Levo Gen 4 Levo Gen 4 - Rock Guard
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If you need a rock guard you’re doing it wrong IMO. However I do recommend you protect the frame with a RideWrap or equivalent.
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I broke a gen 3 plastics when a rock pinged off the front wheel, sometimes there is no avoiding hitting that area. I will take a look at Ridewrap
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From what i can see RideWrap is a alternative to Invisiframe not a rock guard / bash guard.
I don’t see the oem cover as something I need to protect. It’s essentially an inexpensive sacrificial part. The Gen 4 oem cover isn’t so brittle that a rock kicking up will break it anyway.
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I love these posts…. Before you post things like this, maybe realize people ride tech trails. Not everyone rides bikes down paths you can take a gravel bike down.
You've seen his videos and pics right? They look like someone raked and packed the trail in front of him.
Ive always run the Amygos guard and 145mm or 155mm cranks. Our trails are a little rocky.
Go ahead and attack me and where I ride if you want, but in my opinion a skid plate protects an area of the bike that isn’t; or shouldn’t be, very prone to abuse. Plus there’s already (albeit lighter duty) protection in place. Adding secondary protection always looks to me like wearing two condoms.
Real question: You’re hitting the bottom of your bike on rocks so hard that you need a skid plate?
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I ride in north New Jersey and the land here is a giant pile of rocks with 3-6 inches of top soil. Cut a trail and in 6 months all the dirt is gone from use/rain fall, the trails are just rocks with many tree falls. BTW, I was not attracting you, I was trying to explain that your bike needs are kinda set by the trails you ride. I ride a 2023 Kenevo, the motor cover lasted one ride with out a skid plate. $70 dollars later plus a new dash guard and it’s all good. Here is an example of trails around where I live…
I’m a native to that area so I get it. I lived in West Milford, right on Greenwood Lake back in the late 80s up to mid 90s. I rode over 300 days a year back then. Pic from Ringwood State Park pasted below. But this isn’t about me or where I ride.
Are you hitting the bottom of your bike on rocks often? That’s a genuine question and not rhetorical. I posit that the vast majority aren’t; regardless of where they’re riding. Further evidence of it being rare is found here in this forum. There’s nowhere near 50% of users here running skid plates. It’s probably <5%. If skid plates brought value I believe they’d be more prevalent.
I have hit my frame on rocks more often than I want, but not down at the bottom where a skid plate would have protected anything. Now if someone made skid plates for my chain/seat stays I might be ordering them!
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Amygos makes chain stay guards tooI’m a native to that area so I get it. I lived in West Milford, right on Greenwood Lake back in the late 80s up to mid 90s. I rode over 300 days a year back then. Pic from Ringwood State Park pasted below. But this isn’t about me or where I ride.
Are you hitting the bottom of your bike on rocks often? That’s a genuine question and not rhetorical. I posit that the vast majority aren’t; regardless of where they’re riding. Further evidence of it being rare is found here in this forum. There’s nowhere near 50% of users here running skid plates. It’s probably <5%. If skid plates brought value I believe they’d be more prevalent.
I have hit my frame on rocks more often than I want, but not down at the bottom where a skid plate would have protected anything. Now if someone made skid plates for my chain/seat stays I might be ordering them!
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With many e bikes, the motor hangs lower than the chainrings, that’s why they need bash guards.I’m a native to that area so I get it. I lived in West Milford, right on Greenwood Lake back in the late 80s up to mid 90s. I rode over 300 days a year back then. Pic from Ringwood State Park pasted below. But this isn’t about me or where I ride.
Are you hitting the bottom of your bike on rocks often? That’s a genuine question and not rhetorical. I posit that the vast majority aren’t; regardless of where they’re riding. Further evidence of it being rare is found here in this forum. There’s nowhere near 50% of users here running skid plates. It’s probably <5%. If skid plates brought value I believe they’d be more prevalent.
I have hit my frame on rocks more often than I want, but not down at the bottom where a skid plate would have protected anything. Now if someone made skid plates for my chain/seat stays I might be ordering them!
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Why do you think so very few people run them? Not one manufacturer sees them as important enough to include them either?
I’m willing to believe there some tiny, tiny segment of people bashing the bottom of their bike on rocks, but contend they’re fringe and probably should learn to avoid riding like that.
Everyone in my area runs bash guards... everyone. Come ride with me and I bet your stock guard will be broken in 1-2 rides. Sometimes a big rock will even flip up from the front tire and hit the downtube.
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I'm open to people buying them who need it; even if i find it very difficult to envision. I can look past my personal experience. What is interesting is when I question needing it; people immediately want to talk about me and my situation instead of expounding on their own experiences. So thank you for sharing your perspective.
I do stand comfortably on my conviction that needing a skid plate is a fringe use case. The vast majority would only be making their bike heavier.
Why would you question him needing it? He asked about bash guards. He didnt ask, do I need it? Why would you even say anything in this thread?
I’m repeating myself but, I don’t believe the vast majority of riders need to protect their motor cover from pounding against rocks. That’s why.
No need to feel offended here.
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