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whatevs Added a reply to I want some useful data. How long have you owned your ebike with no failure/warranty? (And which ebike MOTOR/battery did have failure/warranty?)

2/19/2026 8:51am

No problem here. Two Levo SLs. Four years now. Wife and I only do about 1k miles per year, but, per Strava, we climb average over 80k feet per year, each. 93k last year. Both bikes still going strong. Though one is due for a shock rebuild.

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owl-x Liked a reply to forum topic I want some useful data. How long have you owned your ebike with no failure/warranty? (And which ebike MOTOR/battery did have failure/warranty?)

2/19/2026 8:34am

Dude. Just buy one. The motors are easily as durable as any of the other stuff in this hobby. If you’ve accepted that you can put a catastrophic scratch on a fork stanchion pulling your bike out of the garage, blow up a wheel at the trailhead kiosk, and get broke off on a green trail, the motors are just fine. Battery degradation is my main eeb concern in 2025. Eebs are the purest form of mountain biking ever: bomb smash repeat. The rippin and the tearin. Philosophical tenderberries that think there’s some sort of karmic reward for earning your...

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