The Levo is still a benchmark and future classic. I have mine almost 3 years and have put >4k miles on it (one motor replaced). It can do almost anything out the box, but it becomes truly special when you fit it with a cascade link and a long travel shock, which puts the rear travel at 165mm and progression >30%. Fit that with a 180mm fork up front and it becomes magical! A DH bike with a smooth powerful motor, and stable yet very playful, corner ripping monster. The brose motor imho is still the motor to beat in terms of torque, smoothness of power delivery and how quiet it is. I have a brand new Cannondale Moterra SL as my other bike and even though the Tlevo is 3 years old it's still miles better than the brand new top of the line Cannondale. Spec knocked it out the park with the Gen 3 levo!
@ the motor died after 3k miles and specialized replaced it under warranty in about a week. I bought a new battery after about a year and half for big shuttle days and both batteries are working great!
@@Alex_Abdullayev wow! Big shuttle days?? Man, I went eco mode - 5 hours 6500 feet of climbing and 43 miles in the mountains. I couldn’t imagine doing another battery. 😂. I was wiped. How far do you go? Unless you’re using trail the whole time and it’s eating at your battery life. How heavy is the carrying a 2nd battery?
@ I live in Washington state where we have monster climbs that provide incredible descents. All very close to the parking lot. I turbo up on the fire road and then bomb back down, rinse and repeat. Some days it's a whole day of this which needs another battery (I leave in the car for when it's time to change). On those days it's >20miles and 14k feet of descending, at least. I actually just purchased a third 700wh battery haha I wouldn't dream of carrying that huge thing with me that sounds miserable. I ride downhill.
I'm 12 months into my Levo ownership (first ebike). I can honestly say its been a great experience (3km), but better than the bike has been the after safe service of my local Specialized store, one battery problem and it was a same day replacement no questioms asked.
@@SR104 we also have some excellent Spesh service centres here. The knock on affect of so many unreliable motors turned out to be an excellent support network
Levo owner so you could call me biased but I don’t think you could say the geometry is out date like you said at the beginning. In stock high 442 chainstays and 64.5 head angle is still fairly modern day. Switch to low the chain stays are 447 with 64 angle. Then you have the ability to adjust the headset even further to 63 with the adjustable headset cup. The S-Sizing is still relevant, at a 6.1 went for an S5 and it’s beautiful but I do like a longer bike. Starting to sound like a specialized marketing manager now but it is this ability to customise the bike which has kept the Levo relevant since its realise in 2021
I agree with you and probably should have rephrased that bit. I would say the frame design is ageing purely because it remains largely unchanged for so many years. The geo adjustment is ahead of its time
the frame design has started to age because it’s not specialized new signature look (Levo Sl 2 & stumpjumper 15 no side strut)and like you mentioned the bulbous motor area, however there is so much talk about how much sleeker the CX performance is but when it tilted like on the Whyte e160/180, moustache Game, Norco Range VLT 2024 they also have the bulbous motor design.
Had a Levo for a year now, coming from the Kenevo SL. As soon as I got it I bought the long link from Cascade. Don’t really need th extra travel, but the progression on jumps is really sweet! The bike ride really well and whilst there are bikes out there that do certain things better the Levo is the perfect package of a bit of everything in my opinion.
Great review 👍🏼had my S Works for two and a half years now, absolutely love it, I upgraded the fork to 170mm and was running a Push ElevenSix coil but bottom out was an issue flat landings etc, a few months ago I fitted the cascade LT link with a Vivid air shock and it’s completely transformed it, so plush with a bottomless feeling. A lot of friends have ridden the Levo and all comment on how well it handles compared to theirs. Still a bike that holds up against anything else👌🏼
I have two bikes a lightweight Focus jam2 drifter carbo which I bought in the Covid days 2021 and in all, honestly I did not realise what it was, the focus is is the daily runner. I bought a my Levo comp alloy last November it’s taken some time to get it set up. At £3700 it was a total bargain and omg I absolutely love it.
Owned one for 3 years now, agree with almost everything you said. Run mine at 170/160mm for most of that time the sloppy rear end is really annoying even at 160/150. If I bought again I would have avoided this style of clevis linkage all together and gone with something like the Santacruz Vala, or the Transition options with simple linkages as these provide a solid rear, would be my choice or maybe a kenevo sl so long as the power and more importantly battery is suitable. Geometry is fine it just isn't really an enduro bike, feels more at home on berms than it does taking big hits.
