i agree with this dude ^,
a bikes a bike, if you dont like stinkys get over it, dont just try to be clever and make childish stuff like this up, theres tones of bikes out there that are worse then stinkys, for the money a stinky is a good buy.

 iagree to who cares as long as there riding why does it matter i know people who shred on stinkys probably becasue they spend there time riding and not posting stupid ads on pinkbike

 well i have only been DHing for a year and i mananaged to by a santa cruz bullit for £620, so konas arent the only cheap bikes around, just need to look for good stuff cheaply

 yH? try buying a brand new santa cruz bullit for £620, but i get your point,

 It shodny be about the bike you ride it shood be about the fact that you are riding

 ^^^ i wana shake you hand dude

 Chrz Mate

 and your a hardcore downhiller? i think not! tracey mosely has no problem with her stab supreme so STFU you obviously know nothing.

 hahaha dude your so funny tracy doesn't even ride for kona any more, come to think about it not nor does fabien, also mate considering the fact that i can clear both the hamsterly road gap and table top and that am getting sponcord by a gym to race down hill would maybe not class me as a propper hard core rider but alot better than u, and an other thing douch bag did i ever even say i was a hard core downhiller, CARE THE FUCK DOWN

 hahaha you can clear a small road gap and the table that has been shortened and your getting a chuffy??? get on sun!

 well ok maybe the fact that i am actualy going to start racing and have a sponcor already lined up might say some thing but really the hole point of this was nothing to do with me since am not realy that hard core a rider, i simply said u faggot that amoung the seriouly racers around the UK barely any of them choose kona so sftu u dick head !

 serious racers don't choose there ride, there sponsors do.. i.e. best offer best pay. sponsors choose the riders ride, not the rider! do your research!

 idiot if i'd ment riders who are sponsored i would of said that u morron, no what i ment by hard core riders was none sponsored day to day hobby riders but would race seriouly and have to choose a bike thats good but also is a good value, seriouly why do u keep on at this

 lol konas 09 range for stinkies are the worse value bikes out there

 then instead of callin stinkys worse then shit why dont you just call the 09 over priced?

 the 09 has better spec then 09.. sooo... where you lot get your facts from ?

 09 better spec then 08****

 props to that!

 agreed!

 ive ridden a well set-up one! i fcuking own one! has dhx 4, fox 40's, xt derailer /shifter, e-13, boxguide, mtx s-types in white, da bomb combat stem, da bomb big stick bars. rides like a dream. so STFU all those that follow the crowd, and nice one EuanBisset145 for a decent comment!

 i totaly agree with ya mate these are clearly aload of tosser and are totally clueless

 Should have gone with a bighit mate!

 nar ya souldnt have big hits dont last long enough there not shit but i much prefere stinky big hits if there good then why do they get called big shits

 Look at bikeradar review of bighit 2009. Anything but shit mate!

 big hits shat all over stinkys in every way

 Aye, stinkys ride like shit

 do they fuck

 but then thats £1500 down the drain when they could get a budget 2nd hand bike for £600 then find out its not for them

 Some people would rather have a bike with full warranty for reassurance than a second hand bike for £600 that may need maintenance and most beginners won't be able to repair their own bikes.

 fair enough, thats a good point

 But it's not up to us to decide what bike someone else gets whether they get a £1500 09 kona stinky or a £600 04 santa cruz bullitt and save £900 for maintenance. Kona's are not that bad it's unlikely a beginner will snap it or even a seasoned rider and by that time you should be smooth enough not to snap it unless your a 7foot tall giant of a man.

 because hes had one and knows there wank and half the people thay say there shit havnt even rode one so how would they know if there shit. they get so much bad press there made out to be a lot worse than they actually are

 cause there commen, more people buy them, which means they will be more for sale when it comes to upgrading or change or riding.

 here you obv nar nowt reet so divnt put shit like this up its pointless

 grow up, simple.

 what wrong with big hits

 they are too common and every time u try and buy a bike the majority of the replies are big hits or stinkys and its really anoying