Specialized Turbo Vado SL: An Incredible E-Bike (User Club)

[Stefan Mikes]

Ride whatever suits you the best, @Ebikelife72! And yes, perhaps the future SL 2 Alloy would be the best for you! (I'd say Creo 2 has too a small battery for your needs).

Completely off-topic: The man behind Gravel.Love is getting various demo e-bikes from sponsors. Just yesterday, he was on the Warsaw BRIDGES group ride (he organizes). My brother showed up at the start line but resigned from the ride because of bad weather (wet, muddy, windy). Therefore, Kufel went on the ride with a single buddy. He rode... a Canyon Grizl:ON gravel e-bike. I could see his performance data on Strava and was indeed impressed!

https://www.strava.com/activities/13137356302

Bear in mind e-bikes are restricted to 25 km/h in Europe.

 

[Ebikelife72]

Ride whatever suits you the best, @Ebikelife72! And yes, perhaps the future SL 2 Alloy would be the best for you! (I'd say Creo 2 has too a small battery for your needs).

Completely off-topic: The man behind Gravel.Love is getting various demo e-bikes from sponsors. Just yesterday, he was on the Warsaw BRIDGES group ride (he organizes). My brother showed up at the start line but resigned from the ride because of bad weather (wet, muddy, windy). Therefore, Kufel went on the ride with a single buddy. He rode... a Canyon Grizl:ON gravel e-bike. I could see his performance data on Strava and was indeed impressed!

https://www.strava.com/activities/13137356302

Bear in mind Euro e-bikes are restricted to 25 km/h.

I very seriously considered the Grizl ON. It’s a great looking bike, has a nice Bosch system. I’m hesitant because I can’t ride one prior and the geometry seems to be a little different than my preference. And again, I need to see how I like drop bars. So far after a couple short rides on my new to me Diverge I like them fine. I agree that the SL2 is likely to fit my needs the best.

 

[2wheelsgood]

I would have thought that if you had a Sirrus and a Tero X then you have all bases covered, certainly no need for another bike to fund and maintain.

The 15.5mph limit on the Vado SL does limit things if you are wanting to press on though. My Vado SL in Turbo mode is slower than my old 11kg non-motorised hybrid over a rolling 6 mile circular speed route. The reason is that when I am on maximum attack mode the motor is rarely activated even on the hills - I am however attacking the same hill on a much heavier bike.

Result is I am a full 90 secs faster over the same short route on the non-powered bike vs the SL in Turbo mode. This of course would change on a different route if there was some properly steep hills! The SL would also be faster if I was doing the same route at <70% effort as I would be slap bang in the motor assist zone in that situation.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

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The 15.5mph limit on the Vado SL does limit things if you are wanting to press on though.

His limit is 28 mph (USA Class 3). Just saying