Turbo Levo is the fastest - Specialized Ebike shootout ! According to MBR.

[Levo Laland]

I knew Rob fixed the result on his South Africa head to head. No way the full Levo was that much slower!

 

[Levo Laland]

Having ridden both bikes in the Surrey Hills and using Barry knows best as a test trail I come to the same conclusion the full Levo is faster.

 

[R120]

I watched that vid and thought feck they are struggling for content!

 

[wepn]

Turbo Levo is the fastest

That depends. Now before anyone says anything, that was me a few years ago. Almost.

 

[Rob Rides EMTB]

I knew Rob fixed the result on his South Africa head to head. No way the full Levo was that much slower!

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Surrey hills is a lot flatter than SA with far less switchbacks! ?

 

[#lazy]

Having ridden both bikes in the Surrey Hills and using Barry knows best as a test trail I come to the same conclusion the full Levo is faster.

Yeah but Barry knows best is about as tech as the M4 ?

 

[MattyB]

I knew Rob fixed the result on his South Africa head to head. No way the full Levo was that much slower!

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Seems to me you could come out with pretty much any order you like by simply choosing different types of trail - as a result I'm not sure there is any value in a comparison like this tbh. Far more important is how the bike feels to you, and how much confidence that gives you o ride it to the maximum of your abilities (lets be honest, for most of us the bikes are way more capable than we are as riders).

 

[MattyB]

I watched that vid and thought feck they are struggling for content!

Yep, you can see it all over the 'Tube at the moment - how many vids on the merits of Zwift can we stomach?! In 6 months if we are not out the other side of this then new content on TV will also start to dry up - get ready for more Dad's Army and Steptoe and Son coming your way soon...

 

[R120]

I actually quite like MBR's content, and if you ride Surrey Hills a lot you will quite often bump into the guys, who from my interactions with them are all good blokes. Difficult times for putting out content, but I think more VLOG/Pod cast style stuff is way forward at the moment

 

[galaga187]

EMBN are putting out a video of Chris bouncing on planks around his backyard - and I’d probably watch it, better than counting kitchen tiles ?

 

[losgatosgtr]

Speed difference between full fat Levo versus the Levo Sl is completely trail dependant. I didn't see any flat or rolling sections of trail in their test where the SL could shine nor was there any fast technical downhill sections where the Kenevo would shine.

If the trail has any substantial length of flat or rolling sections of trail, where you can pedal the SL faster than the motor cut off (20 MPH in the USA), the SL pedals faster and with much less effort than the Levo/Kenevo due to the new motor in the SL having very low drag and complete motor decoupling.

Of course the final speed of the SL would depend on your ability (fitness level) to pedal the bike faster than the motor cut off.

 

[Konanige]

Very true I rode a local trail yesterday which is pedally, got over 18 mph in a couple of places the Levo and Kenevo would definitely have been slower.

 

[salko]

Seems to me you could come out with pretty much any order you like by simply choosing different types of trail

Yes, it's called marketing.

 

[Levo-Lon]

You get offered a choice of 2 levos ,both free,but you can only pick one.

Erm ,I think I'll have the SL please.
Ok But you do know it's o.ooo1mph slower in certain tests.
That's disappointing but I think I'll be ok thanks ?