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Kona Five-0 DJ/MtnX
Product DescriptionBeat the burl back with the ultimate punisher. Because every stretch of tough singletrack needs a hardtail hero, we continue to refine our mean Jean North Shore persuader, the Five-0. Get your gnarl on with a super tough aluminum frame, Marzocchi 55-RS 140mm fork, mad paint, and new this year, an internal headset for a bitchslapper of a front end. Super solid.
User Reviews
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R2ana
a Weekend Warrior
from Tempe, AZ Date Reviewed: August 12, 2011 Strengths: Very strong a stiff frame. "Playful" geometry. Weaknesses: Should come with dropouts for ss. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: National Trail Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $200.00 Purchased At: online somewhere Similar Products Used: Never rode a long travel hardtail before. N/A Bike Setup: Nothing stock. Handbuilt downhill wheels. SLX/X7&X9 components. Wide gravity bars. Short DH stem. RS Pike 20mm axle with u-turn. Comfy ODI grips (a MUST!!!)
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BikeRiderTom
a Cross Country Rider
from a Date Reviewed: March 12, 2011 Strengths: a Weaknesses: b Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: a Duration Product Used: Tested or demo'ed only Price Paid: $2.00 Purchased At: r Similar Products Used: c Bike Setup: d 
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scottr95
a Downhiller
from Toronto, Ontario, Canada Date Reviewed: April 4, 2010 Strengths: Great frame, sweet fork, pretty light, rear derailleur is OK. Weaknesses: Brakes - very noisy when wet, loses power quickly, lever becomes wiggly pretty quick. Rims - pretty weak, not saying that they taco, but mine are already bent after only a few days of some small dj's Pedals - Bearings are garbage. Front Derailleur - Slow, chain still occasionally comes off when changing from 2nd to 1st even after modifications. Frame Paint - Looks like diarrhea and graphics are stupid and pointless. Can't even tell you have a Kona. ('09 model) Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Rouge River, Altona, Seton Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $880.00 Purchased At: Kamikaze Bikes Similar Products Used: GT Outpost, Kona Cowan, Specialized P.2, Giant STP 1 Bike Setup: Stock
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james
a Downhiller
from melbourne victoria australia Date Reviewed: March 17, 2010 Strengths: bomb proof frame / fork / bars / stem. Strength to weight ratio is awesome. Great for park, DH and DJ, and heavy trail. Weaknesses: Stock setup is pretty poor. Wheels = taco's. Cranks, pedals, brakes and derailer are poo if you ride agressively at all. Change these and you will get a nice ride. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: you yangs Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $1200.00 Purchased At: bsc bikes Similar Products Used: Kona Scrap, scott voltage, Orange ZERO Bike Setup: Bomber 55's (stock) Shimano XT / XTR derailer/shifters, SLX cranks (surprised these have put up with abuse, DJ and DH!) Juicy 7's, SPANK subrosa rims, Titec seatpost, FUNN saddle, MAXXIS minion F tyre, MAXXIS holy roller rear, cut down bars. 
Submitted by
ZMC
a Weekend Warrior
from World Date Reviewed: December 27, 2009 Strengths: Strong frame with some beautiful welds, front rake angle, rear dropouts. Weaknesses: A boat anchor that won't wheelie or manual at all. Color is ugly poo brown. Nobody can see you have a Kona, because graphics are so poor (09 graphics). Brakes are very poor, better off with high end pull disks like BB7, rather than low end rubbish fluid like these Hayes stroker things, rear lever brake already doesn't come back out to start position. Bars, pedals, stem, chain rings (appeared to be made out of old cola cans) tires and tubes all very poor quality. Some Maxxis tires are good, but the cheaper versions as on this bike the side knobs just collapse under cornering. Seat and seat post OK quality, but use so stupid 30mm size so you can only buy Kona for it, absolutely no engineering reason for this they just want more of your money. Forks and rims and rotors weigh a freakin' ton. Deore rear Derailer works OK but is as slow as a glacier compared with an X7. Forks are acceptable, but not what you'd call good. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $1300.00 Similar Products Used: Many XC bikes Bike Setup: Had to change nearly everything from stock.
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OSM
a Downhiller
from mountain view, CA. Date Reviewed: July 27, 2009 Strengths: Quality made frame. dual wishbone mono stays. geometry is spot on for climbing and descending, Awsome paint. stiff BB area, increased top tube clearance for no-footed cans. stable under breaking at higher speeds due to longer wheel base.replacable dropouts. I like the cable routing under top tube looks clean and stays out of way. Zero stack headset is clean too. fair weight for a bigger frame. a whole lb. lighter than my last 16'frame. Weaknesses: Kona graphix are painted on, kinda weird lookin'. It's a lil' harder to find a 30.0mm seat post for a kona. made in Tiawan:( Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: creektrails Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $400.00 Purchased At: Calibazas cycles Similar Products Used: Monngoose tyax. Haro zero, steelhead, Giant STP. Bike Setup: I have one MTB for: XC/AM/DH/DJ. DJ3 fork, Profile 3pc. mag30 rim, juicey 7s, e13 srs, 40t/11-34, clipless peddals.
