Let’s See Your Levo

[MrWid]

 

[Marf83]

New look complete. I quite like it!!

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That looks awesome

 

[ItalianJob]

 

[kemp990]

one and only, very unique KeLevo (Levo with 180mm travel for both end.)

 

[Davey S]

How did you get 180mm travel ion the rear shock???

 

[R120]

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Now that is the fork you want on there - full tilt boogie enabled

 

[daju]

Beautiful

 

[kemp990]

How did you get 180mm travel ion the rear shock???

put 216 x 63 rear shock and replace the rear wheel with 650b one.

and a little bit of work on shock eyelet to accommodate flip-chip set up.

 

[Mattwilko92]

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Heres my Comp Carbon.

Fox 36 160mm forks
Fox DPX2
Hope Fortus 35w 650b wheels
Hope Carbon Bars

Had to complete the setup with a Fox Transfer dropper!

 

[All Mountain Coaching]

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Heres my Comp Carbon.

Fox 36 160mm forks
Fox DPX2
Hope Fortus 35w 650b wheels
Hope Carbon Bars

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Had to complete the setup with a Fox Transfer dropper!

That finished it off a treat. I'd be looking at new fork decals now. Stealth black or matching red.

 

[MarkH]

First run out after new motor fitted - 2018 Comp Carbon, with 29" Mavics, DHF 2.5s, conversion to Pike up front.

 

[GhostHammerX]

rockshox lyrics rc2 170 45mm rims with 2.8 tyres renthal bars and stem hope brakes rides better than a new bike . 29er wheels coming this week
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What 45mm rims are those? ...and what are your plans for them once you get you 29er wheels?

 

[GhostHammerX]

RockShox Lyrik RC2 160mm
Blackspire Snaggletooth 38t
Spank Spike 35mm stem
LizardSkins Charger Evo grips
Maxxis Minion DHF 2.8" (front)
Maxxis Minion DHRII 2.8" (rear)
Pedaling Innovations Catalyst pedals
WTB Silverado saddle

 

[etoni]

My MY19 GSR Levo

 

[Marf83]

My MY19 GSR Levo
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What shock is that?

 

[Mcharza]

My MY19 GSR Levo
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Black with spring shock is always nice

 

[Kiwi in Wales]

put 216 x 63 rear shock and replace the rear wheel with 650b one.

and a little bit of work on shock eyelet to accommodate flip-chip set up.

Hi,
The shock yoke looks really really close to the front of the seat tube in one of your photos

I know with the coil shocks on both my Levo’s there is a ‘natural’ sag of about 2 to 3mm due to the weight of the ebike between the yoke and frame which may give you the illusion you have clearance when in fact you don’t and you will only find this out when you are out on the trail and unweight your bike over a drop or jump

Also, I know this may be a silly question (please don’t take offence) did you fit the rear shock without the spring on it and fully compress the shock to check the frame clearance between the tyre and the back of the seat post and also the clearance between the linkages and back of the seat post?

The only reason for the above concern is it is something I checked and realised my mistake on my first coil shock fitting on my 2017 Levo before I caused some frame damage.

 

[daju]

 

[kemp990]

Hi,
The shock yoke looks really really close to the front of the seat tube in one of your photos

I know with the coil shocks on both my Levo’s there is a ‘natural’ sag of about 2 to 3mm due to the weight of the ebike between the yoke and frame which may give you the illusion you have clearance when in fact you don’t and you will only find this out when you are out on the trail and unweight your bike over a drop or jump

Also, I know this may be a silly question (please don’t take offence) did you fit the rear shock without the spring on it and fully compress the shock to check the frame clearance between the tyre and the back of the seat post and also the clearance between the linkages and back of the seat post?

The only reason for the above concern is it is something I checked and realised my mistake on my first coil shock fitting on my 2017 Levo before I caused some frame damage.

Checked the clearance on yoke and front side of seatpost unweighted and even pulled it to check and make sure it doesn't contact each other no matter what.

and also checked tire clearance first with air shock with all the air out (216 x 63) of course.
since ohlins coil has a thicker than a normal rubber bumper it is hard to see if there's any possible contact between yoke and seattube and a rear tire even without spring installed, and all went ok~

with 63mm stroke rear shock on, I checked that 29 inch wheel clearance issue, and found that the rear wheel touched the backside of the seattube, that's why I went for 650b.

It is always safe to check the clearance issue with same speced airshock.

Hope this solve your questions.

BTW the ride feel of this beauty is fantabulous.

SAFE RIDE~

 

[Kiwi in Wales]

Checked the clearance on yoke and front side of seatpost unweighted and even pulled it to check and make sure it doesn't contact each other no matter what.

and also checked tire clearance first with air shock with all the air out (216 x 63) of course.
since ohlins coil has a thicker than a normal rubber bumper it is hard to see if there's any possible contact between yoke and seattube and a rear tire even without spring installed, and all went ok~

with 63mm stroke rear shock on, I checked that 29 inch wheel clearance issue, and found that the rear wheel touched the backside of the seattube, that's why I went for 650b.

