Stefan Mikes
Gravel e-biker
- Region
- Europe
- City
- Mazovia, PL
You can be glad you did the purchase of your life! The Gen 2 Vado SL 5.0 you bought (I mean, the SRAM/Mastermind version) will serve you well for a long time! I'm equally glad to have bought my MY2020 SL 4.0 EQ model in 2021. Over three years of use, a single thing had to be replaced (a crankarm), and over 10,000 miles of adventure! Just think I thought that e-bike wouldn't be for me only 4 months prior the purchase!I purchased a new discounted SL 5.0 this week.
No regrets for me. The SL 6.0 would have been out of my price range too.
I have not used my SL e-xercise bike with motor assist.
I found the SL easy enough to pedal without motor assist, despite quite significant head winds, so no opinion on the additional power or range.
If I could turn the time, that would be the Gen 1 Vado SL 5.0 non-EQ but who knows what the future holds?
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Long time members of this Forums know me as maybe the most carbon-fibre-sceptic person I admit I am a rather careless person of poor situational awareness, and my Vado SL went through a lot Were it made of CF, it would be shattered into little pieces by now
Fancy the following situation:
You are a proud owner of a Vado SL 2 6.0 EQ. You put your e-bike on a kickstand. Suddenly, a strong squall comes. The e-bike is suddenly on its side with the CF chainstay cracked. Does the warranty cover that? I can bet NO.