GarethJ74

Hi all, thanks for your comments, my partner is all clear, full of bruises which is part of the fun. I would like to add, this post was not a rant or knock of the product/brand, but merely to share an experience we had, and to make other e-bike riders aware of the possibility of a runaway ebike, we have never heard of this before and was all new to us. More like a hey heads up. Definitely not knocking the Specialized brand, which I have 4 bikes of in my garage, Specialized have made contact and we await a positive outcome. Happy trails 🚲

She doesn’t want that bike back, and I honestly don’t blame her

Yup, walk in eco, then walk in trail, then walk in turbo and then in all of them cycling one after the other…. She had 3 fingers on back break and 2 on front and still running the down hill…brave girl 🙈then when she could stop, no ways of isolating the bike unless the battery plug was removed

100% agreed, we try and maintain that ethic, here was a different story as the bike was out of control erratically, luckily for other riders not affecting them too much but my partner, shame she took some serious hits and blows, totally unnecessarily. but like they say, respect other riders on the trail and each to there own opinion on which weapon of choice

They are evil, when out of control! biggest issue was that you couldn’t switch it off, if you unplugged the battery you not able to pedal as plug was in the way of pedal. That was an option, but where to place the battery when you in middle of nowhere? anyway, just don’t think Specialized has thought through the liability issue of not being able to deactivate the bike/kill switch, isolating it. And maybe a battery holder for when things like this happen 😂

Hi all, we recently did the SANI2C adventure, and my partner rode a brand new Specialized Turbo Levo Alloy. Bike was great, until it was an extremely hazardous tool. The bike just started moving on its own, and cycling through the functions off, eco, trail and turbo, unable to switch the bike off with power button either. On single track heading down into the Umko valley is where things really started, and then up to bottom of iconic. She had 3 fingers on back brake and 2 on front to stop her, but this did not stop the horrific falls she took in the last two days, she has today gone for X-rays on her chest, as the last tumble was between two single track crossing a dirt road, and the bike launched out of control, cross rutting and throwing her to the ground falling on her chest (airbags deployed seriously took the wind out of her, and a while to get back up on her feet -. Two very competent Specialized franchises couldn’t fix the bike on the last evening. The bike is now back with the supplier. My partner does not want the bike back, as she is terrified it will happen again, of which I don’t blame her. I would be very careful of this issue being a batch problem as well, guys please be very careful and aware of the hazard they can cause to a rider. I’m now waiting to hear from Specialized head office…..