Recent content by jimborae

I have my Orange hard tail that I use for commuting. And it seems the Levo SL range isn’t too bad due to a low torque motor so a big battery may not be a requirement.

Long winded maybe, but certainly a worthy read. You raise some great points & ideas. Having read all the replies and considering the type of riding round here (West Berkshire) and all the things I didn’t like about the Levo, maybe a Levo SL is something I should try out. The Specialized Concept...

Up until this year I rode an 09 Whyte E5, Dialled Bikes Prince Albert, Dialled Bikes Alpine & currently just left with a 2018 Orange Clockwork. Trouble is I'm getting old, overweight & arthritic at only 49yrs so I'm in a bit of a quandry, I still want to ride like I used to but find that I can't...

It's not really about planning financial issues in advance, it's about wanting to make the right choice initially & keep my toys running if possible in the future. If there's one thing I hate about the world today its the seemingly disposable society we live in. Conversely I love fixing things...

I think you dodged a bullet there mate, never know what you might of caught..?

Thanks, Old levo's were 66 degree, 2021 Levo is 64.8 degrees so pretty much the same, and yes the Whyte is about a kilo heavier. So you're right and it just re-enforces the fact that I need to ride the bloody things before buying & that I was probably right to have backed out of the Whyte purchase.

I think I need to try & find a Whyte stockist in Berkshire/Hampshire area that actually has demonstrators available and see if that can help me come to right decision.

I've looked into it but the lack of warranty & my ability to finance the bike via Ride to Work scheme means that the eBay route doesn't make sense to me in my particular circumstance.

So this is why I first started looking into E-MTB's, my right knee appears to be shot and sometimes I if I go on a long ride or too much uphill torquing the knee, the next day or two is absolute agony and my knee swells up. I would have thought Shimano, being so massive, would have been a...

It'll be going too slack for me.

Nope not tried the SL, the local Specialised Concept store had them in stock, but again no test bike available, they only had a ff Levo demonstrator. Also interestingly the manager wasn’t very happy with the way Specialised were taking their geometry on the new models as he said they were going...

And I guess I also have a 3rd issue, which is around trying out e-MTB's. Before I drop a vast amount of money on a bike, I really would like to try it out. With the Specialized Turbo Levo comp I was able to do this, albeit with a slighly ropey previous years model and it was enough to tell me...

Yeah I guess till things become more standardised we'll have to pin our hopes on the secondhand/reconditioned industry. Re your Foes, I'm a bit surprised that you struggled to update that to a 1x drivetrain, my Whyte E-5 was fairly straight forward to update to a 1x config. Admittedly I kept...

So I was all ready to purchase a new Whyte E150 29er" from my LBS and then I heard I was going to lose my job due to Covid. Well thankfully I didn't and continued to proceed with the order. However as days passed I started thinking more about it and cancelled the order following reasons: 1. I...

Hi all, just joined new to eMTB but not MTB's, just got rid of all my 26" ers, now just have an Orange Clockwork 27.5" hardtail and am looking to get an eMTB full susser as old age is taking it's toll on me. Test riding a Specialised Turbo Levo later this week but also have provisionally...