To showcase the breadth and depth of Kona’s Precept Platform, we headed deep into the Swiss Alps, the heartland of up, down and all around mountain biking. With trails that wind through every type of challenge and vista, it was the perfect place to capture the pure, all-mountain essence of Kona’s 2016 Precept 120, 130 and 150.
Kona would like to thank Marilyne at
Crans-Montana Tourism as well as the
Crans-Montana Bike Park. We’d like to thank our athletes
Leah and
Jonathan Maunsell, and
Garry Davoren for stepping in to fill Leah’s shoes and spending a few days on a narrow tired bike. You know you love it.
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#single pivot for life :-)
Making me feel even more happy with my used Nukeproof Mega TR.
5k got me a Kona Supreme operator.
To put it in perspective, my truck that cost $65,000 CAD is worth well over $135,000 down there according to the Ford dealer I talked to in Wellington. We are considering moving down there and I wanted to know if it was worth bringing my truck down and converting it to right hand drive.
Riders like him trying to show off beyond their skill level for the conditions and trails.
SHAME ON KONA FOR PUTTING THEIR NAME TO SUCH TRAIL DESTRUCTION.
If every rider rode Crans like this they would close off the trails for the rest of us who live here. If you are going to come to the alps you should understand that all the open trails are only open as long as bikers do not destroy them and cutting the trails is a sign of gross ignorance about the local situation as well as a gross sign of the bikers lack of skill in navigating them.
However trail destruction due to rapidly increasing MTB use is a very serious issue. When you bike in these areas please bear in mind that after self preservation you should be 100% committed to zero additional trails damage by NEVER cutting a switch back (and don't give any additional ammunition to the anti-biking lobby by posting it on youtube if you do) and being over polite to hikers while always riding in a manor that allows you to offer right of way and not to scare the bejesus out of them.
Yes all it takes is a DH few riders to cut a switch back to get a line started down the front of it. From that moment on, the local hikers use this as evidence for closing a trail.
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