Bike Check: Chris Wagner’s Specialized Kenevo SL Expert

Chris Wagner is a full-time wrench and part-time shredder from the Stellenbosch area. Last year he switched things up and moved to an assisted ride to get more playtime. This is his Kenevo SL as raced at a local Enduro in Jonkershoek.

Bike Check: Chris Wagner's Specialized Kenevo SL Expert
Chris rides a size S3 Kenevo SL Expert model which is an all-29er eMTB.
Bike Check: Chris Wagner's Specialized Kenevo SL Expert
It’s a 17.2kg bike.
Bike Check: Chris Wagner's Specialized Kenevo SL Expert
It’s a FOX X2 rear shock.
Bike Check: Chris Wagner's Specialized Kenevo SL Expert
780mm Deity bars which measure a little wider with the grips. Chris says he is thinking of trimming them to help in the tighter corners. The stem is a zero rise 50mm from Deity.
Bike Check: Chris Wagner's Specialized Kenevo SL Expert
SRAM XO1 Eagle trigger and rear mech.
Bike Check: Chris Wagner's Specialized Kenevo SL Expert
Chris runs his head angle in the slack position and BB in the low position which, with the stock 170mm fork gives a 62.5° head angle and 348mm BB height. He has 15mm of spacers under the stem.
Bike Check: Chris Wagner's Specialized Kenevo SL Expert
Bike Check: Chris Wagner's Specialized Kenevo SL Expert

The Jonkershoek Enduro covered 37km with almost 1500m of climbing and Chris rode in the standard Eco mode out of Stage and Turbo in Stage. He finished the ride with 28% battery and he never used a range extender – that’s pretty good range for a 320Wh battery.

Bike Check: Chris Wagner's Specialized Kenevo SL Expert
He runs the suspension a little softer a more lively than the standard recommended settings. He doesn’t run tokens in the X2 Fox shock and sets his Fox 38 a little softer and faster than most.
Bike Check: Chris Wagner's Specialized Kenevo SL Expert
220mm/200mm SRAM rotors with Code RS brakes.
Bike Check: Chris Wagner's Specialized Kenevo SL Expert
A 2.6″ Butcher in the softest T9 compound, in Grid Trail casing on the front, with 26psi…
Bike Check: Chris Wagner's Specialized Kenevo SL Expert
… and a 2.3″ Butcher in Gird Trail casing with 30psi in the rear with a cSixx Foamo for protection.
Bike Check: Chris Wagner's Specialized Kenevo SL Expert
Flats are pinned for the Pinner.
Bike Check: Chris Wagner's Specialized Kenevo SL Expert
A 150mm travel dropper post and Soil Searching Body Geometry saddle perched on it.
Bike Check: Chris Wagner's Specialized Kenevo SL Expert
Cheers @chrisjustflow

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