I just bit the bullet and bought the new levo alloy.. I have all the s-works grade components so why waste 10 grand for carbon fiber.
First off.. the build quality of the over all bike is night and day to the point you can literally feel the difference vs. my Chiner Carbon build.
The Motors:
M600 is pretty quick when you get it going. It states the torque is much higher than the brose but the bottom end torque of the brose 2.2 feels stronger. I can take off fairly fast in the higher gear with the brose vs the M600 falls off pretty quick when your cadence goes down but I think that is a tunable issue. ( I don't do this on purpose)
The pedal assist tuning is far superior with the brose 2.2 vs the M600.. It doesn't fell jerky or pully. You don't have the 1-2 sec of pulling after you stop peddling with the brose. This could probably we tweaked pretty easy on the M600 but they don't make easy. The Levo controller has BT and way more customization options.
Noise levels.. The brose 2.2 is pretty much dead quite. I can't hear it over the tire/chain noise. M600 wasn't too loud either with the nylon gear but you could hear it on the higher assist levels.
Speed Limit Mods: Brose has many more options for non-computer programmer types that actually function. I had the badass box on the M600 and it worked fine until you slowed down for a turn or just coming to a stop then trying to start pedaling again.. then it would throw a E21.
The biggest difference is pedaling with the motor off.. It's like there is no motor there at all with the brose. The M600 wasn't bad but you definitely knew it was there.
I still think the M600 with a Chiner frame is a great way to get into the sport at a reasonable cost. Once the tuning gets solid with the M600 to wear the average person can do it, it will be hard to beat.
First off.. the build quality of the over all bike is night and day to the point you can literally feel the difference vs. my Chiner Carbon build.
The Motors:
M600 is pretty quick when you get it going. It states the torque is much higher than the brose but the bottom end torque of the brose 2.2 feels stronger. I can take off fairly fast in the higher gear with the brose vs the M600 falls off pretty quick when your cadence goes down but I think that is a tunable issue. ( I don't do this on purpose)
The pedal assist tuning is far superior with the brose 2.2 vs the M600.. It doesn't fell jerky or pully. You don't have the 1-2 sec of pulling after you stop peddling with the brose. This could probably we tweaked pretty easy on the M600 but they don't make easy. The Levo controller has BT and way more customization options.
Noise levels.. The brose 2.2 is pretty much dead quite. I can't hear it over the tire/chain noise. M600 wasn't too loud either with the nylon gear but you could hear it on the higher assist levels.
Speed Limit Mods: Brose has many more options for non-computer programmer types that actually function. I had the badass box on the M600 and it worked fine until you slowed down for a turn or just coming to a stop then trying to start pedaling again.. then it would throw a E21.
The biggest difference is pedaling with the motor off.. It's like there is no motor there at all with the brose. The M600 wasn't bad but you definitely knew it was there.
I still think the M600 with a Chiner frame is a great way to get into the sport at a reasonable cost. Once the tuning gets solid with the M600 to wear the average person can do it, it will be hard to beat.
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