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I recently loaded up my 2020 XL Levo Expert with gear and did 3 days of back road riding, mostly gravel with a good amount of climbing.
Setting ECO at 10% support and 20% of peak power I found that the bike handled my weight of 95 kg and additional load of 12 kg pretty well. It was easier to pedal up hill than I expected.
On the first day after 50 km and 800 m of climbing the battery was down by 1/3. At 50 % battery I had covered 86 km and climbed 1000 m. There was a good hill coming up and only 12 km to the camp site so I went to Turbo mode for the remainder and finished with 24 % remaining. Ride time was 4 3/4 hours with total distance of 98 km with 1200 m climbed. (60 miles and 4,000 feet).
The third day was just 57 km with about 480 m of climbing, I used Smart Control setting a bit more distance and a good amount of battery reserve at the end. The assistance given to me was very generous and used a bit over half the battery.
I attached a Thule Freeload rear rack, there was not much tyre clearance and Revelate Nano Panniers, a Salsa EXP Anything Cradle to the handlebars which worked brilliantly and a Revelate Terrapin to the seat post. I removed the dropper and used a 34.9 post from an older Scott bike I have along with a Brooks Cambium C17 seat.
The rack needed a bit of rubber on the seat stay mounts on one side to get it to sit evenly if anyone is thinking of doing the same, about 5 mm on the drive side. I cut the pannier mounting lugs and rails off the sides of the deck to allow the nano panniers to hang nicely.
This use of the bike is not what I purchased it for but it has got me thinking that it could be a great rig for overnight trips if the power is used sparingly.
Setting ECO at 10% support and 20% of peak power I found that the bike handled my weight of 95 kg and additional load of 12 kg pretty well. It was easier to pedal up hill than I expected.
On the first day after 50 km and 800 m of climbing the battery was down by 1/3. At 50 % battery I had covered 86 km and climbed 1000 m. There was a good hill coming up and only 12 km to the camp site so I went to Turbo mode for the remainder and finished with 24 % remaining. Ride time was 4 3/4 hours with total distance of 98 km with 1200 m climbed. (60 miles and 4,000 feet).
The third day was just 57 km with about 480 m of climbing, I used Smart Control setting a bit more distance and a good amount of battery reserve at the end. The assistance given to me was very generous and used a bit over half the battery.
I attached a Thule Freeload rear rack, there was not much tyre clearance and Revelate Nano Panniers, a Salsa EXP Anything Cradle to the handlebars which worked brilliantly and a Revelate Terrapin to the seat post. I removed the dropper and used a 34.9 post from an older Scott bike I have along with a Brooks Cambium C17 seat.
The rack needed a bit of rubber on the seat stay mounts on one side to get it to sit evenly if anyone is thinking of doing the same, about 5 mm on the drive side. I cut the pannier mounting lugs and rails off the sides of the deck to allow the nano panniers to hang nicely.
This use of the bike is not what I purchased it for but it has got me thinking that it could be a great rig for overnight trips if the power is used sparingly.
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