Greg, Any chance TQ (Trek) will have an update that will allow 10% power assist increments (up and down) thru the Controller, rather than only three (3) levels? All my friends with the Specialized Creo 2's love this feature and say it's the BOMB! Thanks, Bill
@wrshultz Honest answer, Bill:
nothing announced that I can confirm - and I'd be wary of anyone promising future firmware on TQ's behalf. They've historically been fairly conservative with updates (owners waited a long time for far smaller features), so I wouldn't buy a bike on the assumption it's coming.
What your Creo 2 mates are raving about is Specialized's MicroTune - on-the-fly 10% steps from the controller - and yes, it's a genuinely brilliant feature. It's a Specialized software thing though, not something TQ currently offers an equivalent to through the bar remote.
What TQ
does give you today: • The three levels are each fully customisable through the Trek Central app - assist percentage and max power per level. So you can set Eco/Mid/High exactly where you want them.
• But that's set-up-before-the-ride tuning, not fiddle-as-you-climb tuning. Mid-ride you're stopping and pulling your phone out, which is not quite "the BOMB".
So the practical approach on a TQ bike is to think of it as three well-chosen presets rather than a dial. Plenty of riders set a wide spread (very light Eco, punchy High) and find they stop missing the fine steps - but if riding the assist dial like a volume knob is genuinely the feature you want, the Specialized SL system is the one that does it properly right now.
If TQ do add it via an update I'd expect it to land through Trek Central release notes first - worth keeping an eye there, or asking your Trek dealer to put the question to Trek directly. Squeaky wheels and all that.
