riding
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flag jono21 (May 8, 2008 at 4:40) (Below Threshold) show comment
i think it's time to choose a different make of bike
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flag guitargod32 (May 25, 2008 at 22:21) (Below Threshold) show comment
im sure i can find a pic of a transition or a specialized that has snapped its frame
quit ripping on kona its getting really old
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flag extremedhracer (June 1, 2008 at 12:11) (Below Threshold) show comment
u know you have ridden your bike hard when it looks like this
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flag pinkbikehaz (June 11, 2008 at 14:41) (Below Threshold) show comment
why stop ripping there just pure shit though tbh i ride like a 1999 dimound back it aint snaped and i ride it hard and i weigh quite a bit

even i could snap a kona LOL
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flag 08Demo8 (June 11, 2008 at 14:41) (Below Threshold) show comment
im not saying its never happened, but ive never seen a demo snap like that. If anyone has pictures though id love to see em.
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flag t3aSeR (June 18, 2008 at 13:03) (Below Threshold) show comment
A guy over here snapped a demo in 3 different places.
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flag Kona--Boy (June 22, 2008 at 22:41) (Below Threshold) show comment
yah i think u guys stop dissing kona bike they arent shit. u dont c those world champion rider that ride stab snap em its probably because this rider cant ride properly. i dont c ne world champs snap a kona.
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flag shibbydirtjumper (June 23, 2008 at 10:52) (Below Threshold) show comment
i think one person started this about kona's are shit, then everyone wanted to fit in, i dont even have a kona but i know there not shit
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flag konarider112 (June 23, 2008 at 10:53) (Below Threshold) show comment
well fabien barel rides for mondraker now and no top pro ever rides stock frames. have you ever seen paul bass hardtail it looks totally different. fabien barels bike had totally different geo and it was lighter. you are an idiot.
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flag cheezits206 (June 25, 2008 at 19:07) (Below Threshold) show comment
guitargod32 you are retarded. demo's can support a whole mini coooper on their nose ( or what ever you call it where that guys frame snapped)
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flag dean-leaf-bikes (May 8, 2008 at 4:44) (Below Threshold) show comment
i now hate kona bikes
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flag petaypan (May 29, 2008 at 8:10) (Below Threshold) show comment
...even more
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flag samuel5 (June 3, 2008 at 17:54) (Below Threshold) show comment
Well the Taiwanese Have never been good frame Welders, but they do make them quick, haha
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flag dirtfreeridedh2008 (June 8, 2008 at 1:24) (Below Threshold) show comment
kona haters? get somthing better to do
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flag mmmmmmsexualp1 (June 11, 2008 at 14:41) (Below Threshold) show comment
why? when we are having perfectly good fun ripping a perfectly shit brand!
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flag gibson243 (June 18, 2008 at 12:58) (Below Threshold) show comment
"i now hate kona bikes"

join the club buddy
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flag olynch (June 20, 2008 at 12:31) (Below Threshold) show comment
They are obviously not shit, they must be one of the most successful bike manufactures in the world, how many old konas do u see around compared to new bikes, the reason for that is because of durability, they last an age. Why does everyone in the freeride scene ride bloody stinkys? Cause there incredibly good for what u pay and are super strong. Why do some of the best ride for them, cant be that bad if Fabien Barrel won 2 world chapionships on them... All the best slopestyle rides use them, John Cowan, Paul Basagoitia, Grant Fielder, Andre/Lluis Lacondeguy, Robbie Bourdon... Enough said
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flag cheezits206 (June 25, 2008 at 19:09) (Below Threshold) show comment
it's not the bike that wins medals, it's the rider... the bike just helps.

Imagine fabien barrel on an intense, ironhorse or even a specialized
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flag HIRIG-MONSTER (July 11, 2008 at 14:30) (Below Threshold) show comment
ok..in the movies they ride...but we cant see the bike after one run like that...how do u know that nothins got cracked???or damaged???......its anibodys choice what they buy this is my opinion....peace!
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flag crazy-canuck (May 8, 2008 at 4:46) (Below Threshold) show comment
i never was a big Kona fan, but damn I thought it would hold better then that.
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flag HIRIG-MONSTER (May 8, 2008 at 13:39) (Below Threshold) show comment
2008......i thin comes in my mind..taiwan...
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flag madmax2 (May 10, 2008 at 3:24) (Below Threshold) show comment
I hate kona bikes !!!!!!!
Big shit
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flag junkata (May 10, 2008 at 8:01) (Below Threshold) show comment
rip kona
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flag dylanb23 (May 10, 2008 at 16:09) (Below Threshold) show comment
that must have been awesome going over the finish line with that in his hands
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flag bikrboij (May 10, 2008 at 16:09) (Below Threshold) show comment
Here I'll say it. "That's why you don't buy a Kona!"
