My dealer was having a Specialized E-bike Demo event this afternoon, with Specialized company reps and techs present to answer questions, etc. First off, I noticed that pretty much all they had were Levos and Lenovos, plus a lone Como and a Creo or two. No Vados at all, SL or otherwise. The reason they gave? They are "hot commodities" right now and every one that's available goes straight to a bike shop (my dealer has no 5.0s on his incoming schedule that goes out about 45 days).
I don't ride with my phone outside of a bag but I've seen the quad lock recommended for a stem mount. It looks like a stem mount will be a bit more protected than forward of the bars.
www.quadlockcase.eu
Now I’m curious if augmenting the Futureshock on my Vado 5 SL with Redshift ShockStop would produce any benefit.
Then I must thank my lucky stars! Today I went to pick up my Vado 5 SL, it was ready but I didn’t receive it because my English speaking Specialized person was out sick with a hangover after an overnight Tour De France party (apparently one of the riders, some famous dude, matched a world record for a number of stages, on an S-Works bike). Anyways I saw my bike on the floor with several signs saying “Sold” and “Custom Built” because they said they’d tired of people asking to buy it
. The delivery timing is perfect - our rainy season ends early next week.i'm sorry, i would be at said employees house taking him to work.Then I must thank my lucky stars! Today I went to pick up my Vado 5 SL, it was ready but I didn’t receive it because my English speaking Specialized person was out sick with a hangover after an overnight Tour De France party (apparently one of the riders, some famous dude, matched a world record for a number of stages, on an S-Works bike). Anyways I saw my bike on the floor with several signs saying “Sold” and “Custom Built” because they said they’d tired of people asking to buy it
Mark Cavendish, at 34 years old and left out of the TdF the last two years because they thought he was "too old", comes back with a different team and ties Eddie Merckx's sacred record, and he's just "some famous dude"? I assume you meant that humorously!
Just to back this up, in early April when I took my new 2019 Vado 3.0 to my LBS to have it assembled the owner told me he wished he had 25 of them. He has them ordered but won’t receive them until February 2022. That is 8 months from now, but 10 months from when he told me that. I know they are in demand and there are delays in shipping but WOW! Almost a year? Thank goodness I overcame my cheapness and decided to grab mine!Well, I'm afraid I received some bad news about my possibility of getting my Vado SL 5.0 anytime soon.
The bad news is that, even though they're building the 5.0s and other SLs right now, there is a big holdup on shipping them over. In addition to the fact that international shipping is a big mess right now (ships sometimes waiting weeks to be unloaded at the ports, having to send ships back empty, etc.), the SL poses a particular problem. Lithium-ion batteries have strict transport regulations that, among other things, requires their being shipped in special (i.e., expensive) containers. With most e-bikes, the batteries are shipped separately in such a container and the rest of the bike is sent in the usual manner. But the non-removable batteries in the SL models require that the entire bike has to be shipped in an approved container, and of course you can't get nearly as many complete bikes inside a container as you could if just shipping the batteries.
The upshot? The guy in the know at Specialized said that if it's not already scheduled to show up, not to expect to see it until 2022! In the long run, I'm perfectly OK with that. I wasn't really ready to go through the whole new-bike thing in the middle of my riding season and was hoping not to get it too soon. I've bought my last few bikes during the winter season when I can take them down to my workshop to go over them closely when I'm not in a hurry and also to accessorize them with the right bottle cages, pedals, etc. And it will give me time to decide how to sell my Vado 4.0.
So now I'll have something to look forward to over the winter and have a reason to get out there as soon as the snow melts! On the other hand, if a stray SL 5.0 happens to show up at a shop within a reasonable distance yet this year...
Not. It would be counter-productive and wrong. Don't even try to install two suspension systems together. Both have different characteristics. Installing both wouldn't bring any benefit; on contrary, it could create unpredictable and weird outcome. (For similar reasons, no other form of front suspension shall be used if the suspension fork is already there).
Congratulations! I'm so happy to hear you'll get your beautiful Vado SL soon!Then I must thank my lucky stars! Today I went to pick up my Vado 5 SL, it was ready but I didn’t receive it because my English speaking Specialized person was out sick with a hangover after an overnight Tour De France party (apparently one of the riders, some famous dude, matched a world record for a number of stages, on an S-Works bike). Anyways I saw my bike on the floor with several signs saying “Sold” and “Custom Built” because they said they’d tired of people asking to buy it
Mark Cavendish, the “Manx Missle”, a sprinter, has 34 career TDF stage wins, an unbelievable accomplishment, now tied with Eddy Merckx, the “Cannibal.” He could likely surpass that stage win record with two more flat stages left in this year’s TDF. But Eddy in addition, also has 5 overall TDF wins, a combined record that will likely never be matched, as riders are much more specialized today.Then I must thank my lucky stars! Today I went to pick up my Vado 5 SL, it was ready but I didn’t receive it because my English speaking Specialized person was out sick with a hangover after an overnight Tour De France party (apparently one of the riders, some famous dude, matched a world record for a number of stages, on an S-Works bike). Anyways I saw my bike on the floor with several signs saying “Sold” and “Custom Built” because they said they’d tired of people asking to buy it
But Lance Armstrong won seven times! Although he did need a little assistance. But then again so do we
Haha! Lovely!But Lance Armstrong won seven times! Although he did need a little assistance. But then again so do we
Officially Armstrong didn't win anyBut Lance Armstrong won seven times! Although he did need a little assistance. But then again so do we
. And come to think of it, maybe Cavendish's bike is a disguised Creo! Might explain why Cav’s chain comes off after ever sprint!Officially Armstrong didn't win any
That should be OK since the Garmin operates using ANT+ signals that are "broadcast" by the bike. It's not a connection-oriented protocol like Bluetooth, so any number of devices can be reading the same ANT+ data. By contrast, with a Bluetooth connection, you can't connect both BLEvo and Mission Control at the same time.
Is that a purple/black fade?
