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

Stefan Mikes said:
Here's my brother Jacek's latest performance on my Vado. 100.9 km and still 1/3 of the 604 Wh battery left! The maximum range would be 150 km (93 mi), while the practical range is 144 km (90 miles). Jacek had the motor set to 20/20 assistance for all the modes to not to be tempted for more pedal-assistance :D We rode both (I rode my Lovelec) and we had average speed of 25.12 km/h (15.6 mph). Note: Jacek could maintain over 35 km/h (21.7 mph) for 7 km (4.3 mi) at that assistance level. We actually caught up with a road-cyclist over that distance :D

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Can anyone tell me if it is possible to save an assistance level below 20% in Mission Control? Jacek could not do it with his iPhone.

My brother has returned the Vado to me after a month's use. He delivered the bike in the condition better than at the beginning of the lease. He has even made a new mudflap for the front fender, and it looks like the original!
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I'm with Tim, on my Android I can adjust as much or little I want. Granted it's on TURBO the whole time...love that speed, 46-47kph, oh yeah!
 
Phyz said:
Vado veterans: my rides have been pretty tame so far. But I do have a bit of anxiety regarding flats. What should I have in my trunk bag for quick fixes? I hope I don’t need to remove the rear wheel, especially on the trail.

Still on my OEM Triggers. I think @Sierratim mentioned thorn strips? I see there are slime inner tubes... Some people have gone to different tires?

Please advise.

(BTW, I did get an A2 air inflator from Cycplus and just got a Topeak D2 smart gauge.)
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Again, I'll echo Tim (nice job Tim!) Flats are a fact of life and why you'll love mid drive bikes, flats are just as easy to deal with as an analog bike. Slime tubes have never been worth the money and an absolute nightmare from mess as well as fuss letting air out of the tube. Plus they're heavy and can give a poor ride.

Tire liners/tube protectors are OKAY, but make for more fuss on the side of the road. I'm running a leftover Continental tire we had laying around the shop since I'm on the road 100% of the time, even if I did gravel it'll do fine. Schwalbe Marathon is a known quantity, size is your friend. Larger tires are more resilient to flats and the increased rolling resistance doesn't matter as much on an e bike.

I just ordered in the tire equipped on older Vado's, the Electrak but haven't installed yet as I've only got 820km's on the bike thus far.
 
Sierratim said:
We'll be riding our mechs in that area tomorrow. Should be a bit cooler...I hope! 🙄
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It wasn't cooler, hit 100°F on our ride on Sacramento's River parkway Trail. We normally carry 2 water bottles each and refill at public fountains. With the virus we avoided this but were completley out when we got back to the car. More water bottles next ride...😎
 
Stefan Mikes said:
Tim, are your wheel rims in the Vado tubeless ready? It is a question, not a suggestion. I'm not sure about mine.
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Stefan, I haven't been able to identify the make and model of my Vado rims. They have a repeating graphic on them, but no make or model I can find.
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This reflective graphic is repeated 3 times on each side of the rim, but no make or model.

I don't believe the rims are tubeless rated as Specialized doesn't advertise this. My sons tell me that these rims can be converted to tubeless. They'd recommend changing the tires to tubeless rated models, not that I plan on doing this...😎
 
Sierratim said:
It wasn't cooler, hit 100°F on our ride on Sacramento's River parkway Trail. We normally carry 2 water bottles each and refill at public fountains. With the virus we avoided this but were completley out when we got back to the car. More water bottles next ride...😎
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Also rocket red is always the hotterest color, right?
 
Sierratim said:
It wasn't cooler, hit 100°F on our ride on Sacramento's River parkway Trail. We normally carry 2 water bottles each and refill at public fountains. With the virus we avoided this but were completley out when we got back to the car. More water bottles next ride...😎
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Was it the Jedediah Smith Trail you were on? There’s some nice shade in the American River Parkway.

The Ψ symbol on the rim is pretty funny. Probably more appropriate for tires or tubes. Psi, indeed! Actually, it looks like a psi and a bar. These guys, I’m telling ya...
 
Phyz said:
The Ψ symbol on the rim is pretty funny. Probably more appropriate for tires or tubes. Psi, indeed! Actually, it looks like a psi and a bar. These guys, I’m telling ya...
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Actually, it is the "Turbo" logo, that is, the on/off switch symbol.
 
Phyz said:
Was it the Jedediah Smith Trail you were on? There’s some nice shade in the American River Parkway.

The Ψ symbol on the rim is pretty funny. Probably more appropriate for tires or tubes. Psi, indeed! Actually, it looks like a psi and a bar. These guys, I’m telling ya...
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No, we rode south through Old Town Sac, past the Pocket area to Garcia Park and back. Some good shade, but the miles on the river dikes are just hot!
 
Nice ride home this evening after a little date night at the shop. Como bars cut down about 1.5", Ergon Biocork grips, Racktime panniers, loving it!
 

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Stock rims, heck no! We built them up, DT 350 hubs to Velocity Aileron rims with their custom anno Mango color. Clipless pedals because it's just natural for me, tried to use tennis shoes but I'm too used to clipless at this point unless I'm riding my track bike around town with toe cages.
 
Brendon@TBSM said:
Stock rims, heck no! We built them up, DT 350 hubs to Velocity Aileron rims with their custom anno Mango color. Clipless pedals because it's just natural for me, tried to use tennis shoes but I'm too used to clipless at this point unless I'm riding my track bike around town with toe cages.
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Do like my clipless pedals...😎
 
Brendon@TBSM said:
Clipless pedals because it's just natural for me, tried to use tennis shoes but I'm too used to clipless at this point unless I'm riding my track bike around town with toe cages.
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It seems you've never tried Adidas FiveTen shoes with platform pedals from CrankBrothers, Race Face or OneUp :)

I think Steve Jones is riding in the 510s here:
 
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