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Lew
a Downhiller
from Devon UK Date Reviewed: July 17, 2009 Strengths: Money spent in right places on bike.Bike is great in all the places where it matters. Love the front hub, forks and frame which are reasons I bought the bike. Weaknesses: Some issues with lesser component choices Other components suck, the pedals are good, it terms of look and grip, they are almost certainly cheap wellgo pedals as the typical left pedal poor bearing quality, even though they are named Kona. Maxxis High Rollers, why? Too wide, too soft, too slow. Constant puncture headache as always from Maxxis and to be honest I think some WTB tires such as as Prowlers or moto raptors would be far superior. Also tubes are wrong size for tires stock. Brakes are dumb, the Hayes stroker Rydes are noisy, and provide no more feel or stopping power than Avid BB7's, so are a heavy wate of tome, except all your mates can see you have hydralic brakes. Bars are too wide but can be changed. Saddle is fine, but not great, grips suck, gears are OK Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 3 months Similar Products Used: Giant XTC frame self built machine with lots of component changes Bike Setup: stock
Submitted by
bp47
a Downhiller
from Santa Monica, CA USA Date Reviewed: May 12, 2009 Strengths: This review is for the '09 Five-O Deluxe. This bike has been great so far. The Deluxe spec is pretty decent to start out with. The Marzocchi 55r does the job and have had no problems with it, even though I see it has gotten mixed reviews. Stable with great steering response, just point it where I want to go and drive it through rock gardens and drops with no problems. Good acceleration out of corners. The bike feels very playful, again, stable with no sketchiness when I air as I hit roots, rocks and lips while flying down the trail. Climbs well too. Weaknesses: Color - it's okay, but would prefer something not so drab. Kona QR seat clamp is a b*tch - need to be superman to unclamp that thing. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Locally - Backbone Singletrack, Sullivan Canyon, JPL Shuttles Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $1600.00 Purchased At: Wheel World Bike Setup: Stock with e.thirteen DRS
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BigRedDan
a Downhiller
from monmouth, or, usa Date Reviewed: February 15, 2009 Strengths: mid-weight frame with perfect geometry for aggressive riding in all forms. This frame is very stout, climbs like a goat, jumps like a dart, and carves like a serrated blade. Rear dropout/Hanger is very stout. Internal headset is sweet. Weaknesses: Bike spec sucks. The 55r is a huge disappointment, hayes brakes lick balls and the wheels are taco material. Get it in a frame only, it is super cheap. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Gonzo Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $280.00 Purchased At: Kona (EP) Similar Products Used: Kona chute, transition vagrant, chameleon Bike Setup: 5-0 frame, pike, spank rims, saint brakes (the shiz), ardent tires, sram drive, holzfeller isis cranks, saint rear hub, E13 DRS chainguide.
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Davricha2
a Cross Country Rider
from Manchester, UK Date Reviewed: December 25, 2008 Strengths: Good bike for the price, very upgradable. Will handle drops better than any full susser you spend this much money on Weaknesses: Well specced out bike with a good frame but lacked in all the places you cone into contact with it (grips, pedals, seat, tyres) Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Cwmcarn Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $900.00 Similar Products Used: Last bike was a Focus Northern Lite Bike Setup: Factory apart from new Sunline Grips, Schwalbe Nobby Nic tyres, Funn saddle and Da Bomb pedals 
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Michel Spatariu
a Weekend Warrior
from Québec QC Canada Date Reviewed: October 21, 2008 Strengths: Perfect steering. Good entry-level quality at the most important components. Responsive and plush fork. Powerful brakes. Massive standover. Felt very light Weaknesses: The cranks are to close to the chainstay and have left some marks. Easy to solve though. Weird sizing, the 18" frame felt long, yet the 16" would definitely be too short (I'm 5'10") Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: Tested or demo'ed only Similar Products Used: None. I ride a long travel enduro/all mountain bike + a long history with classic XC hardtails. Bike Setup: 18" Stock, with my old Shimano DX pedals installed
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alfredojra
a Cross Country Rider
from san bruno,ca Date Reviewed: October 16, 2008 Strengths: its my new bike,so i liked everything on it coz i have not rode other bike's,my friends told me it rocks,some get jealous coz i bought it for cheap Weaknesses: the bolt on the brake lever comes out thrice,i can't seem to find out how to tighten it,so i put a paper to prevent it from loosing out Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: first bike havn't been on a trail yet Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $650.00 Purchased At: craigslist Similar Products Used: nothing,first bike yet Bike Setup: stock
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Djponee
a Downhiller
from reno nv Date Reviewed: September 29, 2008 Strengths: It is long and pretty slack for a hardtail. That makes it good for the descents and high speeds too. It isnt' too heavy at 32lb stock. It is easy to climb if you raise the seat. Its a greatt all around bike, from dh to am. I ride almost all trails at northstar on it and it is fine. the forks are super plush too. Weaknesses: nothing so far. wheels are a bit weak Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: boondocks at N* Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $1200.00 Purchased At: Grest basin bike Similar Products Used: STP, Bike Setup: 2009 kona five-0 stock
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charlie132
a Weekend Warrior
from mildenhall uk Date Reviewed: August 30, 2008 Strengths: price, bomb proof Weaknesses: weight, brakes a bit noisy and rear wheel has lots of slack rear in the hub. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: red @ high lodge Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $1300.00 Purchased At: bike art Similar Products Used: none Bike Setup: race face prodigy xc cranks,2oo8 xt rear derailer, low profile kona pedles, race face lock on grips hope bor ends
Submitted by
luckass
a Downhiller
from Kaslo B.C. Date Reviewed: July 29, 2008 Strengths: forks brakes frame kick ass Weaknesses: seat(ouch!). grips work, but aren't very grippy , low pedals Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: MR. Skinny Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $1360.00 Purchased At: gerick cycle Similar Products Used: Kona shred, but it really has nothing on this bike / this bike kicks ass! Bike Setup: stock
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