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

Well, Karl has an option to buy it as his dream e-bike :) My point is TREK decided to use a Fazua motor for that e-bike, and that was a grave mistake. A motor you could not trust and an exorbitant price.

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This man bought a 2021 TREK e-Caliber for his wife, and he asks her to lend him the e-bike for gravel races :) He always wins them even if the assistance is limited to 25 km/h :)

Meanwhile, TREK has decided to discontinue the e-Caliber because it was troublesome and didn't sell. Meaning, the @BioWheel's idea to make an XC gravel e-bike was not commercially justified. He can still buy a Vado SL 2 LTD Racing or a Levo SL carbon :)

The SL Racing model downtube is too big. I'm picky about that - down tube should have less circumferance than water bottle imo. And why do batteries have to go in one spot in the down tube? Make the downtube smaller and have smaller battery packs located in other parts of the frame as well.
 
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