-bike but so far Moustache in France haven't replied to my request. My problem is I don't want a 25 km/h e-bike. Yes I could buy a good e-MTB very easily but that makes no sense in the flatland. I need speed. Full suspension if possible. And the bike must look sexy
There are hardly any bikes like that.Don't talk Haibike: I don't like them visually. R & M are too heavy.
Stefan Mikes
Gravel e-biker
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- Europe
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- Mazovia, PL
The taste is so individual... I perceive the Vado as the sexiest of them all. Fast innit. What is missing in my Vado is any suspension (I made it up with shock handlebars and air shock dropper post). Moustache Friday 27 FS is fast, FS, beautifully designed, not overly heavy but with poor presence in Poland
TMH
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What is missing is your Vado from your garage!
Stefan Mikes
Gravel e-biker
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- Europe
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- Mazovia, PL
Guys, I have a feeling inside my guts the Warsaw guys screwed up my Vado and now try and hide the fact and get help and parts from the Netherlands. I wrote an official complaint to the Marketing Manager of the company asking for a sort of compensation. If it is not solved, the matter will go to Specialized Poland, then to Specialized B.V.
Stefan Mikes
Gravel e-biker
- Region
- Europe
- City
- Mazovia, PL
There are several possible explanations:
- It is indeed a high season and the LBS planned their activities wrongly. The guy might have thought the conversion would be a piece of cake and then he watched the video, making him feel incapable (and lacking tools), so he sent the bike to the other shop where there is a long queue waiting for service OR
- The guy tried and screwed up something. For instance, the motor wouldn't start after the conversion. The company needs to cover the fact, get help from Holland, order the inadvertently damaged part.
Saratoga Dave
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C’mon, Stefan, take a walk on the wild side. Maybe something like a Giant Revolt e+. Get you out in the woods a bit!
It would be a Levo, my guess!
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