If I were specialized I’d keep the Levo as a trail bike. But steepen the seat tube, lengthen the rear center and full 29. I would also recommend shorter cranks or a higher BB. Now the kenevo should get a more substantial upgrade: steepen seat tube. Mullet with option for 29. 180/190 travel. Adjustable HT. Longer rear center. Shorter cranks. Longer seatposts for both. DH casing tires out the box for both bikes please. Bottle mount range extenders for both bikes (or larger batteries/or both). Let’s face it these bikes are best when run in turbo full time. I had a Gen 1 turbo Levo st that got stolen a year ago. I wish I still had it as I liked it much more than the Gen 3. It was 120/140 and ride much better than the Gen 3. And it had better geometry for trail so you could carve flat corners.
I have the 2022 Levo pro. I stuffed a 29 wheel in the rear (long cs position). Most beneficial was the cascade components link. (Shorter travel one) This brought the travel to 160. I’m considering a 170 air spring and a gripx or grip x2 drop in damper.But I’m concerned that a fork upgrade will make the shock feel worse (I don’t really like it). But I’m in skiing mode now so I’m leaning towards replacing my system carving sl ski.
Easily the most unreliable bike my friends have ever had. Constantly having tcu issues and charge port issues, the levos are in the shop every week. You obviously got lucky with yours.
The Levo is still a benchmark and future classic. I have mine almost 3 years and have put >4k miles on it (one motor replaced).
It can do almost anything out the box, but it becomes truly special when you fit it with a cascade link and a long travel shock, which puts the rear travel at 165mm and progression >30%. Fit that with a 180mm fork up front and it becomes magical! A DH bike with a smooth powerful motor, and stable yet very playful, corner ripping monster.
The brose motor imho is still the motor to beat in terms of torque, smoothness of power delivery and how quiet it is.
I have a brand new Cannondale Moterra SL as my other bike and even though the Tlevo is 3 years old it's still miles better than the brand new top of the line Cannondale. Spec knocked it out the park with the Gen 3 levo!
Great to hear you’ve had such a good experience. Yours sounds like a proper weapon!
Why did you need to replace the motor? How about the battery?
@ the motor died after 3k miles and specialized replaced it under warranty in about a week. I bought a new battery after about a year and half for big shuttle days and both batteries are working great!
@@Alex_Abdullayev wow! Big shuttle days?? Man, I went eco mode - 5 hours 6500 feet of climbing and 43 miles in the mountains. I couldn’t imagine doing another battery. 😂. I was wiped. How far do you go? Unless you’re using trail the whole time and it’s eating at your battery life. How heavy is the carrying a 2nd battery?
@ I live in Washington state where we have monster climbs that provide incredible descents. All very close to the parking lot. I turbo up on the fire road and then bomb back down, rinse and repeat. Some days it's a whole day of this which needs another battery (I leave in the car for when it's time to change). On those days it's >20miles and 14k feet of descending, at least.
I actually just purchased a third 700wh battery haha
I wouldn't dream of carrying that huge thing with me that sounds miserable. I ride downhill.
I'm 12 months into my Levo ownership (first ebike). I can honestly say its been a great experience (3km), but better than the bike has been the after safe service of my local Specialized store, one battery problem and it was a same day replacement no questioms asked.
@@SR104 we also have some excellent Spesh service centres here. The knock on affect of so many unreliable motors turned out to be an excellent support network
Levo owner so you could call me biased but I don’t think you could say the geometry is out date like you said at the beginning.
In stock high 442 chainstays and 64.5 head angle is still fairly modern day. Switch to low the chain stays are 447 with 64 angle.
Then you have the ability to adjust the headset even further to 63 with the adjustable headset cup.
The S-Sizing is still relevant, at a 6.1 went for an S5 and it’s beautiful but I do like a longer bike.
Starting to sound like a specialized marketing manager now but it is this ability to customise the bike which has kept the Levo relevant since its realise in 2021
I agree with you and probably should have rephrased that bit. I would say the frame design is ageing purely because it remains largely unchanged for so many years. The geo adjustment is ahead of its time
the frame design has started to age because it’s not specialized new signature look (Levo Sl 2 & stumpjumper 15 no side strut)and like you mentioned the bulbous motor area, however there is so much talk about how much sleeker the CX performance is but when it tilted like on the Whyte e160/180, moustache Game, Norco Range VLT 2024 they also have the bulbous motor design.