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flag brycemtb (June 5, 2008 at 20:16) (Below Threshold) show comment
and because the suspension design is shit
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flag lalben (May 10, 2008 at 16:10) (Below Threshold) show comment
ohh god all the keyboard warriors will be out now saying that konas are shit, who knows how he snapped this ? he might of cased something big ? had a very bad crash or even of just had a dodgy kona with some weak welds. Doesnt make all konas shit though does it!!!!
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flag cowieuk (May 31, 2008 at 8:16) (Below Threshold) show comment
precisely, my 7 year old stab frame is still going strong
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flag frdh (June 3, 2008 at 15:33) (Below Threshold) show comment
all i have to say is that you see more snapped konas than any other mountain bike company out there. and not EVERY one of them is going to snap or else they would most likely go out of business thats why your 7yr old stab is still going. but the are more pictures of konas snapped than anyother..
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flag minami (June 5, 2008 at 11:50) (Below Threshold) show comment
just had a dodgy kona with some weak wealds...? sounds like a crap bike make!my kona XC broke, stab, stab deluxe, specialized Demo 9 now and no problems (and no im not a hard rider)
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flag HIRIG-MONSTER (June 11, 2008 at 1:22) (Below Threshold) show comment
7 year old stab...well in those days things were made well...but not anymore...
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flag HIRIG-MONSTER (June 11, 2008 at 1:24) (Below Threshold) show comment
and if u noticed..this bike DIDNT BROKE AT THE WELDS!! the tube it self gawe up!! like WTF!
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flag 7point5rider (June 22, 2008 at 5:59) (Below Threshold) show comment
lalben you can't say that is weak welds it snap in the middle of the bike my friend has a kona stinky and personally I DON'T LIKE IT but that is my opinion
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flag Wellzee-DH-DJ (June 23, 2008 at 11:10) (Below Threshold) show comment
7point5rider... i must agree! My friends stinky has had to be serviced like atleast twice a month, and he has only had it since christmas...

pretty bad, me thinks
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flag cheezits206 (June 25, 2008 at 19:11) (Below Threshold) show comment
or, lllben, he just got a kona
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flag bikrboij (May 10, 2008 at 16:10) (Below Threshold) show comment
or that is what you get for buying a kona. Either way.
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flag dibblesctw (May 10, 2008 at 16:14) (Below Threshold) show comment
New Kona Stinky! Now half price
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flag johntino (May 11, 2008 at 3:34) (Below Threshold) show comment
it'll buff out hahahahaha
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flag macker (May 12, 2008 at 12:15) (Below Threshold) show comment
That's what happens...
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flag necody (May 12, 2008 at 12:18) (Below Threshold) show comment
uh iv seen all types of bikes break similar to that, my friends headtube had a huge crack on his v10 last year
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flag PNWrider (June 7, 2008 at 18:15) (Below Threshold) show comment
hahaha yea, a crack. this a straight up snap to both tubes
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flag lescart (May 21, 2008 at 23:22) (Below Threshold) show comment
thats one steep section! And yes any bike can break, i saw a brand new orange snap over a small set of doubles the last time i was spectating, but he could have had a bigger crash earlier.
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flag HBrider (May 21, 2008 at 23:26) (Below Threshold) show comment
yes
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flag HBrider (May 21, 2008 at 23:27) (Below Threshold) show comment
lalben it does.
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flag cheezits206 (May 22, 2008 at 20:54) (Below Threshold) show comment
that's what you get for riding a Kona
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flag SPEC777 (May 24, 2008 at 21:23) (Below Threshold) show comment
happens...
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flag sweatshopunion (May 25, 2008 at 2:38) (Below Threshold) show comment
pretty sure those didn't break on the welds
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flag Ic3Cub3 (May 25, 2008 at 2:39) (Below Threshold) show comment
nasty shit happens in contests damn
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flag KryniuDC (May 25, 2008 at 2:41) (Below Threshold) show comment
crazy riders kona is big shit !!!
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flag dirtfreeridedh2008 (May 27, 2008 at 2:21) (Below Threshold) show comment
this is on youtube
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flag dirtfreeridedh2008 (May 27, 2008 at 2:22) (Below Threshold) show comment
anyway whats wrong with kona?
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flag dirtfreeridedh2008 (May 27, 2008 at 2:23) (Below Threshold) show comment
well apart from this
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flag bigbax (May 29, 2008 at 8:13) (Below Threshold) show comment
o man i have that bike and love it and it takes the abuse but i hope mine doesnt go like that im seriously worried now!!
