Specialized petition for a 400 watt battery for Levo and Kenevo

[jose castillo Australia]

Hello Specialized

Could you please manufacture a 400-watt battery for Levo and Kenevo? Why because I prefer to have a one hour or more rides with a lighter e-bike

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

Compelling argument!
I’m sure they’ll get right on it
Or you could use a 500

 

[Cb750stu]

Can't imagine there would be much weight saving between the two sizes

 

[Semmelrocc]

Why not use a range extender? Adds up to 480 Wh, which should be enough for most occasions.

 

[michael_bc]

Fully agreed.

I went with a 540 Wh Orbea Rise for this reason.

Having a range extender permanently mounted makes little sense to me.

 

[rzr]

500Wh should work well
only 'bad' thing that battery is the same length and have the same weight distribution as 700.
(so the same amount of cells, just lower capacity i guess)

 

[galaga187]

@Rob Rides EMTB not to hijack this thread but have you tried the much smaller Bosch battery yet think it’d 250Wh?

 

[jose castillo Australia]

700 watts 3977 g
500 watts -3120 g
=857 g difference
I am speculating a 400 watts battery would weight 2691.5 g

I am thinking a 400 watts battery will bring my Levo s2 to 20 KG

Why would I want a lighter Ebike, because I want a full power ebike sub 20 kilo

this week I am going to remove front brake cylinder, disk, dropper post , cassette and cables and covert my Levo to single speed and install fast rolling 2.3 tires

I will report back in 7 days, right now my Levo 2023 s2 is about 23 KG.

Once I am done with the project, I will put back all the hardware back.

I am waiting for demo days to try the new bosh sx.

cheers

 

[jose castillo Australia]

@Rob Rides EMTB not to hijack this thread but have you tried the much smaller Bosch battery yet think it’d 250Wh?

not yet but is in my list of things to do

 

[mustclime]

Hello Specialized

Could you please manufacture a 400-watt battery for Levo and Kenevo? Why because I prefer to have a one hour or more rides with a lighter e-bike

???? Your bike is never to heavy, you are just to weak. Do yourself a favor, go watch some motorcycle trails videos on YouTube. Those bikes weigh way more than your little e bike.


Maybe hit the gym and work on some bike handling skills. Spend some time working your bike through, over and around stuff you don’t normally ride….. just saying

 

[Dax]

???? Your bike is never to heavy, you are just to weak.

No matter how strong you are, a 15kg bike is more fun than a 25kg bike

 

[mustclime]

No matter how strong you are, a 15kg bike is more fun than a 25kg bike

Trials motorcycles weigh 60-70 kg. A buddy of mine loves to say “ cyclist never skip leg day” . Maybe stop skipping upper body day.

 

[michael.kozera]

Hello Specialized

Could you please manufacture a 400-watt battery for Levo and Kenevo? Why because I prefer to have a one hour or more rides with a lighter e-bike

All specialized battery's already output 400w or more. Unless you somehow want to limit your battery to only 400w? I which case why not just use the power modes to lower the power????

 

[Dax]

All specialized battery's already output 400w or more. Unless you somehow want to limit your battery to only 400w? I which case why not just use the power modes to lower the power????

I think he is looking to create a lighter ff by having less battery capacity. Seems unlikely to happen given Specialized make a SL with a 320wh battery already

 

[Rob Rides EMTB]

Specialized could easily make a 2KG 400Wh battery using the latest 21700 5.8Ah cells.

SRAM’s new 630Wh battery is 3.1KG (203Wh per KG).

 

[michael.kozera]

I think he is looking to create a lighter ff by having less battery capacity. Seems unlikely to happen given Specialized make a SL with a 320w battery already

ehh? ive never heard of any ebike battery outputting only 320w, like most ebike batteries can easily do 1,000w or more.


yes, lighter batteries will have less capacity, but 320w output is not even half a hp for crying out loud

even the smallest range extenders that are like 200wh can easily output 700w+ of power

 

[Zimmerframe]

ehh? ive never heard of any ebike battery outputting only 320w, like most ebike batteries can easily do 1,000w or more.


yes, lighter batteries will have less capacity, but 320w output is not even half a hp for crying out loud

even the smallest range extenders that are like 200wh can easily output 700w+ of power

He means wh. The Levo SL and KSL both come with 320wh batteries and range extenders. So his reasoning is that Spesh aren't going to make a 400wh battery for an existing bike when they already sell a "lightweight" bike with a smaller/lighter battery.

 

[michael.kozera]

He means wh. The Levo SL and KSL both come with 320wh batteries and range extenders. So his reasoning is that Spesh aren't going to make a 400wh battery for an existing bike when they already sell a "lightweight" bike with a smaller/lighter battery.

Yeah, people got to be more clear as W (watts) and Wh (watt hour) are Two very, VERY different things.........

 

[Dax]

Yeah, people got to be more clear as W (watts) and Wh (watt hour) are Two very, VERY different things.........

Thanks, I’ve corrected my post to avoid confusing anyone else.

 

[TurboJoe]

Why don't you buy the Levo or Kenevo SL? My 2020 Turbo Levo SL is 16.03 kg or 35lb 5oz.

 

[Arsist]

It's a very small market, but you are not alone. I'm interested in something similar, but smaller. I was thinking something around 200-250Wh but the current SL 320Wh battery size would work. I have some regular rides that I'm only using 10-20% of my 700Wh battery. On those rides, I'd prefer to lighten the load. Dropping 5 lbs would be great. The new Levo SL, with the 1.2 motor, would accomplish this task for me. I'm not ready to spend the cash just yet.

Specialized battery weights:
500Wh - 2.9 kg (6.39 lb) (3.15 kg with hardware)
700Wh - 3.6 kg (7.93 lb) (3.85 kg with hardware)
SL batteries:
160Wh extender - 1.05 kg (2.31 lb)
320Wh - 1.8 kg (3.97 lb)

 

[outerlimits]

Why

 

[jose castillo Australia]

It's a very small market, but you are not alone. I'm interested in something similar, but smaller. I was thinking something around 200-250Wh but the current SL 320Wh battery size would work. I have some regular rides that I'm only using 10-20% of my 700Wh battery. On those rides, I'd prefer to lighten the load. Dropping 5 lbs would be great. The new Levo SL, with the 1.2 motor, would accomplish this task for me. I'm not ready to spend the cash just yet.

Specialized battery weights:
500Wh - 2.9 kg (6.39 lb) (3.15 kg with hardware)
700Wh - 3.6 kg (7.93 lb) (3.85 kg with hardware)
SL batteries:
160Wh extender - 1.05 kg (2.31 lb)
320Wh - 1.8 kg (3.97 lb)

I am in the same situation, don't want to spend $ but if I have spare $$$$$$ I would get a SL