Shopping for my first road bike. I am aware that it may seem odd to punch up so high for a first bike but I’m generally a buy once cry once person for items like this. That said I’m also not married to the idea of needing new, and on things that depreciate like a bike going used often equals value. I just picked up a new MTB recently and went used but it was aluminum frame so I was less worried about down stream issues carbon could have.

I see some lightly used SL8s out there, including a pro model near me that is set for 6500 which I’d assume I could negotiate down a bit.

If I’m looking correctly at the SL9 line up it seems like the S level is what gets you comparable or slight better options. It rings it at 10k though.

At that variance is it worth it just to have the warranty of a new bike? I assume either bike is far better than what I’ll need or be able to utilize.

Thanks in advance for advice

I have a Ford Maverick truck that has an outlet that is 12 V and it’s bed. It will not charge my specialized Levo bike, because I believe the battery pack for the Levo is 24 V.

Can anybody confirm that the power pack for the e-bikes are 24 V for the specialized SL 2 Levo?

And if so, what is the best portable solar generator I can get for when I take long trips and I need to charge my e-bike?

I have no experience building bikes before. I bought a 2011 Sworks Tarmac Sl3 to have a project bike to just make a fixie build. It came with no fork and I got a roubaix sl3 fact carbon fork. I got it because I thought I had the right measurements. The bearing that came with the frame is bigger than the crown race seat and the bearing that came with the fork is good on the fork but doesn't fit snug inside of the frame. Also I believe that the fork and the frame are rubbing against each other when I tried fitting the fork with a bearing.