Specialized Levo SL

Looking for any information/feedback on the real world range for the Levo SL? How many metres climbing/distance can you expect in trail mode? Understand full turbo mode can get 800m+.

I am riding a full power 25kg ebike and manage 1300m climbing and 22 miles out of 50% of a 720Wh battery and never use it above trail mode (50% of 85Nm). Would it be realistic to expect the same range? I assume I would need less power with a much lighter bike – is this correct?

Thanks for any feedback

I’m sorry that I probably can’t give you a meaningful answer. But I have a Mondraker Neat with a 360Whr battery and a 160whr range extender. I believe the Neat has a 50Nm TQ motor. I recently had an outing in the Alps near Morgins with a friend who was on a full fat LaPierre.

i think the biggest complication in getting a simple answer will be how much support you want. The only e-bike I’ve ever had is the Neat. I tend to ride in the lowest mode, or the middle mode. I hardly ever use the higher mode. But when I swapped bikes with my friend, my highest mode was sort of equivalent to his mode 2 – out of his 4 modes available. And I’ve found that I’m always getting passed by e-bikes on the trails who are clearly riding their full fat bikes with higher levels of support than I use.

so my point is this – if you re used to full fat, and want reasonably high levels of support, then this will dramatically affect your range imo. On the other hand, if you can reset you expectations based on the lightweight e-bike experience, then I think your range should be pretty good.

on my Neat, if I climb 600m and ride for a couple of hours in the Alps, I tend to use about 50% of the internal battery.

I have a Gen 2 SL and get about 30km and 700-800m of climbing with the in-frame battery using a combination of power modes. I weigh 72 kg. I also have the range extender for rides that are longer and/or with more elevation and if I’m riding with friends on full power bikes when I tend to make more use of the higher power modes to keep up. If I was doing a 22 mile ride with 1300m of climb I’d be taking the range extender.

These are interesting threads as where I live (the very hilly Calder valley), rides regularly average out to equate to 1000ft of climbing for every 10miles. I usually ride under my own steam for 15miles or so.
So I’m curious what sort of terrain is seeing that much climbing is a relatively short distance.

I ride in the Surrey Hills and North Downs areas. The hills aren’t high but there are numerous trails that are close together, so there is very little flat terrain in between i.e. it’s pretty much all up and all down. Also with an e-bike it’s easier to ride back up the steepest and most direct routes to next trail. Hence the relatively short distance to elevation ratio.

I’m not very good at using strava, however one time I did on a sl1.1 motor. I did 25 miles + 2700ft of climbing at afan. This was with a range extender and I finished the ride on below 10%. This was fully on turbo.

I have a levo sl2 with the newer motor and get less range,

Hopefully this is slightly helpful.

Also theres currently some ridiculous deals especially if you are s3.

I’ve been on full phat since Jan 24. I’m finding the same as snooze.

Prior to that, I had a gen1 kenevo sl for about four months.

IMO you’ll only get aomething similar by being fitter or trying harder. You won’t get that same figures for the same effort just because the bike is a few kg different.