Just came home and yeah, I'm Donnie-Kenevo now!
Got a bit discount plus stronger spring (571lbs) and tubeless mod included, can pick it up end of this week!
Pedal wise, the shop had some nice Acros XL flat-pedals which are great for my shoe size 46/47.
If i should ever want more breakpower the dealer recommended the new Trickstuff 220mm disc for the front (brand-new, not on their website yet). 220mm sounds phantastic to me, higher thickness, too. On top of that Trickstuff claims, if you manage to break them blue-colored you get a new one. Good to know
Tyre recommendation was, that the Butchers are good tyres, but if i want more grip once the first tyre is done, i should try the Specialized Hillbilly for the front (with the Butcher on the rear). We will see - don't know the Specialized tyres yet.
I also asked about reducing the air pressure in the dropper post, so it doesn't shoot out with the speed of light (that could be very bad for the b-a-l-l-s) but he said it's already down to 10psi and if reduced to 5psi the pressure would be to low to raise it safely. I will try that myself just because of curiosity.
To protect the frame, they do sell transparent bike decals, but he recommended car protection foil if you have to deal with nasty rocks a lot (which i do when riding in the swiss alps) - it's thicker and will last longer.
My bank account isn't but i'm happy as fu** and can't wait to ride that bikeI will ride my hometrail up and down until the battery is done right on the first day!
Awesome!!! Good deal, new spring and tubeless thrown in, way to go
Let me know how you get on with the dropper post, I find just shifting sideways slightly brings it up under the thigh, but my god I'm not looking forward to the day I forget to move - and it will happen. It will definitely happen.
I've ordered some Crank Brothers Mallet DH clipless pedals, I thought about going to flat pedals from clipless but decided against it. I did try half-and-half on my Specialized XC bike, one side SPD one side flat pedal, but it just didn't work for me. I've got a scar on the back of my calf to prove it; I used to tell people I got attacked by a tiger.
Look forward to seeing the pics when you get it!! (which colour did you go for, black?)
... but another reason why i want to slow it down a bit is when i release the dropper without weight on it after i've dismounted the bike. It's not good for every droppers life, to have it smack out that hard. But i got some (super lightweight and easy to carry soccer shin guards) recently and try to avoid slipping from the pedals when i don't wear them ^^). I might colorize it a bit in future by using decals and replacing some parts, that looks pretty rad - but pure black is fine for now Doesn't it go up slowly when you push the lever only a little bit?
- will try that as soon i have the bike I'm used to my actual Kind Shock Crux dropper that is so slow, i have to press that switch (which is acting like an on/off switch) completely or the dropper doesn't move.
Try keeping your weight on the saddle, pressing the lever and then standing up slowly? Try riding the old school gravity dropper, the Wu is a whole lot more civilised
Picked up my Kenevo today and I'm stooooked!
Got it with the battery updated to x.23, a stronger coil spring (571lbs), tubeless conversion and some XL flat pedals.
I've test-ridden that bike on battery version x.22 and already liked it, but with x.23 it feels so much better, it's like another bike!
After the first 25km for me Eco Mode on 20% is excellent to ride the most normal stuff, Trail mode on 50% is pure fun making me smile all the time (riding trails uphill is so much fun now!), Turbo on 100% is god mode - I feel a like cheating with this enabled, but I guess I will become used to it ^^
Mounted a mudhugger on the front - fits perfectly, does an excellent job and looks great to me.
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