Kona Bicycles - Back from beyond the Cindercone
With the great news that Kona Bicycles is now back in the creative hands of its founders, we take a look into the back story of this iconic and slightly whacky bike brand.
Things progressed rapidly and he ended up involved in the Canadian brand Rocky Mountain Cycles, which is where he first met the young American cyclist Dan, who came to work for the company, and it would be fair to say that they hit it off.With mountain biking taking off at the time the duo decided to go deeper into the bike business with a new offroad brand.
As for where names like Sutra, Sex, Stinky, Poo & Jackshit came from – well, I guess you’ll need to come to your conclusions there. It’s all part and parcel of being Kona – which is quite unlike most other brands out there and is most definitely defined by original character, charisma and a flare for doing and making things differently, which has always been reflected throughout their off-road-dominated bike range over the years, and is probably why they have a near Kona-cult like following.
From its many home-brewed freeriders to downhill aces such as Fabien Barel, Greg Minnaar and Conor Fearon, to cross-country thoroughbreds such as Roland Green and current World 24-hour Champion Cory Wallace, the Kona roster has always been a varied one, and many of these riders have also played a part in the evolution of Kona bikes over the years, withand cyclo-cross racer Helen Wyman all having been Kona riders during their time, be that via direct factory support, distributor backing or local...
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