Other Levo SL gen 2 - power settings

Interested to know what power settings people are using/liking?

I'm liking 70/100 if I want to fang it. Feels very close to 100/100 but better on the battery.

40/70 feels good too.

I should probably test more combos (new bike) but I'm pretty much only using these two.

So been testing out more combos and go back to 40/70 a lot. Really good battery range and a solid boost.

50/100 feels great too. I feel like I've got the full power but with better battery life.

Would love to know what settings other people prefer.

I ride mine mainly in 15/30 - I have that as my Trail setting. My Eco is 5/10 (for emergencies, or riding with analog bikes) and my Turbo is 100/100 for those times where I need a boost up a tough technical climb. I wanted an eMTB for a little bit of help. I had a FF for a few weeks, and then swapped it for an SL as it was too much power. Yes, I could tone it down, but it seemed silly lugging about a 25kg bike to ride it in Eco. I'm now on a 16.9kg bike!

I had the Gen 1, and rode it mainly in 30/80... which to my legs felt about the same as 15/30 on the Gen 2. It also works out at about the same battery efficiency over the same routes, so they must be close.

Last weekend I was at a local trail centre, and had 2 RE's with me. I set the RE to run out first, and used Microtune to set the bike to 70 for the long slog of a climb. I then set it back to my Trail setting for coming down. I did this a couple of times, then swapped out my RE's and carried on. Once the 2nd RE was nearly dead, I unplugged it and used the bike battery.
I did 22.5 miles, but over 5000ft of climbing. Both RE's had about 15% left, and my bike was at 33%. My legs ached the next day!!

I'm currently experimenting with 35/35 eco, 35/80 trail and 100/100 turbo. I think it's personal to fitness level, but I find that I get great battery out of this as long as I only go to trail as needed (don't really need turbo, but maybe if I'm well into the ride and there's a very steep climb). Today I rode those modes and got 5k' elevation over 25miles, and had 32% main battery left (no extender). If someone is fitter and/or really want to work almost like analog they could dial down the first number (e.g. 25/35 and 25/80). Point being that it's same assist level just raises the motor power cap (therefor lowers the need for rider input).

I am on a KSL2 but as it's the same motor and battery I share my settings as well:
I have the bike for two months only and I was expecting less range tbh, I have bought an extender but almost never use it for my tours.
I ride mainly in trail 65/75 and I can ride around 1200m elevation during a 25-30km tour, I come back with the battery almost empty. I wonder how it's going to be in winter with the cold temperatures and damp to wet conditions though.

Realised a trick to get 4 power settings. If you set your micro tune to 100/100 (or whatever you want) you can jump on and off this setting with a long press. So can have an eco, low-mid and high-mid setting and then long press turbo on and off.

dirtdinner said:

Realised a trick to get 4 power settings. If you set your micro tune to 100/100 (or whatever you want) you can jump on and off this setting with a long press. So can have an eco, low-mid and high-mid setting and then long press turbo on and off.

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That's both simple and brilliant - thanks!!