Levo SL Gen 1 Official Levo SL Thread

[ImSundee]

If you could - that’d be great. Looks ideal for day to day use rather than taking out the maintenance stand for simple tasks.

Its like one of these:

Pro Bike Display Stand | Chain Reaction

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They are great for standing the bike up, you just have to be careful about not bending disk rotors with them due to the way they sit

 

[Moe Ped]

That’s the one ?

 

[iainc]

I have that stand, however I don't use it on the SL as it fouls the rotor speed sensor...

 

[Murch]

I use this stand for the SL and the Levo. TUNE-UP STAND X | Topeak

 

[SquireRides]

Hi guys. I posted a few days ago after testing a large red Levo sl comp at my LBS.
several of you kindly posted advice for me as I had a few concerns over sizing with me being just under 5’10.
Thanks to all the guys that responded with helpful replies.

I went back to the LBS today as they also had a black Levo SL Expert in medium, I test rode and found this size much better and more agile. This bike at was way over my budget of £6k.

I thought I’d try and ask for a cheeky good deal and managed to get...
the Levo SL EXPERT rrp£7499, a new helmet rrp£150 and Specialized boomerang pedals rrp£130 I paid £6800 so I felt I was getting a pretty good deal and I’m now the happy owner of the Levo SL Expert!

Had my first ride this afternoon around my local area woodland, the bike was easy to lift over the gateway entrance and handled like a regular MTB on the trailsthere are some really steep climbs there and I was amazed I was able to ride up them fairly easily in turbo mode, I’m really impressed So far.

The only issue I had was with the mission control app, it recorded the ride length, climb, speed etc but there is no map image, its just a blank white space, any ideas anyone?

That's pretty good. Pre-lock-down I was offered about 10% off a Expert SL plus extenders.

 

[Waynetta]

Hi guys. I posted a few days ago after testing a large red Levo sl comp at my LBS.
several of you kindly posted advice for me as I had a few concerns over sizing with me being just under 5’10.
Thanks to all the guys that responded with helpful replies.

I went back to the LBS today as they also had a black Levo SL Expert in medium, I test rode and found this size much better and more agile. This bike at was way over my budget of £6k.

I thought I’d try and ask for a cheeky good deal and managed to get...
the Levo SL EXPERT rrp£7499, a new helmet rrp£150 and Specialized boomerang pedals rrp£130 I paid £6800 so I felt I was getting a pretty good deal and I’m now the happy owner of the Levo SL Expert!

Had my first ride this afternoon around my local area woodland, the bike was easy to lift over the gateway entrance and handled like a regular MTB on the trailsthere are some really steep climbs there and I was amazed I was able to ride up them fairly easily in turbo mode, I’m really impressed So far.

The only issue I had was with the mission control app, it recorded the ride length, climb, speed etc but there is no map image, its just a blank white space, any ideas anyone?

regarding the map on mission control. See if it works next ride. It sometimes does weird things but works ok 99% of the time. One issue I get is no elevation gain.

 

[AlexEMTB]

Does anyone experience an ever so soft squeaking sound if you turn the crank backwards?

 

[SquireRides]

Ooooh, glad i noticed that before it fell out on the trail! First time i had to tighten in 1200km, but pretty sure it wasn't that loose a couple of weeks ago...

 

[boBE]

Strange that the ring should work it's way loose, there is no force on the ring when the crank is tightened and it appears to have Loctite blue as well. I'm going to check mine now!

 

[Waynetta]

Does anyone experience an ever so soft squeaking sound if you turn the crank backwards?

Yes mines done it from new. got a bit quieter after a 1000miles

 

[paquo]

Ooooh, glad i noticed that before it fell out on the trail! First time i had to tighten in 1200km, but pretty sure it wasn't that loose a couple of weeks ago...

good catch, on my bike one was loose and 3 of 4 chainring bolts

 

[Moe Ped]

Super nice man. Can I by chance get the weight?

Yep will weigh it on Thursday before and after the coil is fitted.

 

[AlexEMTB]

Yes mines done it from new. got a bit quieter after a 1000miles

Ok thx! Good to know.

 

[AlexEMTB]

Does anyone recently have firmware updates where Mission Control says they have to be updated by your retailer?

 

[AlexEMTB]

No.
Can you provide a screenshot?

Here you go...

 

[boBE]

good catch, on my bike one was loose and 3 of 4 chainring bolts

I checked my crank arm rings this morning, not ready to fall off but nowhere near 20 NM, more like 5. I tightened them and will monitor the situation.

 

[crazymelki]

Here you go...

View attachment 33657

I have the same....But before seeing this "Could not install"...I got a message "contact the dealer for the software update".

 

[AlexEMTB]

I have the same....But before seeing this "Could not install"...I got a message "contact the dealer for the software update".

Yeah I got the same message. This is like having a car!

 

[MrBrownstone]

25kmh and that is also legal in ews

if we had 15 mph cutoff here in the states I’m quite certain I wouldn’t bother riding an emtb.

