Levo Gen 2 Rear 29er wheel on a 2018 levo.

derby

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Feb 2, 2019
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San Anselmo, California
On my 2018 Levo Carbon I fit a 29 x 40i Derby rim to match my front wheel, both with 2.6 tires. The rear 29 x 2.6 tire barely clears the swingarm's lower stays bridge with about 4mm at best, less than ideal and makes it not possible to use a rear "hugger" type fender to protect the motor area mounting the hugger fender (using a small front fender) under the swingarm's cross bridges.

The 29er in the rear is slightly smoother riding over rough trail. A far smoother improvement was going to a coil rear shock.

A very close side by side measurement of battery usage with my 29ers x 2.6 tire vs 27.5 on my buddy's same model Levo with stock 27.5 x 2.8 tires, with same tire model on both bikes and same battery power settings, found no more than about 1~2% better battery percentage use with the more efficient rolling 29er rear wheels over a long 30+ mile ride distance.

I prefer the 2018 Levo's handling with the 29 x 2.6 front with 27.5 x 2.8 rear tire "mullet" or "mixer" style. And fender clearance is no problem.
 

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