Thanks Stefan, but I doubt I will be registering or even using the app, I see my friends, I know where that leads.
Endless choices of motor performance, suspension settings, it becomes far too large a part of their mountain biking experience, every fail is blamed on a setting or a part performance.
Chris, I think you should show same concern about what's under the hood of your high performance Levo in your own interest: the matters of range and riding safety. You have got a racing machine from Biff who certainly had set the Levo up to his liking but his settings might adversely affect any aspect of the e-bike's behaviour where
you are concerned. There is a minimum checklist of what you should absolutely do:
- Connect Specialized App to the Levo and Reset to Factory Settings
- The Tune section gives you three default presets: Universal, Battery Friendly and Racing. Choose Universal (a good balance between the performance and range)
- Do a standard set up procedure of the suspension fork and the rear damper (unless Biff is of a similar weight as you are)
- Set the proper tyre pressure.
Then you can safely set off exploring your own way
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An anecdote, of course. Once, I rented a Levo SL for a couple hours ride with friends. I took the e-bike from the LBS and only asked for setting the proper saddle height. As long as we were off-road, I was delighted. For instance, I was demonstrating to my friends how easy it was to ride deep sand (with the dropper seat-post halfway down). Then we had to ride asphalt. Suddenly, the friend in front of me unexpectedly stopped! I squeezed both brake levers then made a picturesque Over-The-Bars
Why? The brakes on e-MTBs are powerful. As the Levo immediately stopped, the unadjusted suspension fork collapsed all the way down and sent me flying!
I should have locked the suspension before riding into asphalt but what did I know at that time?
An advanced e-MTB is a bronco that you need to learn to tame and ride
'I can't ride the thing boys!' (can you see the tears in my eyes?)
I do enjoy my SL's built-in power meter. Interesting to watch rider power respond to mood and terrain and slowly creep up over weeks and months all by itself. But I have no desire to use that or any other data in any kind of training program.
His Levo has no display, and I'm sure
@Chargeride doesn't need one
(If he needed one, a Specialized TCD is the inexpensive option. I had my Wahoo on the demo ride!)
