Just one. Turbo Levo FS basic.
May look to upgrade an old mtb with a kit soon, for when friends come to visit / wife wants to go for a spin to a country pub type of thing.
Still fancy an e-gravel bike, too, for extended touring.....
Great reply @outerlimits , thanks. It will help lots of others with the same issue hopefully.
However, I don't feel confident with that, and it is still well within the warranty period.
It’s going into the Specialized concept store in Birmingham next week for them to deal with it and all...
To be clear, I love the suspension, I just don’t really need it and could have spent the difference on a family holiday!
Also, as a newbie I was not too sure how it all works and how to set it all up properly, as well as potential extra ongoing maintenance, so it is an extra layer of complexity...
Hello there,
Just my tuppence worth, but I had similar angst buying mine before Christmas.
In the end I went for a turbo levo full sus, however although it is great fun, my cycling is similar to yours and I am a heavy bloke. I now wish I had gone for a hardtail.
I won’t regret my choice, I...
The play is between the wheel and the forks. Feels like it is in the hub. It is side to side. I.e.if I lift the front wheel off the ground, and grip the tyre between finger and thumb, I can wiggle it side to side about a mm or so.
I’m also having motor problems, so I am going to contact...
Hello,
I’m posting this as it may not be specific to my Levo.
I’ve got some play in the front wheel which doesn’t go away even if I tighten it right up into the forks. Only noticed it about a week ago.
It’s a Specialized Levo full-sus, basic 2019 model and the wheels are Roval Traverse. Not...
Hey Snowman, welcome. I’m Tamworth, so just over the hill. Can get to Lichfield and back pretty much all on single-track bridleway, and canal towpath, too. Perhaps we should arrange a local meet...?
As I live in an area without much in the way of hills and rough stuff straight out of the door, I’ve found that the eMTB has opened up bridleways that were previously too rough or too far away to do comfortably in an hour or two in the morning.
Combined with going tubeless, this has opened up...
If laughter is the best medicine, then you’ve just cured me!
You have ridden them all, and yet you sound like my brother last weekend when he rode an e-bike for the first time!
Next level, indeed.
It was cloudy to start with, but turned into a beautiful spring day, with plenty of sun and a warmish headwind.
Never said ‘good morning’ to so many cyclists coming the other way, as there was a race of some kind in the other direction for about five miles.
Update time.
Having now commuted and ridden nearly 350 miles since the start of January on the eMTB, I went for a spin today on the gravel bike, round the lanes and along the canal.
Strava (sorry @outerlimits ?) showed 3 pbs and 4 second fastests by just a couple of seconds, and I wasn’t...
Sounds like a great trip!
In the UK a long trip might be 120 miles to the seaside at Bognor Regis for an afternoon tea and possibly an ice cream if I’m feeling flush. Then home again for supper.
No Rockies. No High Desert, but possibly a bit of the old West(ern Super Mare). Enjoy and keep...
Yes indeed!
Some people here such as myself are complete newbies and really appreciate the depth of knowledge and experience of the seasoned riders, of all formats. You’re all very generous with your time and advice.
Thanks!
Been meaning to say that for a while.
I do think I mighthave...
I agree with that last point. Just as people got used to cars going faster, and the men with the red flags in front, despite getting progressively fitter in the early years until they could eventually do Mo Farah justice, were ultimately phased out. The same thing will happen to eBikes.
It will...
It’s other road users, too.
When pulling out of a junction, drivers will see a bike and then subconsciously think it is going a certaim speed, based on the conditions and gradient. A high-speed eBike will not be detected by the driver and hence they may well think they have time to pull out and...
Hello,
In case anyome out there is in any doubt about the fitness benefits of e-biking - which I suppose most people on here are not - I’ve started tracking my progress, using the (not necessarily accurate) dat from the Mission Control app.
What I have found so far is that my average power...