The All-New Turbo Vado SL 2

Nothing delivers more power, speed, and range at such lightweight than Turbo Vado SL 2 Carbon. It’s a premium, performance machine carefully engineered to make fitness fun, and your commute electric. With a carbon frame inspired by the best bike racers in the world, Future Shock for an ultra-smooth ride, an ergonomic position for telepathic handling, and a super light electric motor with supernatural power, the bike you’ve been dreaming about is here.

The Vado SL is an advanced e-bike featuring a custom Specialized wiring harness with a dedicated charge port and a custom 48V charger system with an SL system charger plug. Its control interface includes the Mastermind H3 with a handlebar remote, Ant+/Bluetooth® compatibility, built-in system lock, Apple Find My integration, and a 2.1" colored customizable display. Powering the bike is the Specialized 1.2 SL motor paired with a fully integrated Specialized SL2-520 battery offering 520Wh of capacity. The frameset includes the 2024 Vado SL frame with a Specialized integrated seat binder and a Vado SL2 carbon fork, which includes Tubus front rack mounts supporting up to 14kg.

For braking, the bike is equipped with TRP HD-R803 hydraulic disc brakes on both the front and rear. The drivetrain consists of a Praxis 44T chainring (Cl 49.8mm, NW, 104mm BCD), a SRAM FC S996 carbon crankset (165mm for size S, 170mm for M-L, and 175mm for XL), Shimano Deore XT 12-speed Rapidfire shift levers (SL-M8100-IR, I-Spec), and a Shimano Deore XT 8100 12-speed rear derailleur. It runs a Shimano SLX 10-51t cassette and Shimano SLX M7100 12-speed chain.

The wheelset includes DT Swiss G540 Disc wheels (24h, 700c x 24mm) paired with Specialized Hemisphere 700x47c tires, featuring flat protection, reflective sidewalls, wire beads, and all-terrain capability. Specialized Turbo Tubes are used for the inner tubes.

The cockpit includes a Bridge Sport saddle with hollow cr-mo rails (155mm), a carbon fiber seatpost (30.9mm diameter, 21mm offset), ERGON GA30-S custom grips (134.8mm), and a Specialized Stealth Stem (S/M: 60mm, 17°, L/XL: 75mm, 15.5°) with integrated display and light mount. The handlebars are Specialized alloy with a 15mm rise, 9° back sweep, 5° up sweep, and a 680mm width.

Accessories include custom alloy fenders with a sandblasted anodized black finish, a Lezyne Ebike Fusion Stvzo E500+ headlight (500 lumens, 50cm wire, with reflector), a Spanninga Stvzo Commuter Glow taillight with Brake XEr, Specialized commuter pedals with grip tape and reflectors, a Specialized brass bell, a Specialized 40mm mount kickstand, and a Turbo SL Rack (MIK-compatible, 25kg capacity). Additional features include a SWAT tool (STARWINN, 3mm hex open wrench).

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