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flag kasjan (May 29, 2008 at 8:17) (Below Threshold) show comment
f*ck, i can't belive...
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flag wastedqba (May 30, 2008 at 0:21) (Below Threshold) show comment
On the pt.2 of the video (on youtube) we can see that the down side of the down tube is deformated to the sides. The upper tube not. I'm not shure but I think it might be something like hitting a tree. Or mayby the upper tube broke and he started to brake front brake really hard.
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flag Valilenk (June 2, 2008 at 23:45) (Below Threshold) show comment
Ye, it was a tree.
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flag ilikebike23 (May 30, 2008 at 20:51) (Below Threshold) show comment
kona down hill bikes are terrible quality but the bikes them self feel pretty good
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flag oli-P2 (May 31, 2008 at 7:30) (Below Threshold) show comment
kona shite and suke pay for a specialized
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flag xsrider (May 31, 2008 at 7:30) (Below Threshold) show comment
haha! f*cken kona!
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flag foxmtbing (May 31, 2008 at 7:52) (Below Threshold) show comment
wow
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flag LuCaSsSs (May 31, 2008 at 8:15) (Below Threshold) show comment
wowowowowowowowowowowow
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flag LuCaSsSs (May 31, 2008 at 8:16) (Below Threshold) show comment
OH SHIT!!!
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flag doudelidoulebikerfou (May 31, 2008 at 9:11) (Below Threshold) show comment
sorry dude your bike is dead
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flag unclemofo (May 31, 2008 at 14:30) (Below Threshold) show comment
Jesus, has anyone not heard of a speed hole?
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flag mzr-fr (June 1, 2008 at 7:21) (Below Threshold) show comment
BIG UPS
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flag henry661 (June 1, 2008 at 12:14) (Below Threshold) show comment
i've had a stab supreme 7 now since they we're released... hasnt cracked... hasnt snapped... it's just... Kona is made for smooth riders, not people that try to land as hard as they can to bottom-out for a good photo... so stop saying kona is shit... i'll find you photos of specialized, santacruz, transition, ironhorse, scott's that have snapped, and honestly, that guy doesnt look to dirty for a guy that just cased so hard is frame snapped...
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flag ufik (June 3, 2008 at 11:47) (Below Threshold) show comment
kona sucks
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flag schulzmike (June 3, 2008 at 15:29) (Below Threshold) show comment
not saprised about a kona they suck
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flag charlot-XxX (June 3, 2008 at 15:29) (Below Threshold) show comment
Kona ROc'k !!!!! Just Don't ride pro with kina bike
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flag norcorulz (June 3, 2008 at 17:53) (Below Threshold) show comment
^^pretty much, but robbie bourdon did do the jaw drop on one, so they cant be that bad
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flag brycemtb (June 5, 2008 at 20:18) (Below Threshold) show comment
umm that was bender on a karpeil
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flag p-2rider (June 3, 2008 at 17:56) (Below Threshold) show comment
konas are good stop hating.....................any bike brand can snap like that ok .so stfu
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flag cheezits206 (June 25, 2008 at 19:14) (Below Threshold) show comment
have you ever seen an '08 specialized demo 8 do that? they literally ahve they strongest headtube. it can support god damn mini cooper on it
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flag konakye (June 3, 2008 at 17:57) (Below Threshold) show comment
wtf did he do to brake that he must have dun somthing cuz it wouldnt usualy brake like that
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flag danielt7 (June 3, 2008 at 17:57) (Below Threshold) show comment
kona are carp my stuff broke in five months from nothing
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flag danielt7 (June 3, 2008 at 17:57) (Below Threshold) show comment
***crap
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flag 8ballCRT (June 4, 2008 at 10:40) (Below Threshold) show comment
lollol122
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flag bmxdude11 (June 4, 2008 at 12:03) (Below Threshold) show comment
hahaha
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flag norcorider20 (June 4, 2008 at 12:03) (Below Threshold) show comment
hahaha thats what u get for buying a kona
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flag dirtfreeridedh2008 (June 8, 2008 at 1:27) (Below Threshold) show comment
thats rich coming from a guy ith a norco
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flag rageofhavoc2 (June 4, 2008 at 17:46) (Below Threshold) show comment
i actually seen a guy eat shit because his frame snapped.
