Specialized Turbo Kenevo Review - Agile Long-Travel e-MTB
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- čas přidán 22. 10. 2018
- If you're looking for a long travel ebike then there's a lot to like about the Turbo Kenevo. Its Brose power unit uses a regular size chainring and can disengage when the assistance is switched off, so you can still pedal with an empty battery. It's not perfect though...
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You guys are making the best bike reviews on CZcams and this one is no different! Very detailed but strait to the point. 👍
Enjoyed the review and that bunny hop over the log totally rad 🤘
Great review. One of the very few to give an honest, expert opinion.
Excellent review. It would be helpful to see a similar review of the 2019 Turbo Levo 😊
Even though I am not in the market for an e-MTB I enjoy the reviews from BikeRadar. They are precise.
I think this gentleman in particular often notices minor details and passes them to us. I feel with him it's more review than product placement like with some presenters on YT
Thanks. I try my best.
That chainstay condition tho...
At the end of this season this bike will be in sale in specializeds dealer marketplace heavily discounted because of that no doubt 😂
Can people please just stop crying about the cost of E bikes. Just ride your regular bike and zip it already. These are low production really well made bikes with some really nice parts. look at what a regular bike with this travel and these components costs. The companies have to have insentive to make them, or progress will be really slow. I think this is as good of a value as most E bikes, all things considered, once you consider the 180mm travel and nice susp-and components.
Someone removed the chainstay protector. It's a rubber stick-on guard and has been included with the bike since it debuted in late 2017.
Thanks for the informative review
Ok so I havent watched the entire video....but I rode one of these on Saturday and then got right on a new levo. This bike was very interesting and the suspension was phenomenal.....but the new levo is more powerful for sure.
The multitool actually has an 8 mm allen key ! (this bizare long rectangle key)
You're right, but it's not much use for, say, removing a stiff pedal or crank bolt. Point is, if you want to do some serious bike-fixing, you'd be better off with a conventional multi-tool.
Nice review. Seemed fair to me.
Well made and good value.
6:30 I think in dropper post era (which soon will end as the dropper seat tubes are already showing up) double bolt 20mm tall clams should be a standard, which would also make the dropper bit harder to steal -two different, unusual bolts
Would be great to see you try the Focus Sam2 and see how it compares to the Kenevo
I thought that flat looking tool on the SWAT multitool was the 8mm. It's just not a typical shape, but it fits in an 8mm bolt.
It is a 8mm in fact
Can confirm👍🏼
Great vid. Can you please do a comparison video of the new 2019 Levo to the kenevo.
Pedal strike comparison! The levo cranks/pedals hang down too low.
Your comment on the "slack" seat angle making it not so good at climbing. I reckon it has more to do with the shorter chainstay. I have the 2019 Levo, which has a longer (460mm) chainstay and it climbs brilliantly.
Sold out in medium. Doesn't matter how good it is if they don't make enough.
Any chance you could do a back to back review of this bike vs the 2020 Kenevo?
Do you get less pedal strikes with a Kenovo vs a Levo? I am demoing a Levo right now and I get a lot of pedal strikes compared to my 2015 Spec Enduro comp. The Kenovo has a 10 mm higher BB. Any thoughts would be helpful. Thank you!
More real than Zwift...
Ho! UCSC trails? Go up to felton empire or eagle rock already!
Mine came with a chainstay protector.
That's a cool moped.
There should be a chainstay protector included, looks like they just didn't put it on
I got one on my kenevo! Was on when i got it
@@Fluflo83 same
How did you mange to scratch it SO bad :P
Rear cassette 10th and 11th wear very fast and the freehub is poor as in both cases.
Electric bikes are definitely the future but I'm only 63.
$7500 is still too much. I'll wait
There is out the new kenevo (2019) in "cheep" version!
Its 180mm front and back with a Lyric and Ohlins, I have one and its awesome. Rent one sometime.
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You complain about how ebikes shouldn't have long chainstays then proceed to complain about the front wheel lifting when climbing 😂😂
2 things cause front wheel lift. He thinks the seat angle is the best remedy as he likes the stay length for other reasons.
What Salvotation said.
All cool and exciting, but when is this technology going to trickle down to affordable systems.
Jimi Banz You can already get a Shimano E8000 equipped Commencal Meta Power or Canyon Spectral ON for not much more than half of the price of this Kenevo.
@@tamasvarga67
Still no where near affordable to the average consumer, this technology is way overpriced atm
Jimi Banz I don’t think it’s reasonable to expect them to be the same price as the regular bikes. A mid level trail bike is ~3500€ and the ebike version can be had for 1000€ more and you’ll get a motor with a 500Wh battery for it. If you want a Specialized you’ll pay premium for the name but the same can be said for their regular bikes too.
I’m not saying they are cheap but in Westen Europe the demand is huge and they are outselling the regular bikes.
@@tamasvarga67 I think if you read my OP it's clearly states "technology"
Nothing about brands being expensive at all.
Jimi Banz ...and I said that a mid level trail bike + ~1000€ is their ebike version.
Please set subtitles in German Thank you
None of what you say about weight balance applies to the smaller sizes. The smaller sizes are terribly flawed. I'll stick to my regular bike until (e)bike manufacturers figure out how to properly design so size S and M don't ride like nose-heavy townie/cruiser bikes.
@josh vaughan i take it you haven't ridden size S and M bikes with long chainstays without proportionally longer front centers? Can't just keep CS length the same and shorten the front, esp considering most of the weight is forward of the BB. Nose-heavy = small rider needs to ride with ass back.
7,5kUSD for the aluminum frame?
is that a joke??????
ill never pay for MADE IN TAIWAN 7.5k USD
Just unsubscribed,tired of this ebike s@#%...
But.... specialized bike are so ugly :(
They are best looking ebikes ffs