I rode my wife's e-bike a few weeks ago, with a major portion of the ride consisting of a long tedious fire road climb (6000 feet of elevation gain total). I loved the Levo on that ride.
I also rode it once over the Thanksgiving holiday break in Sedona. I traveled with a group of four other families with kids. Three of us "dads" brought our mountain bikes with us. A fourth "dad" did not because he's not a mountain biker, but he nonetheless wanted try mountain biking with the rest of us dads. So I lent the fourth dad my Stumpjumper FSR Evo 29, while I rode my wife's Levo (I don't mind someone else crashing my Stumpy, as I've crashed on it many times before. But I think my wife would be upset if someone crashed her Levo for the first time, and it wasn't her
).
The Levo did a great job riding around. But honestly, I was a little bummed riding the Levo in Sedona. Part of the fun in Sedona is trying to tackle some of the rocky step ups and the very short, punchy climb sections after a dip or drop in the trail. The Levo made it too easy. After 2 hours, I felt like I hadn't even ridden. And while under normal circumstances, I guess I wouldn't complain about that, I had come to Sedona to literally get exhausted with riding.
I missed my Stumpy. So I was glad when the fourth dad decided not to join us for the rest of the rides, and I got my Stumpy back for the remainder of our vacation.
In sum, I think the Levo's great for some types of rides, not so great for others, at least for me...