Had a Levo for a year now, coming from the Kenevo SL. As soon as I got it I bought the long link from Cascade. Don’t really need th extra travel, but the progression on jumps is really sweet! The bike ride really well and whilst there are bikes out there that do certain things better the Levo is the perfect package of a bit of everything in my opinion.
Great to hear you’ve enjoyed yours so much 👍
Great review 👍🏼had my S Works for two and a half years now, absolutely love it, I upgraded the fork to 170mm and was running a Push ElevenSix coil but bottom out was an issue flat landings etc, a few months ago I fitted the cascade LT link with a Vivid air shock and it’s completely transformed it, so plush with a bottomless feeling. A lot of friends have ridden the Levo and all comment on how well it handles compared to theirs. Still a bike that holds up against anything else👌🏼
Had my Levo sl 18 months 1k miles so pleased I chose Specialized. !!
Strangely a very different bike to the Turbo Levo. The SL is a great bit of kit as well though
I've owned the Gen 2 and gen 3 turbo levo and I ride in the wet and muddy south wales valleys.
Wishing you all the best 🧞♂️
I have two bikes a lightweight Focus jam2 drifter carbo which I bought in the Covid days 2021 and in all, honestly I did not realise what it was, the focus is is the daily runner.
I bought a my Levo comp alloy last November it’s taken some time to get it set up. At £3700 it was a total bargain and omg I absolutely love it.
Proper bargain. Fair play 👊
Owned one for 3 years now, agree with almost everything you said. Run mine at 170/160mm for most of that time the sloppy rear end is really annoying even at 160/150. If I bought again I would have avoided this style of clevis linkage all together and gone with something like the Santacruz Vala, or the Transition options with simple linkages as these provide a solid rear, would be my choice or maybe a kenevo sl so long as the power and more importantly battery is suitable.
Geometry is fine it just isn't really an enduro bike, feels more at home on berms than it does taking big hits.
If I were specialized I’d keep the Levo as a trail bike. But steepen the seat tube, lengthen the rear center and full 29. I would also recommend shorter cranks or a higher BB. Now the kenevo should get a more substantial upgrade: steepen seat tube. Mullet with option for 29. 180/190 travel. Adjustable HT. Longer rear center. Shorter cranks. Longer seatposts for both. DH casing tires out the box for both bikes please. Bottle mount range extenders for both bikes (or larger batteries/or both). Let’s face it these bikes are best when run in turbo full time.
I had a Gen 1 turbo Levo st that got stolen a year ago. I wish I still had it as I liked it much more than the Gen 3. It was 120/140 and ride much better than the Gen 3. And it had better geometry for trail so you could carve flat corners.
All excellent suggestions. Looking forward to whatever comes next from Spesh
I have the 2022 Levo pro. I stuffed a 29 wheel in the rear (long cs position). Most beneficial was the cascade components link. (Shorter travel one) This brought the travel to 160. I’m considering a 170 air spring and a gripx or grip x2 drop in damper.But I’m concerned that a fork upgrade will make the shock feel worse (I don’t really like it). But I’m in skiing mode now so I’m leaning towards replacing my system carving sl ski.
If you’re a lighter rider get the grip x2. You won’t regret it
Its weird that fox won't warranty their coils on the Levo, but Rock Shox are happy their coils are good.
Maybe I’ll follow up on that one as it hadn’t crossed my mind before 👍
When is the new Levo coming out?
🤷♂️
By February
Power delivery and range is still above the new Amflow.
Range yes, but power?
Aging relic?
I mean it’s hardly new
Easily the most unreliable bike my friends have ever had. Constantly having tcu issues and charge port issues, the levos are in the shop every week. You obviously got lucky with yours.
Have heard many similar stories. A real shame for those owners, as you say I’ve been lucky so far
Some have issues, but many,many more have none🤷♂️
Never had an issue and after Riding a Canyon Strive:On this year I want to go back to a T Levo next year.
The Revive is trash - never heard this before.... I think it is worth to mention that the Brose motor will be noisy after a few month of riding.
Revive is fine, when the preassure is right and Not all Brose Motors become noisy. I am on my third one 😂.
My motor is still silent, dropper still shit
Carbon bar? no thanks.
Why?