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

[Rás Cnoic]

I'm not a hater of Chinese things. I'm a hater of Chinese crap. It makes a huge difference.

Then you should probably subscribe to Trace Velo, he's bought and tested Chinese parts for years. Mostly road/gravel.
He rides and tests himself, not sponsored and gives honest reviews of what is good value, what works and what doesn't. And with parts he'll often ride for months giving long term reviews on wheels and drivetrain stuff.

Here's a Wheeltop review from him:

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Here's a Wheeltop review from him:

Thank you! Will watch after returning from my ride.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

We will see when my set comes I must be lucky to have a 1x drivetrain and an MTB shifter

 

[Twowheelxtc]

Because Jeremy, you've got lazy on understanding other people's accents from outside the US.

So... just to be clear... you, Stefan, hater of all things Chinese... purchased a CHINESE drivetrain?

I might need to sit down.

I’m not so sure Jeremy is lazy. Some peoples Scottish accents are completely incomprehensible to me too! .

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

I’m not so sure Jeremy is lazy. Some peoples Scottish accents are completely incomprehensible to me too! .

To our credit, we do try to learn to decipher UK accents. Watch at least one UK murder mystery a night. To be honest, the Scots aren't the only ones we need subtitles for.

Of course, if all Scots talked like Craig Furgeson, there'd be no problem. Miss that guy.

I watch all this UK mayhem mainly out of self-defense. When I started, the missus had already read thousands of murder mysteries and really knew her poisons. Now I'm learning the signs.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

There is a Netflix short series by title "Seven Dials" based on Agatha Christie's novel. The thing is set in the interwar period.

The heroine talks with a gentleman. He asks:
-- Do you think it could be about the club in Hunstanton Street?
-- It's Hunston.
-- Hunstanton?
-- It pronounces "Hunston"


Even with someone speaking Received Pronunciation, the place names are pronounced crazily? I know South London well. Once, I cycled in Southwark Street. As I stopped at the red light at a crossing, I was unsure if I recognised the place correctly so I asked a female cyclist:
-- Excuse me. Is the Soh-dock Bridge to the right?
-- ...?
-- Soh-dock Bridge?
-- Do you mean South-wark Bridge? -- she asked.
Then I knew she was a wrong person to ask It is Soh-dock.

 

[RunForTheHills]

When I visited the Boson area for work it was like that. Our office was in Waltham and every local corrected me on how to say the name of the city. It's pronounced something like Walth'm or Walthum. If you say Walth am, they don't like it. And the locals can't pronounce the letter R. The say cah for car and bah for bar.