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.
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.
Surprise Idiots! Kona, Specialized and Giant frames are all made by Giant Bikes. The only kona thing about it is the geometry... Think about that before judging the company.
just a reply to pinkbikehaz's comment ,you dont rde your bike hard you fat prick last time i rode with you you were to pussy to ride off a got dam curb!!!
all the people that are saying kona's are shit clear havent typed snapped frame in the photo section as there isnt one snapped kona on the first few pages but there is a big hit, a v-10 and a devinci.
you cant compare fabiens kona to a standard kona they are completely different. its the same as comparing hills old sunday with a standard sunday COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
except none of konas team bikes are any differnt atall then what you buy....evryone hates konas konas suck evry other bike is way better and on and on.kona has good riders so oviosuly there bikes are tootaly custom and on and on. well,konas team is smooth thats why there pro and thats why they dont brake the frames.PERIOD. its got nothing to do with koans quality rockymountain is made by CCM for god sakes.
okay the 2033 or 2004 demos used to crack around the shock all the time im not a fan or konas but god dammit hid bike is still decent ur acting like its a friking apollo
okayyyy well i am saying that 03 or 04 demos had a tendancy to crack around the rear shock that would be why ur 06 demo hasnt cracked because it isnt an 03 or an 04 :S
wow i cracked a kona frame that bike took a shit kicking i tried everything and it keep taking it. every bike has a limit and my friend snap of the headtop off this norco and kona hooked me up with a 09 kons shonky inc complete bike one of 50 made there a great bike company
ok now he can say konas suck becasue he has broke one people who have not broke one and they are saying konas suck you shut up like go brake one rate now then you can say konas suck.:
Theres was a comment up there somewhere about Fabien Barel's Kona being completely different to the normal ones. Well... I have (one of) his old bike - The only difference is the shock is shimmed down to a 2.6" stroke to make it a little slacker and lower. The tubing is exactly the same as a 'normal' Kona, and if I ran a 'normal' shock it would be exactly the same as any shop floor Kona's you see. I expect if I ran a 2.75" shock then it'd feel a bit twitchy - But horses for courses I guess. Down a world cup track its planted and very nice to ride - albeit a little slow to get started (long wheelbase). The only reason I can think of why anyone thinks Kona's are shit is a) Because they've never had extensive time on one themselves, or b) They've ridden a Stinky or similar with a shite build spec and flexy cranks. I bet I could break any other frame just as easily as I could snap my Stab.
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!!!!
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..
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)
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
maby, show me that proof, i know atlest that they are made by GIANT and that they havnt made much progress desgin wise. ohh and it you look (apart for helen) then nearly everybody that rides WC standard would not have a kona near them. ohh and i would like to hear all that you know about konas manufacturing.
And do you doubt Giants manufacturing capabilities? They havent changed their design much if it all as "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". It doesn't need changed. If their bikes were dangerous they wouldn't be allowed to sell them. Pro riders don't pick the bike they ride. If Kona choose not to run a Pro race team then that's Kona's choice.
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
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
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!
Surprise Idiots! Kona, Specialized and Giant frames are all made by Giant Bikes. The only kona thing about it is the geometry... Think about that before judging the company.
lol ther only successfull because chavs buy them because they think there amazing, every kona stab i have seen, (which is quite a large number) sounds like a train.
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...
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!!!!!!!!!!!!
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.
Lol, why the f*ck does everyone hate konas? There the original. Back in the day, at a race, every other bike was a kona. All bikes sanp, every type, it just happens that the best/heaviest riders ride konas so there bound to snap once in a while
For alot of you morons here, if a bike snaps on the welds, then the welds were big shit because welds are stronger than the metal tube itself. But i have to admit that i've seen a sh*t lot of konas broken near the headtube, but this beats many of them. Any bike can brake, but not as often as Konas do. Sh*t who cares if pros ride konas? They ride them because they have everything free. I don't like Konas much, i don't say they're sh*t, but lets be honest with ourselves, they aren't great either.
Also, when i'll see as many pics of broken bikes that are an other brand, i'll stop saying that Kona bikes are weak. People saying pros ride them blahblahblah. So what? They still brake more than any other brands. If you can't face the fact that Konas are pretty weak then you're ignorant. Sorry but thats true.
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.
every one that says kona sucked heres what i think. I used to think they were shit buy now they are getting really good and you see the pros with there bikes and they ride them hard and they dont brake they always have the exact same bike as always but they dont get new ones and ya i know they can make the same frame but its always the same frame if you know what i mean. Konas are good now!
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???
just putting it out there i own a stab deluxe, and i love it, so much control the suspension design works well for racing and dhing, kona isn't the only bike that snaps, any frame or fork can snap, its just a matter of luck pretty much, they all are made pretty much the same, same materials, welding and such, how you ride the bike makes a difference
lets put it this way if you know how to ride smooth and not land hard you can ride a kona but if you cant do this then dont get one. learn how to ride first
kona is the only company that calls theres bikes scrap and dudu and they live up to them names lol they are "SCRAP" so all you kona fans out there buy CANADIAN make bikes like NORCO ,BANSHEE
Kona's arent rubbish,Yes konas may not be as good as some makes such a yeti. But they are good bikes at the end of the day, most bikes can snap, its not just Kona that snap
You guys have no idea what this rider did in order to break his bike. He could have launched a gap and landed flat on a rock face after descending 30 feet for all you know.
theres a demo nine as well http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/2315585/ don't know about transition; they don't sell that many compared to giant, kona, specialized etc. so it's less likely that someone has actually posted a pic up of one!
which shows actually that kona's welds held up due to quality workmanship, it also shows how bit that crash must have been to bend the metal, rather than just snap a weld!
kona is like a benz, u buy it and think ur al special cuz u got one, then u ride it and such, for a hile and realize it's not al that greatand u could have spent the extra money to get a better bike
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