“More fun” is why people ride emtb. You wanna have less fun and be a whiny biatch about ebikers and ebikes while riding your acoustic bike? Have fun with that haha.
Finally got my replacement derailleur hangers (one for the jersey pocket just in case) and the BMC is back in action!!! Oh threw a new chain on while I was at it. Time to head out for a ride.?
It’s really about the motor and you, the other motor that matters. An SL could be 30 pounds and a bone stock base level 50 pound aluminum Levo is still gonna crush it haha.?
Way less planted tho. I would hardly say more capable due to less Planted. DH bikes are heavy. And are most capable for descending as far as acoustic bikes go. Plus on a FF emtb you can accelerate much faster than an SL on the pedally parts.
I have no idea what my BMC weighs nor do I recall the length but all I know is how it rides compared to others I’ve ridden. Riding a bike tells the true tale....
Also if you like the SL, you may like the regular Levo even better. Having been a Longtime racer myself, I like to go fast everywhere and the SL only gets you halfway or so there.
Go for the aluminum and spend the money you saved on light carbon wheel set. Or don’t and just ride the bike as is which is what I would do.
Having a plastic frame vs aluminum for a bike with a motor won’t make much of a difference honestly. My frame is plastic and I’d go aluminum in a...
best part about the BMC compared to others I rode (not to pick on Levo, but Levo felt like a wet noodle laterally in the rear end) is how stiff and stout the rear end is laterally. So good and pedals amazing.
I demo’d (put 12 hours of off-road riding on it) a Levo Carbon expert, a giant trance with Yamaha motor, a 2020 Cannondale Moterra 2 with Bosch gen 4, and a BMC speedfox amp 3 with Shimano E8000.
The BMC won hands down for me In Every way between the handling of the bike and the Shimano motor...
Dude, do not spin the cranks backwards! If you do it enough that lovely gear drive will magically turn into belt drive forcing you to blow thru motors every 300 miles!!!?
Week and a half now Riding daily on acoustic bike while I wait for derailleur hanger for ebike. Hasn’t been so bad actually. Ordered a 2020 Kona WOZO yesterday to replace my Epic Carbon hardtail that I sold last weekend so new acoustic gets here next Friday. Pic from yesterday on borrowed Trek...