Weight?orbea gain has more torque than that at 40nm.....and the cannondale neo more again at 50nm and 500wh battery
and both are a hell of a lot less than 7k
Weight?orbea gain has more torque than that at 40nm.....and the cannondale neo more again at 50nm and 500wh battery
and both are a hell of a lot less than 7k
Hhmm were see. I hope there is, but I ain't counting my chickensCall this morning a Spec dealer and told me he's waiting for Kenevo news today, so, who believe?
orbea is around 14kg and the cannondale around 15kgs.....but who cares they are electric and with 40 and 50nm of torque respectively the weight doesnt matterWeight?
I'm surprised too cause when I enter the shop saying "hello I would like to spend 8000€ on an ebike" the guy advise me to calm down and wait for the 16th of july because there would be some big news, updated Levo, and perhaps a new Kenevo. And he lost 8000€ straight. That's why I'm surprised!Hhmm were see. I hope there is, but I ain't counting my chickens
orbea is around 14kg and the cannondale around 15kgs.....but who cares they are electric and with 40 and 50nm of torque respectively the weight doesnt matter...
i just don't buy it........how can you charge 7k for a bike that only weighs 4kgs less, but has a smaller battery and motor????
Why are people always forgetting it isn´t only about the "Bike Weight"!!!!. Less weight means way better "bike handling".
Thats why Specialized is able to create higher prices. They ALWAYS say an E-Bike should feel like a "NORMAL" bike as much as possible.
WEIGHT DOES MATTER, also on E-Bikes!
That’s why as a bicycler retailer it doesn’t pay off to speculate. I have had info on the Creo for a little while now, but I would have gained nothing by leaking it early. As a Specialized dealer we were under an embargo until today to say anything about this road bike, because today was the official launch day. They never launch more than one bike to the public on the same day or even the same month.I'm surprised too cause when I enter the shop saying "hello I would like to spend 8000€ on an ebike" the guy advise me to calm down and wait for the 16th of july because there would be some big news, updated Levo, and perhaps a new Kenevo. And he lost 8000€ straight. That's why I'm surprised!
That’s why as a bicycler retailer it doesn’t pay off to speculate. I have had info on the Creo for a little while now, but I would have gained nothing by leaking it early. As a Specialized dealer we were under an embargo until today to say anything about this road bike, because today was the official launch day. They never launch more than one bike to the public on the same day or even the same month.
I blame the “New Iphone mentality” for how our consumerism is evolving.
People have to always have the latest version of a product so they can feel all warm and fuzzy inside and have something before everyone else does. Meanwhile there was nothing wrong with the product they already have.
Is $17000 that shocking for a bike?
No not when phones cost more than my first car.
But like the S-Works Roubaix McLaren we sold a couple of years ago for $16000, someone is out there who will want this product.
I wonder what the margin is on this bike, because none of Specialized’s retailers are going to sell it for full retail. They will drive the price so low undercutting each other that they’ll be lucky to break even with the rate that most of overhead keeps increasing.
He wasn’t honest with you. He speculated that they would announce a new Kenevo based on some information on the internet and the history of how Specialized launches new bikes. They don’t just give this information out to all of their dealers because someone would inevitably leak this information to the public, therefore devaluing an already devalued product like the current Kenevo that’s still in shops.Please, don't be rude with me ("rude" in the meaning of "harsh"). I found very nice that my LBS tell me to wait, to be a bit more patient, instead of having 8000 euros on his account but an unhappy customer. It will be my very first ebike, I'm still looking for the best deal for my money. I appreciate the fact he was honest, cause it helps me to post-pone my buy, but perhaps for an non-online brand.
I blame the iPhone model, where everything with a +1 year will become obsolete for many people, and decrease the resell price too. But we are not speaking of an expensive 7000 euros smartphone, but a 7000 euros ebike that I will keep for sure at least 4 or 5 years. At least!
So, as a Specialized dealer, please give us information about the new Kenevo
Maybe a Brose product , but made only for specialized or some other 3rd party producer?And seems that Specialized have started making their own motors. That’s huge news!
That’s a remarkable guessMy guess is we are also going to see that motor in a spesh epic style bike, probably with a different tune
Thanks for that!The Motor is definitly made by MAHLE
Also: Specialized launches new Turbo Creo SL e-road bike
""The motor is called the SL1.1, and Specialized has developed it in cooperation with German automotive giant Mahle. "
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He wasn’t honest with you. He speculated that they would announce a new Kenevo based on some information on the internet and the history of how Specialized launches new bikes. They don’t just give this information out to all of their dealers because someone would inevitably leak this information to the public, therefore devaluing an already devalued product like the current Kenevo that’s still in shops.
We were selling 6-10 Kenevos a week. I have sold 2 since the 2019 Levo came out. I also had to drop the price of 2018 carbon Levos to 10% above my cost just to get rid of them. This is not sustainable for any bicycle retailer, because of the overhead and my employer’s overwhelming desire to pay the staff a living wage. I have lowered the price of my Kenevo inventory considerably and they might as well be nailed to the showroom floor.
So even if I had information I wouldn’t share it. First of all Specialized would sue me into oblivion. It ends up hurting business in the end.
At the media event they had last weekend someone leaked photos of the new Enduro. You know what the result was? They immediately packed up all of those bikes and whatever else they were going to show and now we wait even longer for this information.
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Why are people always forgetting it isn´t only about the "Bike Weight"!!!!. Less weight means way better "bike handling".
Thats why Specialized is able to create higher prices. They ALWAYS say an E-Bike should feel like a "NORMAL" bike as much as possible.
WEIGHT DOES MATTER, also on E-Bikes!
I have a Stumpjumper EVO and a LEVO 2019 and i love to ride some lines on my local BMX track now and then as i did it in my teenage years. Even with all the power of the Levo it is MUCH heaver to move than a "normal" Mountainbike, especially in fast turns, also on some singletrails in the woods or in the Austrian alps. Just remove the battery for one downride and you will see what i mean.Completely disagree... I think, to a certain extent, weight actually helps with the eBike performance. I’ve seen a few videos of people riding eBikes downhill with the motor off and they have beaten their acoustic equivalent.
Sure you don’t want a 30kg barge but you also don’t necessarily want a 12kg feather, the added weight, combined with a motor, helps with climbing a descending.
The acoustic bike world is just getting over the less weight is more obsession... it’s not...
I have a Stumpjumper EVO and a LEVO 2019 and i love to ride some lines on my local BMX track now and then as i did it in my teenage years. Even with all the power of the Levo it is MUCH heaver to move than a "normal" Mountainbike, especially in fast turns, also on some singletrails in the woods or in the Austrian alps. Just remove the battery for one downride and you will see what i mean.
I did not want a 12kg feather, but i would love to see a Levo between 15 and 18kg sometime, that would be so awesome.
P.S. Sorry for little Off-Topic ;-)
orbea gain has more torque than that at 40nm.....and the cannondale neo more again at 50nm and 500wh battery
and both are a hell of a lot less than 7k
Is the UK Spec'd bike restricted to 26kph?this one quotes 28mph
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