 

[MrBrownstone]

View attachment 33702
Show your average ride speeds. I’d be surprised if you average is faster than 15mph (24kph).
I hauled ass this morning and it was all the typical German gravel trails. The trails that use up my suspension are pretty technical so average is much slower. And of course downhill the motor isn’t needed so speed limit is completely irrelevant.

speed limit is not irrelevant when comparing 15 to 20 mph for my typical daily rides which can include pavement miles to get to the trails and fast rolling dirt fire roads where I’m riding 17-20mph for miles at a time. With a 15mph cut out I’d be maxing at 15 unless going DH. The same areas I’m going 17-20 on my BMC I can hold 14/15 on my acoustic bike. Yesterday’s ride was 24.5 miles with an overall average of 12.7mph and a good chunk of that was over 15mph pedaling to connect the techy sections of singletrack. My average for the ride woulda been a good bit slower with 15mph limit.

 

[boBE]

speed limit is not irrelevant when comparing 15 to 20 mph for my typical daily rides which can include pavement miles to get to the trails and fast rolling dirt fire roads where I’m riding 17-20mph for miles at a time. With a 15mph cut out I’d be maxing at 15 unless going DH. The same areas I’m going 17-20 on my BMC I can hold 14/15 on my acoustic bike. Yesterday’s ride was 24.5 miles with an overall average of 12.7mph and a good chunk of that was over 15mph pedaling to connect the techy sections of singletrack. My average for the ride woulda been a good bit slower with 15mph limit.

Same here, I have 6 miles of pavement to get to the 22 miles of dirt. I had to get home quickly last time and rode the last 11 miles at 18+ mph, turbo mode *and* 90% max heart rate.

 

[MrBrownstone]

And I can assure you that popping out of a techy singletrack into a fast open single or double track and putting the afterburners on with assist up to 20mph is way more fun than being limited to 15mph lol.?

 

[MrBrownstone]

Same here, I have 6 miles of pavement to get to the 22 miles of dirt. I had to get home quickly last time and rode the last 11 miles at 18+ mph, turbo mode *and* 90% max heart rate.

yeah my typical road ride to trails is 4-6 miles mostly uphill. Yesterday only 4 of my 24.5 was on pavement as I took trails home as I had the time. I wouldn’t have had that time with a 15mph limit.

 

[chinesederek]

If anyone is truly concerned over the 15mph restriction then fear not, i have a Planet 3 for sale. i only bought it out of interest, but where i live it's so mountainous that i barely trouble the 15mph limit, let alone anything higher than that. Only installed on the bike for one ride so in as new condition. Anyone interested??

 

[ImSundee]

yeah my typical road ride to trails is 4-6 miles mostly uphill. Yesterday only 4 of my 24.5 was on pavement as I took trails home as I had the time. I wouldn’t have had that time with a 15mph limit.

I fail to see why you are moaning about the limit? So what if that doesn't fit with your schedule - get home later??

The limit is for safety. Same reasons roads have speed limits, if you allowed all ebikes to all go around doing 30mph with no limits, tax or MOTs there would be so many accidents. I welcome the limits. If you want to go over the limit you pedal. If you dont want to pedal and go faster? Do your motorbike licence and get an electic motorbike. I actually wish their was stricter punishment for 'tampered'/delimited bikes.

 

[chinesederek]

Does anyone know how to get the watts you put out on the SL? Garmin is calculating wrong with the SL on lots of things so I don’t trust that. I smoked my ass today and garmin says I had a max of 100 watts which is nothing. Does the blevo work with the SL?

I suspect that your statement is subjectively skewed to support your actual lack of power output

 

[p3eps]

Does anyone know how to get the watts you put out on the SL? Garmin is calculating wrong with the SL on lots of things so I don’t trust that. I smoked my ass today and garmin says I had a max of 100 watts which is nothing. Does the blevo work with the SL?

Blevo works with the SL. My Garmin matches up with it power wise.

 

[jcmonty]

Yours makes sense mine doesn’t View attachment 33724

What garmin? My Edge 530 works fine. Make sure that you add all of the "sensors" - ebike, cadence, speed, power - not sure how many, but they will have the same ID. I also have to disable the Garmin looking for my other ebike. There is also a function to "calibrate" the power meter on the garmin. Maybe give that a go to see if that helps?

 

[Mcharza]

I’ll try to calibrate tomorrow if this rain hold off. I haven’t done that.
@p3eps do you know if blevo voids the bikes warranty? I see you can adjust speed limiter on it.

BLEvo does not affect your warranty, unless you don't change the wheel circumstance under 2000

 

[p3eps]

I couldn’t get my cadence or power to work on my Garmin 830 until I reset the factory defaults.
I paired it with the bike / cadence / power during the initial Garmin setup, and it’s been spot on since.

I’ve only used Blevo to view stats - never edited anything, so I can’t see how it’d void your warranty?