Chain ring size?

[Paul Mac]

Just asking for any experience from Levo owners.
I'm finding the standard 32 tooth front chainring does tend to spin out quite quickly. Especially if the bike in question has, (cough, cough) been deresticted.
Anyone gone up to a 34 or even a 36 tooth , and if so how does it translate on the trail, especially climbing.
Also what effect does it have in battery usage? ?‍?

 

[Smiffy277]

Just asking for any experience from Levo owners.
I'm finding the standard 32 tooth front chainring does tend to spin out quite quickly. Especially if the bike in question has, (cough, cough) been deresticted.
Anyone gone up to a 34 or even a 36 tooth , and if so how does it translate on the trail, especially climbing.
Also what effect does it have in battery usage? ?‍?

I've got a 38 on mine and it's fine. Gives a bit more top end speed as well.

 

[All Mountain Coaching]

Fitting a 34t on Monday. Hopefully manflu would've gone by then and I can give it a test. I decided against 36t for now because I don't want to give up on those impossible climbs.

 

[All Mountain Coaching]

I went a blackspire snaggletooth. It's only £20 in the CRC black Friday sale. Always used race Face ones so this is new on me.

 

[Jezzer]

What bolt circle do we have on the Levo?

 

[Smiffy277]

Diagonaly, it's 105mm between centres.

 

[khorn]

What bolt circle do we have on the Levo?

It is BCD 104 mm

Karsten

 

[Jezzer]

Blackspire Snaggletooth Narrow Wide Oval Chainring | Chain Reaction Cycles

 

[Kiwi in Wales]

Just asking for any experience from Levo owners.
I'm finding the standard 32 tooth front chainring does tend to spin out quite quickly. Especially if the bike in question has, (cough, cough) been deresticted.
Anyone gone up to a 34 or even a 36 tooth , and if so how does it translate on the trail, especially climbing.
Also what effect does it have in battery usage? ?‍?

You could do it another way but it would cost you a lot more to do.
It didn't cost me anything as I already had 'in stock' items that I stole off my acoustic bikes.
I changed the wheeleset to a wheelset with an XD driver and a 10-42 cassette. Having the 10 on the cassette gives an equivalent to roughly a 35 tooth up front but you still retain the 32 front 42 rear to get you up the steep hills.

For me, it's the best of both worlds but expensive if you don't have 'in stock' items

 

[Highflyer]

I’m running a 30T front and a 46T rear. Climbing in ECO is spot on.

 

[Dwazzer]

I’m running a 30T front and a 46T rear. Climbing in ECO is spot on.

A 30 tooth...? AND a 46tooth Rear...Wow, are you climbing Everest ?

I changed my Kenevo to a 36t as I wanted the better gearing for the road bits between trails...I used it yesterday in Dunkeld.

Some of the climbs were totally brutal ? all of the guys on normal bikes were pushing but I managed them all on the Kenevo! I didn’t notice any disadvantage in the climbing gears at all I was able to spin up most things in Eco (20%/20%) then trail for the gnarly climbs (50%/50%) I didn’t use turbo at all as I was wanting to make sure I had enough battery for the day! I returned to the car with 38% after about 5 hours riding.

So, for me, the 36t chainring has been a perfect change! However, it depends on what you want from the bike and what terrain/effort/cadence you like to ride ?

 

[Highflyer]

Helps with harsh long days after the battery dies whilst deep in the Tweed Valley. I rely on gravity for the speed ?