What bike you will pick as a first e-mtb? Turbo Levo carbon comp 2025 vs Turbo levo 2025 vs Turbo levo SL comp 2025 with new genie shock

[Slayer2ez]

Hello guys! im 25 and live in hills area, i looking for a bike for activity out of home pc work for 10-12+ hours daily, i like bicycles rides and had a few bikes from my 16 age and did just commong rides of 20-70 km. after i tested emtb i think my expectations changed a lot, i really like it and like atm pretty cold near the 4-7 celsium day/evening emtb save so much power and give copmfort in colder time when need to climb or just go fast. there wheer i live 32 km/h for levo and 45 km/h for tero
So i planning to buy my first EMTB and here where i am only a few retailers (no official stores even) there are Specizliaed one, cube (but buy possible only in 2025) and Scott
I had a test drive of Tero 3.0 and it was quite fun and pretty long ride expecially with most of time trail/turbo mode and a lot of climbs.
I could buy just Tero 3.0 but i decided that full front and reat supression will be better to have more roads and fun so i decided to pay more and get Turbo levo
I understand that it very high price and probably for me as a just non professional guy who just ride and want to improve in that it probably too big buy for my needs, but from what i heard and since i have only a few good brands here specialized is probably a one who i can trust and be sure in bike i get, yes i pay more but i get very solid long time bike, right?And so the main question is a model to choose, i struggle to choose between:
new 2025 Levo turbo with alloy and marzochi bomber shocks which will cost me 6000$ with delivery: https://www.specialized.com/ca/en/turbo-levo/p/4277462?color=5441134-4277462
A more epxensive turbo levo 2025 comp Carbon with fox shocks and better mavis brakes + carbon frame for 7700$: https://www.specialized.com/ge/en/turbo-levo-comp-carbon/p/4274924?color=5430535-4274924
Or get an SL comp 2025 version with New Genie: https://www.specialized.com/gb/en/turbo-levo-sl-comp/p/4221301?color=5401528-4221301

What you guys recommend is best value and smth good for my needs? i m still not sure i need turbo levo or SL version it hard to decide and i never tried SL or turbo levo, just got a ride on Tero 3.0 and few other emtb for little. If SL version is pretty powerful and can beat 50-60 km+ range or extender is pretty easy to use and good for make bigger range and this genie and other components are worth it probably i ll stack with SL. But if Turbo levo or Turbo levo carbon is way better money for quality and feels better and still do decent activity and increase my distance and how fast i can reach it probably that way is better and just need to choose to save 1700$ on allot or spend more and get carbon comp. I really need your experience and reocmmendations guys
All of these bikes ill need to wait until delivery for 1,5-2 months maybe a bit more, but i think i m ok with it it's winter anyway and i have a lot work to do

 

[Stefan Mikes]

there wheer i live 32 km/h for levo and 45 km/h for tero

Your location reads Europe. It is 25 km/h in the EU.

Before I could give you more answers please confirm you intend to ride almost 100% off-road, on technical mountain singletracks.

 

[Slayer2ez]

Your location reads Europe. It is 25 km/h in the EU.

Before I could give you more answers please confirm you intend to ride almost 100% off-road, on technical mountain singletracks.

Hello, no i m not in europe union and here people increase speed and police don't care, all ride like they want. i can say there more problem with drivers on roads and traffic jams because of people mistake than e bike speed, also e bike amount there not big and hard to buy e bike and have a good service of it.

Second question, i m new to this and earlier i had only pretty cheap mtb and cannondale bad boy which is not even close to mtb
But i m amused of videous how people drive on levos ot other emtb and i always like to go where i want without worry if i can go that way
As retailer told me levo is smth much better quality than vado or tero and gives a way to go any terrain. Its like jack of all trades, you just go where you want and it swill be ok and comfort
The difficult for me is to choose a good 2025 model worth and good quality for money And to go SL or non SL..
I can share my test drive experience of tero 3.0 i was going 2 uphil lways with it with 300+ meters of height and it was pretty good and i can say after it that i don't want to go same way on non motor mtb. On some places i feel like i want to have more power to go faster, and as i understood SL slightly more powered than tero 3.0 with 50 Nm same but 320 W over 250 tero, am i right?
And levo will be just 32km/hour and then i can go faster but by legs only right? and as i know on SL it much more comfort to go over 32 than on normal levo when you more feel motor need and weight
If SL is more power than tero 3.0 the only thing i worry that i can have a lack of distance on it, on Tero i used only trail/turbo modes, maybe because of my first ride and i was jealous how cool trail and turbo and this 45 km/h almost after 3 sec from place, but on eco and no motor it was so bad on tero, harder than just mtb probably. On SL in my expectations i hope 10% or eco will be pretty solid to just ride and still ahve fun without crazy efforts and up hill of course more power

That some more info, thank you for helping me and i appreciate any advices, because i m really new to emtb and mtb quite

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Please read me carefully because I will be very short:

• You will not be able to buy a 32 km/h or 45 km/h Specialized or Cube e-bike wherever in Europe, Union or outside. It is 25 km/h, full stop. 32 km/h e-bikes are only available in the U.S. and Canada, the 45 km/h e-bikes can only be bought in the United States or New Zealand. Yes you can illegally deactivate the 25 km/h speed restriction but then say good-bye to the warranty.
• If you do not intend riding 100% on mountain technical singletracks (100% off-road), a Levo or Levo SL is pointless to have and a waste of money. These e-bikes are MTB. They are perfect climbers but slow on the flat.
• Tero is good for both roads and off-road.
• Vado is for roads and mild off-road.
• SL e-bikes are for healthy and fit people.
• All SL e-bikes are weaker than non-SL (full power) e-bikes.

There is no point to say anything more unless you understand the basic principles.

P.S. The only 45 km/h Specialized e-bike available in Europe is Vado 6.0, and I think it is not produced anymore. By law, it is a moped that you have to pedal anyway.

Specialized Turbo Vado 6.0 (2018-2021).