Haha well I don't know the exact cause of the fault yet, but I would say the UK is generally a wetter country than Poland. You certainly experience more extremes in weather but overall the UK has more rainfall. The past year has been particularly good - and not really representative of the average year. Drizzle, light rain and misty conditions are not uncommon in the UK, even throughout a typical summer. Certainly in the last month or so we've experienced quite a bit of rainfall.I had no single electrical failure over 3 ½ years and I ride my Vado SL all year long and in any weather. It happened to me to ride through a creek with the motor fully immersed in water. No issues.
I hope no one will be as brave as to claim the Polish weather is more lenient than the one in Britain, innit
It's not about that. We just get a LOT more feckin'rain! Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn... about 1,220mm average per year. Poland only around 600mm (thanks wiki). Not cold, currently it's around 5c and dry-ish, Last weekend it was 15c and wet, on the bike I had far too many clothes on. Ireland and UK get so much rain from Atlantic storms with the prevailing wind coming across from the Gulf of Mexico gathering water as they come. Eastern parts from say Kent to Norfolk and on up the East coast get more continental, dry and much colder (in winter) weather. Kent is like France I always tell my sister who lives there! In the summer they could be at 28 to 34c in sunshine and we'll only be around 17-20c and probably raining again.I had no single electrical failure over 3 ½ years and I ride my Vado SL all year long and in any weather. It happened to me to ride through a creek with the motor fully immersed in water. No issues.
I hope no one will be as brave as to claim the Polish weather is more lenient than the one in Britain, innit
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It must be me but I really dislike the way SKS Speedrockers look on the bike from the photos.Glad to hear this Rás, I've just ordered the Speedrockers yesterday!... and a few days ago I ordered some Continental Terra Speed (40C) gravel tyres for extra grip on the muddy/gravel paths... Gives me some confidence that they might fit!
But that doesn't give you a lot of coverage. The speedrockers give around 80% front & rear i think. Mind you I'm fitting a front mudflap tomorrow. I'll pop up some pics when done - roads here are like streams with all the water flowing off the moors and even with the speed rockers theres a lot of water kicking up. Doing a lot of riding at the moment and am aware all this water is hitting my feet (have waterproof boots but still) and the motor area. So got this German 'FAHRER LATZ' mudflap off amazon, arrived today. Lets see if it fits the speed rockers.
Wow, we're protected against 2-inch rounds! Good to know.
Yeah it could be as simple as a loose connection. With the RE connected it all works fine. In other circumstances I'd be opening it up and having a look but given its age and under warranty I'm going to leave it for the shop to sort out. I don't want to do anything to void that warranty, especially as Specialized sound proactive at fixing/replacing things.