DAMN KONA'S
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flag Streetridesteez (June 5, 2008 at 21:48) (Below Threshold) show comment
duck tape should fix that
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flag blackwolf (June 5, 2008 at 21:52) (Below Threshold) show comment
i dont like the duallies from kona dont like the susp. setup at all but because there is a few snapped konas dont mean they are the only bike in the world capable of snapping
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flag mlynobiker (June 6, 2008 at 1:28) (Below Threshold) show comment
Kona shitty
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flag omzig81 (June 6, 2008 at 3:13) (Below Threshold) show comment
Use glue
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flag specialrider888 (June 6, 2008 at 9:46) (Below Threshold) show comment
theres kona for u lol
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flag dirtjumper51 (June 6, 2008 at 13:20) (Below Threshold) show comment
people got to stop hateing on konas im sure you can find pics of a diffrent company that has a snapped frame
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flag Smarties92 (June 6, 2008 at 19:06) (Below Threshold) show comment
Kona Stab is one of the nicest bikes i know of, but just to make my buddy frustrated:

There you really can see what kona really stands for ^^
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flag kmart14 (June 7, 2008 at 4:54) (Below Threshold) show comment
rly other frames have snapped u dont know wat this guy does all the time its just bad luck
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flag graf4life (June 7, 2008 at 21:48) (Below Threshold) show comment
thats what i thought
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flag dave6797 (June 8, 2008 at 3:16) (Below Threshold) show comment
i dont partucully like konas but i know there f*kin awsome bikes and you are extremely unlucky if it snaps on you... strangely reading these comments im starting to like kona's???
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flag erwinek (June 8, 2008 at 3:18) (Below Threshold) show comment
o kurwa!
biegnij!!
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flag kasjan (June 9, 2008 at 8:03) (Below Threshold) show comment
Lol I can`t believe,that Kona is good company
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flag kasjan (June 9, 2008 at 8:19) (Below Threshold) show comment
*lol i can`t believe
Kona is the best firm on the world
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flag TJ-downhill (June 9, 2008 at 21:24) (Below Threshold) show comment
does it really matter if its a kona or not?
the picture is sweet/funny!
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flag freeriderab (June 11, 2008 at 14:41) (Below Threshold) show comment
I)
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flag djbruno (June 12, 2008 at 18:10) (Below Threshold) show comment
omg!!! f*cking sick
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flag chickenfly (June 13, 2008 at 8:40) (Below Threshold) show comment
shit happends
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flag atomik250 (June 18, 2008 at 22:07) (Below Threshold) show comment
and that my friend is why you dont ride kona
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flag proamrider (June 19, 2008 at 11:27) (Below Threshold) show comment
f*ck all people that hate kona's. You see the shit these bikes take in video parts in alot of dvds. You never know what this guy hit before it snapped
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flag young-gun (June 20, 2008 at 14:36) (Below Threshold) show comment
y not to buy a kona
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flag konabiker2 (June 20, 2008 at 15:02) (Below Threshold) show comment
All you Kona haters are all need to shut up and stop bashing Konas.And the reason none of your frams snap is because your always to busy sitting around on the computer. His fram snaped because he was actully rideing his bike!!!!!!!!!!!!
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flag uaitela (June 21, 2008 at 15:56) (Below Threshold) show comment
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/2147328/
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flag mudd (June 23, 2008 at 10:49) (Below Threshold) show comment
I LOVE KONAS!
They make Santa Cruz's look great and win races!
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flag irideitroughwomennbikes (June 23, 2008 at 11:08) (Below Threshold) show comment
SIGH, seeing as am always last to comment on things like this i might as well tigh up the hole god dam isssue, ok Kona bikes aint worth hating, there fun to ride and many people started on them but seriouly there not a very good bike company, sure if your on there team your be fine getting free repairs and replacments and all the tech u could ever need but what really counts is the realy people the realy riders and for this Kona fall behide companys like Specialised for Tech Value And Build Quality Trust me I compared my demo 7 To a stinky Primo and set aside the parts the frame of the kona felt weak when compared, Not saying Kona are shit because of this exact picture but seriouly there not good bikes you've just got to remember just because a pro rides for em it doesn't make the bike company any better Take seat peat He may ride a pedal ass friendly bike now with f*ck loads of tech but before he was on good on orange probably the most basic bikes you can buy and he still f*cking owned the feild
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flag yorntjefreerider (June 25, 2008 at 5:15) (Below Threshold) show comment
very very very good point
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flag DHrider007 (June 26, 2008 at 7:20) (Below Threshold) show comment
GOD DAMMIT!!
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flag joexspocent92 (July 1, 2008 at 1:14) (Below Threshold) show comment
anybody have a pic or anything of a snapped yeti 303?
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flag tommymay (July 1, 2008 at 3:03) (Below Threshold) show comment
duct tape and chicken wire; it will be good as new
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flag freeride4life101 (July 9, 2008 at 23:47) (Below Threshold) show comment
i just bought a kona now i am scared even though i love it
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flag xsrider (July 16, 2008 at 12:02) (Below Threshold) show comment
thats what you get for riding a kona

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