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Folzy
(Jan 8, 2009 at 19:25)
thats kinda funny even thogh i likee konas 
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This is the first version of the 07 dh frame that didt have the reinforced head tube. they changed it in 07. Ang al the customers that broke theirs got the new reinforced one. It whas only a foulty on the welding. But it got fixed. Konas break even though they dont have anything wrong with them.
you know, this isnt an attack on commencal, i couldve used a number of different broken bikes, like specialized, giant, intense, santa cruz.
Yeah if you lived through snapping your head tube off the bike which would be a nasty crash,you'd get a replacement.
EVERYTHING breaks. It's only metal, and no one ever said metal doesn't break! I love when people get all frizzed when they see something in two pieces...
Here's a quick lesson for you guys with the bikes you think are indestructible or that you'll be riding the same frame for the next 5-10 years: Aluminum starts failing the very SECOND it leaves the extrusion die. It will continue self-hardening over the years until it beomes brittle and then breaks. Heat treating has nothing to do with it or for it...it simply speeds up the hardening process so it can be sold. There are techniques and stranger materials for higher prices, but they simply prolong the inevitable frame failure.
Moral of the story? Ride your bike for a year or two and unload it. It wasn't meant to last forever. And don't laugh at the guy with a broken frame...yours is probably next.
Here's a quick lesson for you guys with the bikes you think are indestructible or that you'll be riding the same frame for the next 5-10 years: Aluminum starts failing the very SECOND it leaves the extrusion die. It will continue self-hardening over the years until it beomes brittle and then breaks. Heat treating has nothing to do with it or for it...it simply speeds up the hardening process so it can be sold. There are techniques and stranger materials for higher prices, but they simply prolong the inevitable frame failure.
Moral of the story? Ride your bike for a year or two and unload it. It wasn't meant to last forever. And don't laugh at the guy with a broken frame...yours is probably next.
i realize this, i jut get tired of people talking about how every kona ever made has sanpped in half.
andyjacko123 - have a look at this and guess what bike it is: http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/2167211/
yetiman303 you actually have a point. though to be fair they are a pretty small company and so a lot less people own them = lower chance of a breakage
yetiman303 you actually have a point. though to be fair they are a pretty small company and so a lot less people own them = lower chance of a breakage
yeah i was just joking 
. I don't care much for Commencal anyway, but tons of the kids here swear by them and will get insanely defensive when they see this.
. I don't care much for Commencal anyway, but tons of the kids here swear by them and will get insanely defensive when they see this.
a third of those were peice of shit $500 konas, another third of them were broken forks ON konas, and the other third was that that same clip played twice.
You see more Konas broke...because MORE PEOPLE ride Konas than any other bike! It's the sheer numbers thing, has nothing to do with being junk or anything else stupid like that. You;ll never find 700 broken Knolly frames because they don't sell that many bikes! Imagine how many Konas are sold each year to see one broken every other month or so??? I'd say they're doing OK!
Don't sweat it Avery! Ride your bike for a bit longer then buy a new one, seems like it's treating you just fine! But might I suggest a Mongoose Khyber your next go-round?
Don't sweat it Avery! Ride your bike for a bit longer then buy a new one, seems like it's treating you just fine! But might I suggest a Mongoose Khyber your next go-round?
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yup. two of them are 06 stinkys with bent rocker plates (which were replaced free of charge, they machined them too much) and theres a livewire and the video clip which are both REALLY old bikes!
yup. two of them are 06 stinkys with bent rocker plates (which were replaced free of charge, they machined them too much) and theres a livewire and the video clip which are both REALLY old bikes!
b-free is soo true bout the people ridin more Konas lol, theyre popular as f*ck, n good lookin , they ride plush as f*ck n no design is perfect... but they are wikid bikes for there price
, they ride plush as f*ck n no design is perfect... but they are wikid bikes for there price
well every bike company will have some bikes that are defected due to bad welds or fabrication, its just well kona bikes brake more so than others haha
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