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No idea. I use the space for the water-bottle and a Range Extender. I usually travel with a small backpack or a pannier.How would you guys organize your full frame bag if you could build it up from scratch?
Yes, pictures of the store and your general impressions. I'm lucky to be a customer of Specialized Warsaw, an excellent store and show-room.Do you want pictures of the store? How is it more about the offered service?
Was not the city an important place for the ancient Roman Empire? The name rings the bell!It's really the local store of a little town of 30k people
I completely agree the Vado SL 4.0 is built ready to rock and anyone thinking of buying it should do it and ride it out of the store as-is. You’ll probably not change one thing. It is that great.Congratulations!! It's an incredible bike as the title of the thread suggests correctly. That said - there are some of us that haven't upgraded a thing and love the SL. Think this way, Specy worked hard on this model with expert bike engineers with plenty of experience contributing to it's design. It was tested and put through focus groups and some great components chosen. Sure, to keep the price down, there is some sacrifice but just because some components aren't the most expensive - they're still very good. Want to really get your money's worth? Then leave the bike as it is and enjoy it that way. Finally, I think folks immediately look to change components just to make the bike their own - different then the rest. But that can be done by adding a bag or something as simple as putting a sticker on the frame. I say keep it the way it is. The way the experts that you paid a lot of money to decided it should be. And have fun!!
Blue and white? I'd be glad to see that!I completely agree the Vado SL 4.0 is built ready to rock and anyone thinking of buying a should do it and ride it out of the store as-is. You’ll probably not change one thing. It is that great.
(said the guy who made some minor comfort changes to his blue and white Vado SL 4.0 EQ now dubbed “El Greco” — The Greek)
Blue and white? I'd be glad to see that!
I had the same problem with my Creo and Garmin 1030+. I did finally get all of the SEPARATE sensors added and it now displays the various values.Thank you Stefan,
I think I will disconnect and reconnect the Garmin later today to make sure I got all sensors.
The Edge Explore does not have a power sensor. One of the reasons it provides a great value if you don't need it. I bought one last year mostly for the larger screen/color map and knowing it didn't have the power sensor. There is a Garmin app that will display power but I found it to be somewhat unreliable - plus it does not integrate as well with garmin connect. I still use my 1030 for recording ride data and the explore just for the map. The Explore does have an e-bike sensor and that is all you should have to pair with the bike to read cadence/battery %/assist level. There is an option to have a dedicated ebike display screen as well.I need a bit of assistance here I guess.
I have paired a Garmin Edge Explore with the SL 5.0 and get speed, cadence, assist level (1/3/5), as well as battery level transmitted nicely.
I am on the lookout for the power in watts that the rider and/or bike deliver. I think the bike transmits that via ANT+, at least I seem to remember that somewhere in the last 65 pages I read this. However, I can not get the power displayed. Is it a limitation of my Garmin? I have not tried the original TCD so far but the manual states it displays power, and since it's all just ANT+ it shouldn't matter which display you use at the end...
Here’s a way you can see both rider power and motor power in an analysis after you finish a ride:Replying to myself here:
Did a test ride to work with the TCD and the Garmin (not connected to sensors) just for the map. Had the Mission Control App running to track the ride.
Both the Garmin and MC uploaded identical tracks to Komoot (was unsure if the phone GPS would be as accurate as the Garmin's), so I deleted the app from the Garmin and will probably only use it as a map from here on. The TCD fits into the whole SL philosophy so nicely.
Just because I'm a bit slow: if I don't start a ride with the MC app, I don't get anything recorded, right?