Steve is in South Africa for this weeks EMBN Show, chatting to Marco Sonderegger, Joe Buckley, Jan Talavasek, and Dominic Geyer about the launch of the new Specialized Levo SL ⚡️
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Overpriced ebike that's all
Excellent episode. Maybe the best yet? Big jumps, high speed tech, amazing new bikes and clarification on the effects of too many pies.
7:50 What we are always after, Steve; "honest answer is $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$".
I purchase any "other" bike out of principles!
& after listening to their BS marketing plots for more pieces of the pie, i will happily give my hard earned penny's to the competition!
Sorry but this Bike doesn't fit into my Ferrari. But the Video itself is great as always.
Bit tired of all the hype about this bike. I love the lightweight concept, but this bike is alarmingly expensive and is poorly executed IMO. Shorter chainstays + short reach = hard to keep the front down on climbs. Climbs is what riders want an e-MTB for so why make a bike that doesn't climb well? In New Zealand the base model, the Comp, is $10,500 NZD. for $3,000 less I can get a Trek Rail 7 with better fork, drivetrain and brakes. Oh and the battery is removable in seconds. Top of the line Trek Rail 9.8 is $9899 NZD, but the S-Works Levo SL is $20,300.The Specialized is unaffordable, and just not really that good. Ground-breaking? This bike will only break your mortgage
How much forget it .
Super nice! 2 weeks in a row on the bike vault this time My Haibike Xduro Allmtn makes it big! Having said that, Blake thinks I'm totally uncool with My kickstand…. Classic! Cheers chaps! Stonking show, again!
Pricey but the light low power is an interesting idea,must be great to ride.
The only people who buy boring Spesh bikes are the fat Audi drivers you see wobbling around trail centres.
Its a bloody stupid price with no relation to real world riders ……. UK £11000 is a staggeringly ridiculous amount of money, the mark up profit on this must be quite significant – at this price point such bikes are play things for those with money or large salaries and are specifically produced so those who can afford them do, in the same way as other status or image symbols such as designer clothing, expensive watches and so on – it is much more about the image of the person than the product, hence why Apple charge over UK £ 1000 for many of the new iPhones and so on – in societies obsessed with brand and image, I notice cycling whether road or MTB is no different – I wish you would concentrate more on real world priced bikes, that e-bikes seemed to be ridiculous priced
Lol in South Africa and only white males were interviewed. In Europe it's the other way around.
Hi you really butchered the pronunciation of Remutaka, but great place anyway
Lapierre eZesty Am…….. fazua
With each new bike release I become more convinced the manufacturers are laughing hysterically at the gullibility of the buying public. These prices are an insult.
Best show ever, super techy and super nerdy on the new levo plus a super long episode. Boom, love it, these episodes need to be longer. GMBN dirt shed show is average 25 mins
The price on that bike is insane.. noooope no thank you.
a real bargain at 20k
Would be better if they they had got together with Brose and sorted out the problems with the Levo and Kenevo. My 2020 Kenevo has had to have a new motor after only 300 miles.
I don't get it. Why not keep the power in case you need it and stick a 400wh battery in a turbo levo, that would save 2 kilos at least. Also, 2.3 inch tyres is a bit of a swizz on weight. Seems like a upgrade in price and a downgrade in bike imo
That bike isn't bridging a gap for anybody, the base spec one is a terrible spec for the money and the top spec one costs more than some brand new cars. Another unnecessarily expensive bike from specialized.
The spec vs price is rubbish. Take the £6k model … Rhythm forks .. duh. They also do not list the weight for the lower spec models. My guess is that they will be similar weight and much lower spec compared to the competition like YT. It is not about price for me but Value for money !
At last! A bike that will show people I'm wealthy! That's all I asked for …. probably never ride but as long as they know it cost a fortune.
you would not have the same range at all if a levo is backtuned to the SL output (or near it). weight difference is nice though!
The bike I've been waiting for!
I like what Specialized is doing with this ebikelite, akin to a 125cc motocrosser, I'd say. But I'm with lots of fans in wondering what's up with that price, who can afford these prices? No knock, spend it if you have it, but I can only window shop at Tiffany's. Thanks for the show, as always, and now I'll ponder this new term Steve coined: A non-ebike. That's deep.
Ebikes are going to continue to get lighter and more powerful as battery and motor technology improves.
price is suck
14999 euros ?…. LEVO SL ? should be more SLM acronym of Super Large Margin ? or TBM : Tremendous Big Margin ! I have preference for the Decathlon priced at 2999,- €.
I just bought a 2019 WR450F, guess I should have bought a TTR125 for it's lighter weight, smaller engine. LOL, so many gimmicks in bicycles these days.
I prefer non-PC answers
I'm not sure why there making a big thing of the SL.its not ground breaking.
Any one remember the zesty e from last year.if you want a ebike 35nm is nothing.and if you're argument is they want a better workout.turn the motor down or off .no doubt in true specialised manner they will sell you less for more money.
well, no one remember the Lapierre E Zesty ?
£10k and it takes you 20 minutes to remove the battery. Progress hahahahahaha