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crotchphesant2007
(Jun 14, 2008 at 17:07)
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i hate Konas just the way they feel ride and look but i must admit i have never seen this before, must have took some doing.
i love konas, i think they feel really nice. aleast the new ones do. im sure you could find like a snapped specialized if you looked for it.
the old KONA s are soo good..but the new ones..just crap...i like kona..but not any more
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http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/2012387/
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/2170117/
soory 2 see this....makes me sad..
(http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/2012387/
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/2170117/
soory 2 see this....makes me sad..
if u havnt noticed all frames will snap, and the most regularly snapped dh frame that i know of is the specialized demo, i alone know 2 possibly 3 people with demos that have a crack in them!!
well il admit soem koans are shit just like any toher bike companie,im not even jolking my cowan ds i think is better then other bike of its kind. bb pivot to alow singlspeed,just an increadble bike built up its 32 pounds!!!! its a dualy
evilchinevil do u understand the differance between a crack and a clean snap straight through 2 frame tubes?
the demo 8 had a known fault on it and many of them snapped and cracked! spesh arent all there cracked up to be either
that realy amazes me because every pro with a demo never brakes the frame and on stunt junkies claw showed you how much presure it takes to bend a demo,you would probaly brake your bones first,that doesnt mean a demo wont snap but it means its one of the stronger frames you can get which brings me to the possible conclusion perhaps riders buy a bike thats beefy because there very unsmooth and after a couple years that will take its toll on any frame. i dont dought the possibilty of a fault but what year/years was that fault?
pretty sure that Kona needs to start coming out with stronger frames. they would have soo many more ppl buying their product if they werent known for having there frames snap so easily
This is on race in Bulgaria,Sopot...this guy hit a tree with his bike...theres also a video on youtube
dude HIRIG-MONSTER that is the same guy in both pics.
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/2012387/
unless their are twins.
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/2012387/
unless their are twins.
Its the same guy...their arent twins...
HERE IS THE VIDEO > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK5COPVnlRg
HERE IS THE VIDEO > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK5COPVnlRg
b>bamfbmx/b> actually specialized, kona ratio is like one broken specialized to 1000 konas 
sad bad true, new konas like to snap
sad bad true, new konas like to snap
that schulzmike kid at the top is a bullshiter he never once owned a kona and has never done anything big enough to break a frame in the first place
it dont mater what bike u ride it can still snap depents wot u do with it he could of landed a jump short
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Man it's Kona... they do suck I mean what are you expecting when you ride a MADE IN VIETNAM/TAIWAN bike??? same with Norco man
hoshi its ironic in your dp your wearing a kona jersey. And my mates 99 kona stinky deeluxe was stuck in a bin after snapping on the seat tube, was welded back together and has only just snapped. i mean nearly 10 years of abuse with a weld in an area with a lot of stress? where the main bushing for the rocker sits? surely thats an example kona should be proud of. i think this guy was just unlucky and had a big crash.
agreed, i had a 1999 stab delux and i flat landed from 2+ meter up so many time i lost count and generally hacked like a red headed step child over my 1st year riding(last year) and it never coughed even once, 2 dents in the frame and 8 years of constant racing all the way from world cup races then winning national and provincial championships before its rider was killed in a car crash and i bought the bike..
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people gotta stop ripping on knoas look around you will most likely see other compaines with snapped frames, more konas because more people own them from what i seen
how are they shite, any frame can snap , it just depends on what you throw at it. If you dont like them then dont bother commenting. 
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Will people please stop making generic comments such as "thats Kona for you" i think i have seen that comment posted 3 - 4 times on this pic.
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This happened in Bulgaria , in Shambhala Bike Park in Sopot ... I was there and I saw it ... he didn't break the weldings on the tubes, he broke the tubes ! :O lol
ok look i don't like kona as well but i have to say every bike has its ups and downs and u don't see every kona snap and u don't see every demo snap and so on with any brad its alot of how hard u ride how well u treat ur bike and if u land wrong and the frame isnt made to take that pressure that way there is a good chance of braking parts just like with anything else for eg. cars there better in head on collisions but if they get hit from the side there not meant to take that and stuff brakes, so stop scraping over whats better its how u treat the bike.
This is on race in Bulgaria,Sopot...this guy hit a tree with his bike...theres also a video on youtube
i hate most konas but my 06 hoss is horribal but redicoulsily durable and it dosent matter what u ride it is how u ride it
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how is there anything wrong with kona's the main reason you see so many pic of them broken is because there one of the most popular bike companys around.
and if they were as shit as people say they wouldnt f*cking make them any more
and if they were as shit as people say they wouldnt f*cking make them any more
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This has to be at least the 10th picture I've seen on PinkBike with a Stab broken at the head tube...
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I know what it feels like son http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/1977762/ was a twat carying homw to probs doesnt weigh as much 
I wonder why this isn't a pic of a snapped Demo...oh wait, maybe because Specialized uses double ORE downtubes on their frames, not to mention cold forging.
I have a kona stinky primo 2007 and a kona kula deluxe 2008 currently
and they give me no problems at all , great bikes !
i had more konas in the past and no problems
and they give me no problems at all , great bikes !
i had more konas in the past and no problems
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it could have been caused by that spoke reflector on the front wheel, too much speed and not balanced correctly LOL.
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