PNWmtb: Specialized Turbo Levo Pro Reviewed by Someone Who Actually Paid for One 

David you should do a RU-vid review! Nice rundown, great perspectives…

A smile and or a hand wave goes a long way!

It reminds me of when the stand-up paddle boarders would stay out 50 ft further than us and catch every wave and we wouldn't get any. I say we as in those of us who use our own arms to paddle the board into the wave. Eventually many of those surfers just got stand up paddle boards and accepted that they were going nowhere

Thanks Duncan good point, I tried that and have actually started using trail mode more…

But then the + & - buttons would be on the top of the bar instead of where your thumb rests when you’re riding. I agree with him that the walk mode button is in a silly spot. Could’ve just been, hold the - button for 3 seconds to activate walk mode and then hold - during walk. That’s how it works on the Shimano EP8 and it works great.

@@The.JZA. why are you walking? It's called mountain biking.

Not the OP, but I’m 5’11 and liked the s4. Fwiw

Did you get the s3 or s4? I’m in the same boat. The 3rd generation has much longer reach.

With ebikes bikes you have to be extra careful to lube generously and keep that drive train clean. The extra torque put stresses on it chain, any chain. I’ve gotten 1000 miles on a single chain with very little stretch by being careful with maintenance…

@@BikeIntelligencer Been running mtb for over 30,000 miles. Always been careful, and tried many lubing/cleaning/maintenance techniques. Where we live it does not matter if ceramic, cheap, expensive or dog poo. whatever is added to the chain cannot slow the wear when the grit gets in. I recently split and measured 10,11,and 12 speed chains. The manufacturers have been thinning the inner bushings which accelerates wear. What boils my piss is they never mention this when you part with 6k. They wait until you're unhappy knowing your stuck with the bike. Assuming we all lube the bike the same there are also other variations it depends on length of ride, weather, terrain, weight of rider and how often between lubes. my riding style is country side hills and distance. in a week 100 to 150 is often covered in 3 rides. my 10 speed used to see over 1000 miles. 11speed 900 summer 700 -750winter(nasty grit) So to buy an e-bike and see 300 for a £60 chain, which after injury was along mainly paved canal paths with a 300 ft road climb either pedalling above assistance and remaining in echo for the climb, to have the chain race past .75 so quickly in good weather is crap, and after enquiring with several shops who none besides leisure lakes in bury would be honest (post purchase) show a rather shitty side of the mountain bike industry- they are more than wiling to deceive customers to sell these units. My background is motorbikes, and if a machine is made more powerful the drive system is adapted to suit, and a mountain bike cost are on par with motorbikes now. chain manufacturers are no different than printer manufacturers, they have a trapped audience. Also they can prey on the unwillingness of customers to change and accept something like a gearbox. I tried a pinion for a weekend, had read that they were more draggy ect. That was not the case, and the grip shift not an issue surprisingly, though can see it making the hand sore if a large distance or lots of down hill. A this moment the e bike industry is booming, they have new niaeve client coming in for the milking. I do not like to see people being taken advantage of, or myself, so this shop who i purchase the bike of should be receiving solicitors document this afternoon, after all they did misled, lie about replacement parts, reject a warranty sending a paragraph from the manufacturers page which showed they were lying. (bike was 300 miles old) so rathe than wait for Shimano to or sram to make a gearbox or enclose the drive chain, i've started to tool up to manufacture my own and video it to raise money for charity who without the hospital i would not be here.

Looking at one of these bikes, but it might be cheaper to get it online from a shop that isn't local. Keen to know your experience of if you bought local or not and if you went direct to specialized or via place you for it from?

@@SB-uu3uq I bought it new from a Spez dealer for $5500 in 2019.

Probably the best value model of them all (well, the 2022 spec certainly) - it's what I bought recently too!

Hey Leandro, on this bike you could do at least a dozen Poppins laps if you were in eco mode, maybe even with turbo too. The battery is impressive and of course descending you use nothing. I've done the Infinity loop and still had more than half the battery left...

Thank you for getting back. I got a Turbo Levo and super happy with it :)

I tested every one at our shop and non had issues, I bought the full carbon levo few days ago 💯 Idk it is a rare issue for them to be loud but on gen3 it's super rare, I don't believe your buddy. I also know the owner of my shop, shop is called red shreds in world MTB destination Williams Lake BC

Fox warrantied the post after we tried everything…

Did you get this sorted? Was it an issue with the bike or down to the general design/battery?

What?!! I’ve always used thumb

All trails are e bike trails where I'm from! And rightly so.

ditto

EAMFD

Easy Karen….

Someone fell back onto a broom stick? 😂