2019 Specialized Turbo Levo News & Rumours

[Al Boneta]

Yeah it’s not even close

 

[ccrdave]

And of course spesh would never change the bolt pattern would they

 

[Al Boneta]

And of course spesh would never change the bolt pattern would they

Sure they would, they’ve created standards that never caught on and umpteen billion proprietary parts that you can’t get

 

[Dusty]

I wonder at what price point there new levo range will be ..spesh are already a premium price range and rumours are the new one will be much more expensive

 

[eFat]

And of course spesh would never change the bolt pattern would they

Specialized already uses an interface plate to mount the motor, so it may be as easy as changing this plate.

I wonder at what price point there new levo range will be ..spesh are already a premium price range and rumours are the new one will be much more expensive

The new motor will be priced higher, for a while at least. And if the battery is bigger it will have a direct influence.

 

[MarkH]

oooohh shiny

 

[Lxmaso]

Battery 700 wh

 

[Witte300]

Don’t stop, post more pictures

 

[R120]

Stubby stem would seem to indicate longer geo

 

[Al Boneta]

Neat

 

[ccrdave]

Isnt that top tube control from the vado

 

[Doomanic]

Stubby stem would seem to indicate longer geo

About time.

 

[JetSetDemo]

Same 2 pictures on the FB Levo group looks like they are reposted from here, can’t wait for more to drop, are those Lyric’s ?

 

[eFat]

The difference with the Vado is that the button/LED are on the battery.

It may confirm this:

New smaller battery (no longer has the CPU parts etc in the battery)

So 3 separate parts, motor and battery, which are generic, and the controller which is developed by Specialized.

 

[Lxmaso]

Stubby stem would seem to indicate longer geo

I hope not. Longer reack/stack than 400/410 and 600/610 mm on M size for me are not convenient at all. I owned a Trek Remedy 9.9 2017 which was 435/595 and was terrible on deep downhill. I never reached an accettable feeling with it so I sold it after 6 months!

 

[ccrdave]

It would make sense to get the controller out of the battery. Im sure i have seen the top tube component before just cant remember where

 

[knut7]

Levo 2019 battery

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That's quite interesting. What's inside that battery?

It's not the standard 18650 3500mAh cells in a 36V config, because a 50 cell battery is 630Wh/17,5Ah. A 60 cell is 756Wh/21Ah. Could it be we're finally seeing bigger 18650 cells? It would have to be about 3880mAh (50 cell battery) and the complete battery would weigh ~3kg.

It's more likely 4800mAh 21700 cells in a 36V config. That's 691Wh and 19,2Ah, and the weight is probably approaching 3,5kg.

I'm hoping for the 18650 3880mAh cells, that could put the Focus battery up from 378 to 421Wh. And the Shimano from 504 to 562Wh. But I don't think bigger 18650 cells will be used for 2019.

 

[Lxmaso]

That's quite interesting. What's inside that battery?

It's not the standard 18650 3500mAh cells in a 36V config, because a 50 cell battery is 630Wh/17,5Ah. A 60 cell is 756Wh/21Ah. Could it be we're finally seeing bigger 18650 cells? A 50 cell battery would have to be about 3880mAh and would weigh ~3kg.

It's more likely 4800mAh 21700 cells in a 36V config. That's 691Wh and 19,2Ah, and the weight is probably approaching 3,5kg.

I'm hoping for the 18650 3880mAh cells, that could put the Focus battery up from 378 to 421Wh. And the Shimano from 504 to 562Wh. But I don't think bigger 18650 cells will be used for 2019.

No idea! Let’s wait more news from the net...

 

[R120]

It would make sense to get the controller out of the battery. Im sure i have seen the top tube component before just cant remember where

looks kind of similar to the focus on off switch

 

[Doomanic]

I hope not. Longer reack/stack than 400/410 and 600/610 mm on M size for me are not convenient at all. I owned a Trek Remedy 9.9 2017 which was 435/595 and was terrible on deep downhill. I never reached an accettable feeling with it so I sold it after 6 months!

I hope so. It was the primary reason I didn't buy a Levo.

 

[Lxmaso]

I hope so. It was the primary reason I didn't buy a Levo.

Different tastes...
With the Remedy I never felt safe on downhill. With the Levo I’m feeling inside the bike, like only one piece. Natural.

 

[Doomanic]

Yep.

 

[Halcon]

The cockpit picture looks like a Rockshox fork like on the expert Stumpy not the Fox Kashima on the S-Works. There is obviously a computer or display but whether that is standard or aftermarket, who knows.

 

[Lxmaso]

Looks like aftermarket but it would be strange to put something aftermarket at the Levo 2019 presentation! So maybe it’s an official Specialized accessory.

 

[Lxmaso]

Looking deeper into the cockpit pict I would guess it’s the bottom part of a display/computer and what we can see looks like two buttons. The line in the middle looks like a separation between two buttons.

 

[R120]

My guess would be that the new power/battery level display switch changes colour depending on what mode you are in, and that nay computer mounted on it would be a 3rd party tie up as already exists or just the bike journos computer

 

[Levo2018]

I hope there will be a chance to choose between Display an no Display.....i don`t need one all the time

 

[Rob Rides EMTB]

I have been contacted by Specialized requesting removal of pictures, which out of respect for the teams involved, I’ve removed them so this bike can get the full launch that it deserves ?.

Thanks for understanding
Rob.

 

[outerlimits]

I have been contacted by Specialized requesting removal of pictures, which out of respect for the teams involved, I’ve removed them so this bike can get the full launch that it deserves ?.

Thanks for understanding
Rob.

Did you at least request a release date in exchange for your good will ?

 

[Halcon]

Well, at least the pictures were likely valid. So far I only see good things, bigger battery (maybe smaller without attached controls), better button placement and possible led indicator lighting, display, SWAT integration, no complicated Ohlin's fork, etc