cozzy
Well-known member
Well it was really good 
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I've ran it as a mullet for 2.5 years initially on the boxxer 29 @180mm.
I tried mullet just because, also perhaps to help with confidence in the steeps and smoother in the fast rough.
I was never fully happy with the boxxer despite the 2.1 damper. Additionally I had it serviced with low friction seals, MRP ramp control and revgrips to try to help.
I suspected the 56mm offset was the source of my concerns. However I bought a bike with a fox 49 with a supposedly unridable 58mm offset and that felt brilliant.
Fortunately Merlin had an amazing 45% off a set of fox 40 @200mm grip2 vvc at Christmas with 52mm offset. Immediately the bike felt more too my liking despite the additional a2c measurement.
This week I ran the 29 and the 27.5 wheels back to back. First time the 27.5 had been fitted for ages and really, there wasn't any discernable difference. It felt great on everything and was a bit more direct with the smaller wheel on tight slow steep stuff.
I think I'll leave it like this for the time being. Perhaps specialized got it right when they designed it
So if you have a gen2 kenevo with 27.5 wheels, you already have a great bike. But it's a brilliant bike with a set of fox 40's.
Btw @Moderator why isn't there a prefix for kenevo gen2?
.I've ran it as a mullet for 2.5 years initially on the boxxer 29 @180mm.
I tried mullet just because, also perhaps to help with confidence in the steeps and smoother in the fast rough.
I was never fully happy with the boxxer despite the 2.1 damper. Additionally I had it serviced with low friction seals, MRP ramp control and revgrips to try to help.
I suspected the 56mm offset was the source of my concerns. However I bought a bike with a fox 49 with a supposedly unridable 58mm offset and that felt brilliant.
Fortunately Merlin had an amazing 45% off a set of fox 40 @200mm grip2 vvc at Christmas with 52mm offset. Immediately the bike felt more too my liking despite the additional a2c measurement.
This week I ran the 29 and the 27.5 wheels back to back. First time the 27.5 had been fitted for ages and really, there wasn't any discernable difference. It felt great on everything and was a bit more direct with the smaller wheel on tight slow steep stuff.
I think I'll leave it like this for the time being. Perhaps specialized got it right when they designed it
So if you have a gen2 kenevo with 27.5 wheels, you already have a great bike. But it's a brilliant bike with a set of fox 40's.
Btw @Moderator why isn't there a prefix for kenevo gen2?
