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Submitted by
Dean Lee
a Weekend Warrior
from Korea
Date Reviewed: May 9, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Chung gae mt. | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$3000.00 | | Strengths: | Strong, Simple design, Easy to setup | | Weaknesses: | Heavy, too thick top tube, Expensive dropout
| | Similar Products Used: | none,, it's unique. | | Bike Setup: | 04.jr.t , shimano Xt line , fr hub wood man, Mavic ex729rim, dt champion spokes, mrp mini-me chain guide, etc. | | Bottom Line: | It's heavy as hell~~
I bought it to up and down however, i gave up at the first tiem to climb with it.
bobs and weight...it's hell..
Cause weight,,it's strong and stiff.~~
design is pretty good, i like its rear triangle.
--sorry my english is damn bad.
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Submitted by
Matthias
a Downhiller
from Germany
Date Reviewed: May 8, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$5000.00 | | Purchased At: | Bikers Paradise | | Strengths: | a lot of travel, fun to ride, | | Weaknesses: | This weekend my frame broke just above the cranks due to a bad welding seam. | | Bottom Line: | I had a lot of fun with the bike till now, but if you pay that much money it shouldn´t brak apart after two years. (It wasn´t new when I bought it.) Thiw was definetly the last Kona for me. I can´t afford a new one! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ryan
a Weekend Warrior
from Bonanza
Date Reviewed: June 3, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | aint tellin' | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Strengths: | it's a monster, period. Nice forks, super plush, has front changer, and bash ring. through axle rear hub. nice Mavic rims. 8" rotors fr. and rr. I like the 2.5 tioga's. | | Weaknesses: | Price (OUCH!)
for the price it should be full xtr.
bobs pretty bad
The 8 inchers were squealers. | | Similar Products Used: | Stinky primo (very nice hard core trail machine, my dream bike). | | Bike Setup: | Just stock (which is killer). | | Bottom Line: | I only demo'ed it and couldn't find any really nasty drops, but found an ok set of stairs. I don't think that the stair drop used even half of the travel. It's a killer up the hills, but you just have to slide back in the couch of a seat and pedal slowly and steadily, and it'll get you up the hill. You won't run out of traction goin' up with those big meats! I wish I could've found some nastier down hills, I know it would have roasted down them.
I'll only give it three for value 'cause 4 and a half G's is a lot of money. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Fredstar
a Downhiller
from Carins, Australia
Date Reviewed: December 24, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Strengths: | Stiff
Plenty of travel
Value
Fox Vanilla RC
Marzocchi Shiver
Linkage system | | Weaknesses: | Front derailleur (should have a dh chain guide)
Shimano Deore XT shifters (should have XTR)
| | Similar Products Used: | Specialized Big Hit Comp
Giant Warp DS 2
GT Aggressor 1.0
| | Bottom Line: | Top value for money on a very reliable fr/dh bike, stiff as hell, plenty of travel, sharp handling, absorbs all kinds of drops big and small, and most of all, plusher than your couch at home! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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