Levo's maiden voyage @ Swinley!

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Hi all (sorry ANOTHER Levo owner :p)

Finally took the new Levo out for it's first proper outing today, perfect summer conditions and an ideal opportunity for me after hammering around Swinley on Tuesday for 2 hours on the "analogue" hardtail (still love it though). I was feeling pretty beaten up and tired, so time to roll out my new guilty pleasure! Such a great handling bike, reminded me of my old Camber 29er in many respects, felt right at home on it. Rode the first 40 mins in ECO mode which felt pretty good to be fair and then had a play with TRAIL and then sessioned some off-piste steep climbs and descents I'd not done for ages using a mix of TRAIL and TURBO, took me back 20 years when I was 4 stone lighter and used to race XC, utterly fantastic! Total ride just under 1hr 45 mins, but if I'd had the time, felt fresh enough to go on for double that, and the battery was as 57%, so will have to get there earlier next time. This is WHY I got an Ebike :)

A few photos attached, it's a nearly stock bike, just stuck my preferred grips and pedals on, not tampered with any motor settings so standard ECO at 20% e.t.c. To be honest, I felt fine with these. Only addition has been the Amygos Levo-customised motor and stays protection, ordered from Antoine in France, which are really nice bits of kit. Kudos to Tori for her Youtube video showing these, which influenced my purchase, highly recommended.

Cheers!

Steve.

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Those protectors are pretty serious! Good find. Enjoy the ride, the longer i have owned my emtb the less and less i use boost, and the more i use Eco.
 
I've gone the other way, especially after my 18 mile boost blast a couple of weeks ago!
 
Having said what i said i did a 10 mile hour long blast in Boost this evening, looping super short local DH tracks.
 
That's what I'm doing at the moment too.
 
Hi all (sorry ANOTHER Levo owner :p)

Finally took the new Levo out for it's first proper outing today, perfect summer conditions and an ideal opportunity for me after hammering around Swinley on Tuesday for 2 hours on the "analogue" hardtail (still love it though). I was feeling pretty beaten up and tired, so time to roll out my new guilty pleasure! Such a great handling bike, reminded me of my old Camber 29er in many respects, felt right at home on it. Rode the first 40 mins in ECO mode which felt pretty good to be fair and then had a play with TRAIL and then sessioned some off-piste steep climbs and descents I'd not done for ages using a mix of TRAIL and TURBO, took me back 20 years when I was 4 stone lighter and used to race XC, utterly fantastic! Total ride just under 1hr 45 mins, but if I'd had the time, felt fresh enough to go on for double that, and the battery was as 57%, so will have to get there earlier next time. This is WHY I got an Ebike :)

A few photos attached, it's a nearly stock bike, just stuck my preferred grips and pedals on, not tampered with any motor settings so standard ECO at 20% e.t.c. To be honest, I felt fine with these. Only addition has been the Amygos Levo-customised motor and stays protection, ordered from Antoine in France, which are really nice bits of kit. Kudos to Tori for her Youtube video showing these, which influenced my purchase, highly recommended.

Cheers!

Steve.

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The more I see the silver fade colour way in real photos not the image online the more I like it
 
Thanks guys, just love the flexibility this now gives me, if I am short of time, I can crank up the assistance to get more ground covered, but if I have more time available I can get a decent workout in Eco for as long as I feel comfortable and then turn up the wick when I need it, perfect. This is going to come into it's own for multi-day trips to Wales/Scotland later in the year, I'm normally whacked out after a couple of days with all the climbing involved, which affects my descending, concentration levels gone when too tired.
 
Belle acquisition Steve :)
I dig the fading and color scheme.
 
Hi all (sorry ANOTHER Levo owner :p)

Finally took the new Levo out for it's first proper outing today, perfect summer conditions and an ideal opportunity for me after hammering around Swinley on Tuesday for 2 hours on the "analogue" hardtail (still love it though). I was feeling pretty beaten up and tired, so time to roll out my new guilty pleasure! Such a great handling bike, reminded me of my old Camber 29er in many respects, felt right at home on it. Rode the first 40 mins in ECO mode which felt pretty good to be fair and then had a play with TRAIL and then sessioned some off-piste steep climbs and descents I'd not done for ages using a mix of TRAIL and TURBO, took me back 20 years when I was 4 stone lighter and used to race XC, utterly fantastic! Total ride just under 1hr 45 mins, but if I'd had the time, felt fresh enough to go on for double that, and the battery was as 57%, so will have to get there earlier next time. This is WHY I got an Ebike :)

A few photos attached, it's a nearly stock bike, just stuck my preferred grips and pedals on, not tampered with any motor settings so standard ECO at 20% e.t.c. To be honest, I felt fine with these. Only addition has been the Amygos Levo-customised motor and stays protection, ordered from Antoine in France, which are really nice bits of kit. Kudos to Tori for her Youtube video showing these, which influenced my purchase, highly recommended.

Cheers!

Steve.

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Great photos :) Yep, the Amygos protection is top notch, and I ride through rock-gardens without a care in the world now. Super solid piece of kit.
 
Thanks Tori, yes very pleased with the protection it provides, loving the bike too!
 
I've had a couple more longer rides since my last report (up on the EMTBForums Strava group) and very happy to report I'm having a great time with this bike, giving me so much confidence to tackle climbs I've not done for a while due to lack of fitness (I blame the wife having kids ;)). Feel like I'm 20 years younger, loving my biking again!

In terms of mods, still running out of the box fresh, no mods to spec or motor, I'm 17stone and a big unit, factory settings all seem fine to me. If there is more to be gleaned at some point, looking forward to it.
 
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