It is always safe to check the clearance issue with same speced airshock.

Hope this solve your questions.

BTW the ride feel of this beauty is fantabulous.

SAFE RIDE~

Thanks, that is really helpful as I have a Push ElevenSix 216mm x 63mm off my Nomad that I was thinking of putting on my 2019 Levo but was unsure it was going to fit due to frame clearance worries. I know I will still need to check if the shock needs retuning as the Levo has a different leverage ratio to the Nomad. I am running 275’s at the moment so the tyre clearance on the back of the seat post won’t be an issue.
What ‘work’ did you need to do on the flip chip? I have a 210 x 55 Ohlins coil on the 2019 already and didn’t need to modify it in anyway. Did you fit an offset bush in the front eyelet?

 

[kemp990]

Thanks, that is really helpful as I have a Push ElevenSix 216mm x 63mm off my Nomad that I was thinking of putting on my 2019 Levo but was unsure it was going to fit due to frame clearance worries. I know I will still need to check if the shock needs retuning as the Levo has a different leverage ratio to the Nomad. I am running 275’s at the moment so the tyre clearance on the back of the seat post won’t be an issue.
What ‘work’ did you need to do on the flip chip? I have a 210 x 55 Ohlins coil on the 2019 already and didn’t need to modify it in anyway. Did you fit an offset bush in the front eyelet?

Ohlins TTX 22m eyelet's ID is 16mm and original flipchips OD is a bit smaller, so I had to fabricate kind of offset insert then fit in the flip chip.

and for the upper eyelet, I was basicall aiming for the same offset mounting hardware but unfortunately the shape of ohlins ttx doesn't allow any offset setting...used fox mounting hardware with polymer bushings with a bit of modification since getting 6x22mm with 14mm ttx hardware was extreamly tricky...even so called expert all sent me stx hardwares which has smaller OD than TTX's. so basically no offset for the front.

I have never used elevensix...but should fit if you use flipchip at lower posisiton, the clearance I get from offset insert on yoke side is o/a 1mm only.

 

[kemp990]

Thanks, that is really helpful as I have a Push ElevenSix 216mm x 63mm off my Nomad that I was thinking of putting on my 2019 Levo but was unsure it was going to fit due to frame clearance worries. I know I will still need to check if the shock needs retuning as the Levo has a different leverage ratio to the Nomad. I am running 275’s at the moment so the tyre clearance on the back of the seat post won’t be an issue.
What ‘work’ did you need to do on the flip chip? I have a 210 x 55 Ohlins coil on the 2019 already and didn’t need to modify it in anyway. Did you fit an offset bush in the front eyelet?

One more thing, please check the elevensix's shaft width, I saw canecreek shaft with 8mm OD broke in half here in emtbforum, and main reason I chose ttx over dhx2 is because ttx has 10mm OD shaft, and DHX2 has 9mm one.

always better safe than sorry, right?

 

[Kiwi in Wales]

One more thing, please check the elevensix's shaft width, I saw canecreek shaft with 8mm OD broke in half here in emtbforum, and main reason I chose ttx over dhx2 is because ttx has 10mm OD shaft, and DHX2 has 9mm one.

always better safe than sorry, right?

Thanks for all the additional info.
For sure, definitely always better to be safe than sorry.
I know about the shaft size issue already thanks. The shaft on the ElevenSix is 12.8mm so all good on the front ?

 

[etoni]

What shock is that?

Öhlins levo shock.

 

[Rich the gasman]

2019 Levo expert
Santa Cruz reserve wheels industry 9 hubs
Sram code RSC brakes ?
Upgraded tyres to 2.6 butcher and hillbilly black diamond casings
Lyric for 160mm
Mudhugger front ( have the new rear rubber and does the job very well)
Burgtec pedals /stem
Eargon grips
(Coil shock next upgrade and I’m done )

 

[estoril]

I've done nearly 700 miles on mine now, DTSwiss HX1501 with Conti TK BC 2.4,

 

[Andy A]

Just been out today on an epic ride we did 46 miles with 3500 feet of climbing on the stunning North York Moors here is my taupe Levo and Linda's nice blue Levo

 

[silverstone]

My MY19 GSR Levo
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Nice City
I think Robert told me about your bike.

My alu comp on the Niesen

 

[All Mountain Coaching]

Taking the long, low and slack to the next level...

 

[cheater]

My 2nd 2018 Levo. Went from a 2018 to a 2019 and back to a 2018. Super happy with the 2018! Also loving the 29 inch wheels vs the 27.5 that came stock on the bike.

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What 2019 model did you return? Why did you go back? I went from a 2017 to 2019 and love the changes but have never tried an 18 before so curious now. I do really like how they look.