Chris, what could you say about "range" on a 500 Wh battery? I reckon it is more climbing than just distance-riding on the trail. You ride a lot and I'm curious about how far and with what elevation gain you could make your ride. (Your Trance is 500 Wh one, right?) Riding style, assist levels used. Then I can estimate what more could be achieved with 700 W. I agree, it is a grand more (and one-and-half grand more in Europe).
For trail riding my range seems to calculate out to about 30 miles. On road with the tires pumped up I might get 40. I have not tried hyper-miling, trying to get the most out of it.
My longest trek has been about 24 miles and the pack had about 20% charge remaining, mostly flat with a few short steep hills that I climb in mode 5. Pdoz says that's horrible range, but the assist is pretty much on the entire time. If you coast down hills you get better range.
The Turbo Levo Comp for 2020 has the 700w pack.
Here's the whole range for US market:
https://www.specialized.com/us/en/shop/bikes/turbo-e-bikes/e-mountain-bikes/turbo-levo/c/eturbolevo?q=
rice-desc:archived:falseroductFamily:Turbo+Levo#/sort:ss_price:desc/filterroductfamily:Turbo$2520Levo
Personally I would not spend the $$ for the carbon, it's about $2300 more. The Comp is already enough at $5975. The base Levo is a grand less. The 'S-Works' for twelve-grand is simply not in my realm. Nice bike for sure, but gee wizz that's a lot of $$ for a bicycle. OTOH, a fellow at my local Giant store bought a LIV Intrigue for his wife, and had them completely strip the bike and add $5K worth of upgrades to it - some ten or twelve thousand for the bike out the door. People have more money than brains. LOL. I guess the guy has spent some forty or fifty thousand on bikes at the store. They just do whatever he wants.
As I have mentioned, for that thousand USD upgrade from base to comp, you not only get the $1300 pack (exchange is likely a little less, I think about a thousand) but you also get a whole array of upgraded components including the 36m Lyric fork. I think the colors are better too, but I digress. The base levo in blue is really attractive. The comp still comes in the mud-tan matt finish.
I always forget these are 29'rs. Pro's and cons', but the 27.5" wheelsets have a reputation for durability, strength, handling.
When I was shopping, the leftover 2019 Comps were $5200, but they still had the 500w pack. I liked the mud-tan color!
Having gone direct to the manufacturer/importer and test-ridden the carbon YT Decoy, it offered more value for the $$ involved. And since they were just down the coast from us I didn't have the 'mail-order' stigma for support, which made the option more attractive. You just get more bike for a little less money. Also a 29'r, carbon frame, all top-notch components. They are really nice bikes.
The Brose power is the quietest of the bunch. Shimano next, Yamaha last. All have similar power, with the Yam being the punchiest down low, lower cadence support.
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