LazyTrailRider

Yes, they do. I track MTB rides with my Fenix, and road rides with my 530, all activities sync through Garmin Connect to determine your overall fitness metrics. In my case I also broadcast HR to the 530 from the Fenix, I don’t use a chest strap.

Yup, I'd definitely go for the Edge. I have a Fenix 7s for general use but got a 530 in addition because of how usable it is while on the bike. You won't go wrong with a 540 if riding is your primary activity.

Are you planning on using the Fenix with a separate HR strap? Most importantly, maps on a Fenix are definitely not usable while on a bike, they're barely usable while hiking. They're TINY.

Other EBs I've ridden have had the noises I'm referring to from new. The Gen 1 has those. They're not "something is worn" or "something is broken" noises, they're just mechanical noises inherent to the design. Same thing with SJs as they evolved over time, the four generations I have experience with have become increasingly more silent. Part of it is derailleur, chain and cassette improvements over time, but there is also a lot of cable and slap management which has been refined over time.

Back to the actual Levo SL discussion... Anyone interested in a mint (372km) Gen 1 Comp Carbon? 😉 https://bikehub.co.za/classifieds/item/dual-suspension-mountain-e-bikes/643879/specialized-levo-sl-comp-carbon-medium @MORNE I think this is roughly your size?

You can be on top form and still have more fun shuttling with e-power. When I was racing XCO and marathon years back, climbing was a large part of why I was on the trails. Now? Pffft.

Spot on for most trail/enduro riders. You’ll love an EB. Strangely, on my gravel bike (which I use as a road bike 95% of the time) I love climbing. I put roughly 10x more miles in on the road, so when I’m on the trail bike, I’m there for the descents and don’t want to waste unnecessary effort ascending.

Which is totally fine. None of the experienced riders I know who are now on EBs care at all about top-end speed, we have them so we can climb faster and self-shuttle. My average speed for yesterday’s 15km/400m elevation ride was 16km/h.

You're in for a treat. Took it for the first ride yesterday, and... Holy crap. Coming from the combo of an SL1 and EVO, I was expecting the simple combo of EVO handling with assistance. But it's even better. The extra weight low down makes it even more planted than the EVO, and that's saying something. Until now, out of the more than 30 bikes I've had, the Stumpy was the best handling of them all. This beats it. Not by a large margin, but it does. It's stable, planted, with tons of traction, but somehow still playful (I run it with a 29er rear wheel, not the stock mullet setup). The most incredible thing to me is how quiet it is. The first-gen SL is a noisy machine, not as much the motor whirring (which doesn't bother me), but in terms of rattles and clunks. This thing is dead quiet, as in ZERO noise except for the electric whir. It's eerie. Best bike I've ever ridden.

Haha, this is the garage, and it was specifically built with an area for bikes. The blue thingy is a hanger for random stuff. Would not be able to afford as many bikes if I had kids! 😬

It is indeed. The RC2 damper’s ability to run super supple on chatter but with really good support further in is amazing.

😂 Because even though it’s a previous-gen, it’s close to new, and way nicer than the OEM 36 Rhythm on the Comp build. I might get a 2023 Lyrik once my wallet has recovered a bit.

I couldn’t resist for longer than a few days… …and it’s even in my favourite colour 👌🏼

Agreed, but this example was a 50% drop.

An easy statement to make at the R15k level, not so easy at R150k…

When you say “break”, do you mean a frame crack?

I’ve bought and sold multiple bikes worth double that. When a year old *mint* condition bike with 300km on it can be had for R80k instead of R110k, it’s a no-brainer.

I’ll let all the economists here know what the reality turns out to be. Going to put 2x bikes on the market in the next two weeks, a 2021 model for R95k, and a 2022 for R65k.

I like to think they made this especially for me. My current two bikes are a Levo SL and a Stumpy Evo. I love (really love) the Evo, but I usually want assistance. When I’m on the SL, I miss the Evo’s geo. Just take my money already, por favor.

You'd be surprised how many people in SA earn more than a few bar a year... If you don't have kids, even R2m/year easily buys you a R130k bike every 2 or 3 years.

Nope, the lines are still crossed 😄 The R750/month I was referring is for R243k's cover. One bike is R98k, the other is R145k. But if they're not crossed, yes, I could probably move the R42k bike to Santam comprehensive.

I'm pretty sure a quick calc would show that switching it on every weekend would be significantly more expensive than permanent options. I doubt their model is designed for that (well, they'll make money out of it, but that's a different story), it's instead ideal for people like me who only need cover every once in a while.

Not just convenience, I prefer paying R250 every few months, rather than R750/month every single month.

The entire point is that I do not want these two bikes insured all the time, because the risk associated to them is only present for small periods of time. Again, this is the "every scenario is unique" principle I started my post with. If you use a bike every single day, you have high risk every single day, so it makes sense to cover it every single day. If you only use a bike once a month, and its risk is close to zero the remainder of the time, it doesn't make sense to have it permanently covered. This is why JaSure has a market.

Per day cover - like any other customisable cover - is designed for very specific scenarios. In my case, because I have multiple bikes, I use a combination of JaSure daily and standard household contents with Santam. The bike I ride all the time (and which happens to be the cheapest of the 3) is permanently covered with JaSure because I don't want to be without it. Its replacement value is R42k and it costs me R160/month. The other two bikes are both valued >R100k and I don't ride them nearly as much. Because of the high value, they'd cost a combined +-R750/month in addition to the R160. Not worth it to insure permanently for all risks for the few times I ride them. But (and here's the important part)it's worth it switching on per day cover when I put them on the back of the car on a week-long holiday because the risk of them falling off the back (or someone driving into them) on a 1000km round trip is significant enough. The rest of the time, if any of the bikes get stolen from the house, I'll claim through Santam as part of household contents. Yes, you can insure the same item twice, you obviously just can't claim twice.