SPECIALIZED TURBO LEVO SL EXPERT
£7,499 / 29in / specialized.com
How do you make an e-bike feel like a normal bike on the descents? Crack that nut and you’re made. E-bike designers have been wrestling with this for years, shaving grams off their bikes to try and remove the weight most riders feel prohibits great descending prowess. They’ve struggled though, as most e-bikes we’ve ridden weigh well over 20kg, so the unicorn bike still remains elusive, even if Lapierre has got close with the eZesty .
Step forward the Turbo Levo SL, a bike that weighs as little as 17.3kg in the S-Works model and genuinely descends like a normal bike. It’s not perfect; 17.3kg is hardly svelte in non-ebike terms, and there are some power and battery life
