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Submitted by
Jeff
a Cross Country Rider
from Québec, Canada
Date Reviewed: June 18, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | 2 many to mention | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$1600.00 | | Purchased At: | Le Pédalier | | Strengths: | Light, stiff, unbreakable, nice set up. | | Weaknesses: | Tioga 1.8 tires | | Similar Products Used: | Never had such a good bike before | | Bike Setup: | All stock except tires replaced with Michelin semi slicks and IRC Serac/Mythos, and FSA headset. Replaced the weared out cassette for a lighter SRAM. | | Bottom Line: | Best fast rolling and climbing I ever had. Did many of trails in Utah more suited for all mountain or dual suspension bikes, but this bike and all its components never failed.
No way i'm gonna get rid of it, will eventually upgrade for disc brakes, and replace weared out parts, but the frame is priceless. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
curtis p
a Weekend Warrior
from bc canada
Date Reviewed: November 6, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | wheelchair | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$1000.00 | | Purchased At: | wild ways | | Strengths: | its a tough frame i should know because i use it for anything but cross country | | Weaknesses: | its very light and it worries me if im gonna brake the frame or not but i havent done it yet...when i say very light i mean it | | Similar Products Used: | norco wolverine, kona fire mountain done up | | Bike Setup: | masive 2.5 crazy muds on mammoth fat rims, magura hydro pads, dannys stem,sram 9sl drive train with xt front | | Bottom Line: | this bike can take any beeting you give it i dirt jump 30 footers on this bike and its still in primo shape.
also if your interested in buying a kula email me im selling my bike.
its nov5/2002 pearson_pearson_pearson@hotmail.com | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Martin Hillbrand
a Cross Country Rider
from Graz/Austria
Date Reviewed: September 5, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | graz periphery | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$1800.00 | | Purchased At: | Bicylcle Graz | | Strengths: | geometry, very nice component-mix, excelent handling | | Weaknesses: | 1.8 Tiogas | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized Stumpjumper M4 Comp | | Bottom Line: | i replaced the tioga tires with conti´s vertical pro 2.3 and it is perfect hardtail for cross country and even marthon races - low pressure makes it feel like a fully! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
AdAm Blake
a Cross Country Rider
from Iowa
Date Reviewed: August 20, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | peterson pits | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$1200.00 | | Purchased At: | connecticut yankee pedaller | | Strengths: | super light, xtr/xt drivetrain, tubeless system, did i mention super light | | Weaknesses: | skinny tires (but they are the tioga superlights so you be the judge) | | Similar Products Used: | trek y-22, trek stp 200, trek fuel 98, schwinn homegrown | | Bike Setup: | all stock besides rear cassette.... i put on an ultegra cassette for different gearing | | Bottom Line: | this bike is sweet, no doubt about it. you can fly on this. and based on my other experiences with kona, this bike will take a hell of a lot of punishment on the trails... bottom line, this it the best racing bike i have ever ridden | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nate
a Racer
from Rapid City, SD
Date Reviewed: May 30, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | bonecollector | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$800.00 | | Purchased At: | Acme Bicycles | | Strengths: | This thing rocks it corners awesome and is way more aggressive on the climbs and down hills than my Rocky Mountain. It is supper lite infact it's so light people like to make fun of me because it's so lite. | | Weaknesses: | Zip-zero-zilch but that only if you think that 21 pounds isn't a weakness | | Similar Products Used: | Rocky Mountain Oxygen, Schwinn Moab, etc. | | Bike Setup: | Every thing is stock on my Kula except for a carbon fiber handle bar, Race Lite wheels with an XTR Ti Cassette, and WTB tires, with Time pedals | | Bottom Line: | Foget looking around this is the bike for you it's fast nimble and aggressive. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Joost
a Racer
from Sydney, Australia
Date Reviewed: April 1, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Light weight, good mix of components, good handling. | | Weaknesses: | The skinny Tioga tires | | Similar Products Used: | Cannondale Super V 700, Cannondale CAD3 hardtail, Rocky Mountain The Edge, Giant carbon hardtail. | | Bike Setup: | I only changed the brakes for XTR, the rear casette for a XT 11-32, and the tires for Conti's Explorer Pro's | | Bottom Line: | Great bike as soon as you lose the skinny 1.8 tires, replace them with something bigger and you see a great improvement in cornering speed. The bike is not nervous but goes exactly where you point it to. This bike is one of the best race bikes I have ever tried. It really flies up the hills and does great in the single-track stuff. I replaces the Avid brakes by XTR ones to get a bit better modulation.
I would have give it 5 starts if not for the tires
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