Is this a good deal?

[Trout74]

My local bike shop has a 19 Levo Comp in stock and offering me $1000 off the price. Is that standard or is that a good deal? I’m thinking of getting it tomorrow. So after tax and all it will be $5400 out the door.
Thanks

 

[Rusty]

Sounds good to me. They are $9000 down here and the best I could get was $800 off.

 

[coggbike]

The ~17% discount isn’t bad normally. Actually, on a Specialized probably pretty good. But the announcement on the 2020 lineup is eminent, so you could potentially get even better after the 2020 line up announcement.

 

[Zimmerframe]

Sounds pretty good.. No one seems to know for sure, but the most consistent rumours are that the 2020 announcement will be in September, so you could be waiting a while.

 

[AME]

The entrylevel one is 5200 us dollars here in Norway. You get 0% discount becasue they are almoast non existing in shops.... I am waiting for the 2020 ones and hopefully they have solved some of the issues.

 

[miPbiP]

my expectation is the 2020 platform won't be much different to the 2019s and maybe priced higher. if I'm right then I don't expect 2019 prices to crash. (more models may have 700wH battery but will be priced accordingly too).

as I see it your choice is pay the price for a bike you can ride immediately (high summer in the northern hemisphere) or wait because it might get cheaper but closer to the turn of the season.

 

[Trout74]

What are “some of the issues” that you hope they fix? Thanks

 

[lumpy]

What are “some of the issues” that you hope they fix? Thanks

The issues are minor and address crap getting into the motor housing and making more space between the seat tube and a suspension link so rocks don't get caught. Specialized is on top of correcting them for people.

I say get the bike! My expert is one of the first ones made, I haven't had any of the updates done, and even have the original firmware. I haven't had any problems except i can't stay off of it!

 

[Trout74]

Thanks for the feedback. I pick up my new bike Monday! Pretty excited

 

[Weeds]

Looks like a good deal to me. I had to hunt Washington, Oregon and Idaho last year to get a similar deal. My LBS would not let me ride it without renting it for $100. They did handle the battery warranty even though I did not buy the bike from them.