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

[Stefan Mikes]

Just see the breakdown of the total usage of my e-bikes:

• The Vado SL is my flat-handlebar gravel e-bike. I have used it on gravel e-races; my rides involve mild off-road (no mountains, no rocks)
• Vado 5.0 and 6.0 are the same e-bike, only Roadrunner is the e-bike built on a new frame (lifetime frame warranty)
• Giant Trance E+ is an e-MTB similar to Levo from the same model year.

Now think why the e-MTB was the least used of my e-bikes? The reason was very simple: that e-bike was not good on-road. To use it, I had to carry it with a car to the forest entry.

The last time I used the e-MTB was when I borrowed it from my brother (the current owner) for a gravel group ride. Yes, the e-MTB was very good for riding the sand. However, whenever the group got onto asphalt, I was unable to catch up with my buddies! Even if that e-MTB was completely de-restricted on speed! I could not muster enough cadence, the air drag was too high, and I could not burn the battery for a high assistance ride.

Please draw the conclusion yourself.

If I needed a new e-bike that would be a Tero 5.0. Not a Tero X (too heavy). Tero X is neither an XC nor an MTB e-bike. It is a SUV e-bike that you may hardly take on the trail. It rides like a tank

My last ride on the e-MTB. It was totally derestricted yet my average speed was just 21 km/h. Basically, a flat terrain.