SL Lightweight eMTB Group Review Pros and Cons #emtb #ebike

Thank You for doing this.

This really cements my opinion of the transition as my next bike. Thank you guys so much for doing this shootout!

I'm coming up on (1) year of riding the Pivot Shuttle SL XTR and I agree 100% it is blistering fast. All of my buddies I ride with have full fat bikes, unlocked Levos, and one is a Luna with 160nm bafang motor. All of them go beyond the 20mph limiter. On some of the climbs I have to work hard to keep up, but when we get to flat or downhill sections good luck catching me on the Shuttle. We got to the point where they always want me to go 1st on the downhills we ride lol. Amazing bike when used for the right purpose. The team at Pivot have been incredible to deal with on a couple small issues and I also got to meet the guys from Fazua and they have been super helpful with some tuning. My bike is a large and weighs 40.5 lbs ready to ride. Hard to beat, literally. Expensive but it was worth every penny in my opinion. Great review!

Great work on this series! I think this category is the gateway for those of use who started out on analogs but where life gets in the way of all day grind fests. For me, the ebike is a time machine, allowing more laps and more smiles. It also levels the playing field for those that are not as athletic. Not to feed into too much confirmation bias, but I bought a Relay PNW edition a few months ago after doing my own research and am so happy I did. You didn’t touch on my other use case for the Relay which is popping out the battery and hitting up the bike park. It’s so good!

Awesome video and literally covered just about every popular motor. Congrats Transition!!!! They make the best bikes hands down.

My Relay is finally coming next week ! Great vids Guys. You just assured me that I’ve made good choice ordering Relay back in February. Cheers 👍😀

Exceptional work guys. In producing these it must take so much time and patience (and insect repellent!) It's massively appreciated and great to watch. 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

I went with the 9.7 EXe. For myself, I wanted something that felt as close as possible to a regular bike, quiet, but that provided a little help. I might have checked into some other rides had this video come out before I jumped in, but I'm still pleased with the bike regardless. Thanks for putting this together, looking forward to future reviews.

As someone who owns the Orbea Rise and a Santa Cruz Hightower, I’m getting the Specialized Levo SL. I’ve ridden the new Heckler SL, the Pivot Shuttle SL, and the Levo. The Pivot is really light, but feels more trail than downhill. The Pivot is gorgeous in the desert sage color with Kashima coat. I was tempted to but it for the looks alone😂. The Heckler is nice, but honestly the Fazua system feels dull and seems to have a serious delay applying power. The Levo SL to me felt perfect. Just enough power help nicely with the climbs, but not so much that it sacrificed any playfulness downhill. The bike feels like a Porsche 911 on trails, and a Troohy truck downhill. A definite quiver killer.

I would have loved the Relay but went for the Shuttle SL back in February as I really needed something to get me back out after illness, having to remove the battery also put me off a bit. Glad I made a good choice as it was my first real experience of e-bikes (other than a trial on the Forestal that backs up everything you said). So far the Shuttle has done everything I could want . Quick blast on Rocket to 40 miles on breeze, gentle trails to full on Lake District epics. I've watched all the videos in this group and they are spot on, keep them coming.

Love the honest reviews, as always. I totally understand about being split down the middle. I have been riding my Shuttle SL since December and my girlfriend has had her Fuel Exe since July of 2022. Sometimes we switch bikes and can agree that while each other's bike is pretty nice, we both chose the right bike for us. Worth mentioning, neither one of us has had any issues. I would consider the Transition for additional stability. But, I can accomplish that by throwing on a coil, when I need to. Mainly, I don't want to have to remove the battery to charge it. Thanks, again.

Knowing nothing about light e mountain bikes, the presentation and content of this video was excellent. I learned a lot. Thanks guys!

Owning a 2020 SC Heckler and pre-ordered a Heckler SL now… I‘m so ready for a lighter ebike! ❤

Watched & loved the whole series, now this final group review and just thumbs up! Nowhere did you mention (at least I didn’t catch it) the adjustability of the Nm on the Giant bike, it can be tuned down to 75Nm or 60Nm to save battery on longer days. I am a full size (fat) e-mtb owner looking to switch down into this newer SL category. Great series, thanks! 👍

Great review! Good to see you made adjustments to some of the the bikes power settings to get the best out of the bikes. Some manufacturer settings are a detriment to the proformance of the bikes for sure.

Thanks for this perfect video, 1 week ago I did buy the specialized turbo levo sl carbon 2023 with the new 1.2 motor. Got it for 7100 dollars my bike shop made me an offer i couldent say no to. Had the first ride on it last day. And what a play full bike, for me the power is more than enough and on the downhill Parts the bike feels so good.

Great good guys!! I have a turbo levo gen 3 looking for a Sl and going probably on the light side. Going to be probably looking more with the fazua stuff it looks like better unite I think. Thanks for making my life easier.

Great roundup! Thanks for the excellent review and solid recommendations.

The chain discussion gets me even more excited about the gearbox ebikes with belt drives.

This was a great series! Please do an in-depth series on lower cost bikes. I work at a Giant and Pivot dealer and can say that the Shuttle SL is excellent here in Minnesota where we do not have big climbs. Im sure the Giant would be excellent too BUT these are expensive bikes and many of us want a reasonably capable bike for much less money.