Video: Specialized S-Works Turbo Creo SL – the most expensive bike we’ve ever reviewed

Not a lot of change from eleven grand… but how does it ride?

by dave atkinson

Tue, Mar 10, 2020 15:25

Yoinks! at £10,999 the Specialized S-Works Turbo Creo SL is the most expensive bike we’ve ever tested. The you-could-buy-a-car-for-that price tag parachutes it in just above the £10,949 Storck Aerfast Platinum with its Lightweight wheelset and 6.47kg overall build weight. At least when you pony up for the Specialized you get a motor thrown in though, eh?

The Creo SL was the first Specialized bike to make use of their new, lighter SL1.1 motor. It’s since found its way into the Turbo Levo SL mountain bike, which is also reassuringly expensive. Anyway, we gave the Creo SL a full review, but we thought you might like to see it in action too.

> Review: Specialized S-Works Turbo Creo SL ★★★★

What do you think of the current crop of e-road bikes? And would you splash five figures on one? Let us know in the comments below!

dave atkinson

Dave is a founding father of road.cc, having previously worked on Cycling Plus and What Mountain Bike magazines back in the day. He also writes about e-bikes for our sister publication ebiketips. He’s won three mountain bike bog snorkelling World Championships, and races at the back of the third cats.

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auke

March 13, 2020 at 11:29 am

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So up from 25 km/h you ride

So up from 25 km/h you ride on a 12 kg bike… hm. Bit of a draw back. But the noise is really irritating, wouldn’t want to be near one.
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Astralstroll 22 minutes ago

So ' Priority of Road Users' and 1.5 metre clearance at 30mph has been been reduced to 'sharing'? NCN route 2 here in South Hams is an absolute scream with white vans, tractors and total idiots who refuse,or are totally incapable,to reverse on high Devon banked lanes ...means you have to get off and pedal back to a passing place....could be at that all day...so I don't bother...

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Mr Anderson 2 hours ago

@MaxiMinimalist Agreed. The big problem I see now is today's parents grew up being driven to their schools, and therefore, see private motor vehicles as the only viable form of transport. The vast majority of UK infant and primary schools have a catchment area that is within easy walking distance from home to school. Yet, the traffic caused by pupils being driven to/from school is astonishing. Banishing the "School Run" should be a priority for all schools.

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MaxiMinimalist 2 hours ago

When I was a kid (that was during the previous millenium when phones were connected to a plug in the wall), I rode my bicycle to school, music academy, sport grounds, parties even during the winter. The government didn't have to spend, correct that, didn't have to think of spending massive amounts of money to build cycling specific infrastructures. Over the past 3 or 4 decades, cars have grown bigger, taller, safer (for their drivers) and faster. Meanwhile, motorists have become abusive, aggressive, hypersensitive to people moving on two wheels, aka cyclists. Spending billions upon billions on new infrastructure won't address the crux of the matter. Sadly.

Paul J 2 hours ago

Obree had some actual talent in his legs though, in addition to his bike/aero engineering talent.

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Maruis Kalchev 2 hours ago

Малко като опит за доказване е излязло... Никой няма нужда от толкова голям въртящ момент и мощност на шосеен велосипед с тънки гуми, които дори трудно ще предават тази мощност върху пътя. А ако има и ограничение от 25 км/час е още по-безмислено.

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mdavidford 2 hours ago

Not sure how informative that is. I imagine for all most of us know it could be Europe's only 'volumetric modular building'. 🤷‍♂️

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chrisonabike 3 hours ago

Yes, but they're copying the adults of today...

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chrisonabike 3 hours ago

Indeed - but alas I think this is an effective argument for very few folks indeed. As for push-back, what else could we expect *? I think there are ways of selling this but we're far more likely to see headlines about the problems, while the successes are relegated to footnotes, because at that point it just works and there's nothing to see... * Given that this time there aren't politicians being persuaded to overlook thousands of deaths and the demolition of property by the billions from the motoring trades (and the excitement of being able to drive out with the bright things for a party at a roadhouse). Nor are we as tolerant of "accidents". (And noting that publicity about the cases of a handful of people killed by cyclists continues to reach the media; deaths related to motor vehicles not so much).

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mdavidford 3 hours ago

That rather ignores that the children of today are the adults of tomorrow.

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fwhite181 3 hours ago

@belugabob Arguably it's easier this way - we don't actually need to do anything to the streets except stop drivers driving down every scrap of tarmac. Where I live, a few well-placed bollards would make walking/cycling/scooting the quicker option and safer, while maintaining 100% vehicular access - just not allowing through routes in every direction.

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