Specialized Turbo Levo 4 EVO Pro

The Specialized Turbo Levo 4 EVO Pro is a full-power electric all-mountain bike for aggressive enduro and bike-park riding, with a motor strong enough to climb back up for another run. It is the top complete build in the Levo 4 EVO range: a FACT 11m carbon frame, 180mm of fork travel, 170mm at the rear, a 29in front wheel and a 27.5in rear.

Steep natural enduro trails, fast rocky descents and park laps you pedal up to are the days it is made for. Confident intermediate and expert riders will use it hardest, because the speed and the weight want tidy braking and a chosen line. The stability can still help a rider whose skills are catching up, provided the trails are steep enough to use 180mm of travel.

A carbon Pro at £9,699

This is the current UK model, the Turbo Levo 4 EVO Pro on Specialized's fourth-generation Levo EVO platform. The official UK RRP is £9,699. We compare retailer offers against that list price so you can see what shops are asking. There is one complete specification, on FACT 11m carbon, with no alloy Pro alongside it. A different colour doesn't change the build. It sits above the Specialized Turbo Levo 4 EVO Comp Carbon and the Specialized Turbo Levo 4 EVO Comp Alloy as the top complete EVO.

The Specialized Turbo Levo 4 Pro is a different bike. This EVO runs 180mm and 170mm of travel and gravity-focused geometry, so the shared Pro name does not mean the same ride.

Slack angles, long travel, full-power climbs

You get a Levo EVO FACT 11m carbon frame, 12x148mm rear spacing and a SRAM UDH mount. That hanger standard suits the X0 Eagle Transmission, and a replacement is a widely available part rather than a one-off. Head angle and chainstay length are adjustable. SWAT storage gives you a place in the frame for a multi-tool or a snack, which earns its keep once a hip pack starts bouncing.

RockShox supplies both ends. The fork is a ZEB Ultimate, 29in and 180mm, with a Charger 3.2 damper. The shock is a Vivid Ultimate Air, 230x62.5mm, and it delivers 170mm. That travel is for repeated hits, steep faces and park pace. On a mellow loop you are carrying more travel than the riding needs.

Published geometry shows a 63.6-degree head angle, a 76-degree seat angle and a 435mm chainstay from S2 to S6. Reach runs from 425mm to 525mm, wheelbase from 1208mm to 1331mm. Those head-angle and chainstay figures are the listed measurements, and both can be adjusted on the frame. The slack front end stays calm at speed. Tight changes of direction take some commitment and a bit of pace, with the 27.5in rear wheel helping the back end come round. There is no 29in rear option. This EVO is mixed-wheel by design.

Jeremy Benson, writing for Bikerumor after several months on this exact Pro build, found it exceptionally calm and confidence-inspiring on descents, and more manoeuvrable than the travel suggests on tight technical climbs.

Climbing support is the Specialized 3.1, at 105Nm and 810W peak. The MasterMind TCU is a 2.2in display, and the Specialized app handles assistance tuning and over-the-air updates. Apple Find My is on the system if the bike goes missing. The battery fitted to the bike is a removable Turbo X2 840Wh pack.

Brakes are SRAM Maven Silver, four-piston, with 220mm rotors front and rear. On a long descent, with this much mass, rotor size is about power and heat, not about shaving weight. You feel it when you are braking often, rather than once at the bottom.

SRAM X0 Eagle Transmission handles the gears: 12-speed, 10-52t, mounted direct to the UDH. It earns its place when the trail is awkward and you are still on the power. Wheels are Traverse HD carbon rims on DT Swiss 350 hubs. The front tyre is a Butcher GRID Gravity T9, 29x2.4in, and the rear is a Cannibal GRID Gravity T9, 27.5x2.4in. An 810mm Deity Speedway carbon bar and a 42mm stem keep the cockpit wide and short, which suits steep descending better than a long, stretched position.

Frame sizes run S2, S3, S4, S5 and S6, and there is no S1. Reach steps 425mm, 445mm, 470mm, 495mm and 525mm. Wheelbase grows with it, from 1208mm on the S2 to 1331mm on the S6. Standover barely moves, from 763mm to 771mm, so the fit difference is mostly in reach, bar position and how far the dropper goes.

Dropper travel is 125mm on the S2, 160mm on the S3, 185mm on the S4, and 213mm on the S5 and S6. The S2 handlebar is 810mm with 30mm of rise, and that size gets a 155mm saddle. The S3 bar is 810mm with 50mm of rise. Choose the reach that lets you stay centred when the front drops away, and use the dropper number so the saddle can get low enough on the size you are buying.

Lifting it, charging it, replacing the rear tyre

Specialized claims 24.4 kg for a size S4. That is the number to use when you picture lifting the bike into a boot, onto a rack or up the stairs, and it can vary a little with size, colour or a component change. With the motor off, pedalling is a slog. That comes with a full-power bike and this much travel. The optional 600Wh battery is the supported way to carry less battery mass, if you would rather give up some capacity. It is an extra purchase, not a swap included in the price.

The charger supplied is a Specialized 4A unit. Specialized also sells a 12A, 700W Smart Charger, and claims it can take the 840Wh battery from empty to 80% in under an hour. That is the upgrade for two rides in a day. The 280Wh range extender is separate as well, for riders who want more capacity rather than less weight. Neither the extender nor the fast charger comes on the bike.

A long-term test of this Pro build found the stock Cannibal rear tyre wore quickly. Rocky riding can bring the replacement cost forward, so treat the T9 rear as grip you may pay for again, not a fit-and-forget tyre. SWAT storage is the small practical counterweight: a plug kit and multi-tool in the frame, instead of bouncing around on your back.

The Turbo Levo 4 EVO Pro is for riders whose best days are steep, fast and a bit rowdy. You get the motor and the big battery to connect the climbs, long travel and serious brakes for the way down, and carbon wheels with direct-mount gears taking the load. Match reach and dropper travel to the size, then compare the offers.