KMC's latest issue's a real beauty
Our good friends up in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada publish a beautiful magazine we’ve been proud to be a part for a number of years now. Kootenay Mountain Culture is a free, wonderfully produced bi-annual magazine that touches on all elements of mountain culture far and wide. Check out their new web site at www.kmcmag.com. Congrats KMC from your friends at Kona, keep on delivering the good word to the glorious mountain folk of the world.
Check out this super cool teaser of a bunch of skaters cycling their way across New Zealand. Catch the sweet Sutra shot at :58.
From the reasoning of the Dawg name to the best comic book authors, from the history of the Hot to a timeline of industrial music, Cory has the trivia, and the opinions to mouth off about it.
To celebrate Black History Month, MODSquad Cycles, the only bicycle shop located in historic Harlem, New York City, will donate 10% of its February 2010 revenue to Kona AfricaBike and Project Rwanda. In addition, Kona Bikes will donate an AfricaBike for raffle at MODSquad Cycles to customers who purchase at least $10 of retail goods. Owner Oyé Carr says, “AfricaBike combines capitalism with good works. For every two bikes purchased by Kona retailers, Kona donates a bike to an AIDS worker. Bikes are not just for sport. They are also a means of environmentalism and a source for social change.”
Back in 2007, we here at the shop marveled at the value of the Dew Deluxe for $600. At the time, Trek’s “Portland” model was picking all the low-hanging fruit around town, and we thought, “Kona needs a drop-handlebar, disc-equipped, commuter-style road bike—but at half the cost!” So, the prototype Dew Drop was born, and it worked and rode quite well. We sourced more bars, STI levers, and road-compatible disc brakes—along with a few other necessary parts–at the best prices we could find for our first production run. The retail price was $950, and they sure sold.
2009 Dew Drop is going for a bargain ($600) at a US dealer near you
Demo Dave, our badass do-it-all in-house mega shredder, has built the mother of all Stab’s, fully customized, weighing in at 33 pounds. Take a gander at this piece of downhill gemstone. Click the read more button to see all of Dave’s custom components. Read More
Gibtron FlexFit Hat, $20.00 USD
Cover a bald spot. Shield the sun, or the rain. Go duck hunting. Hide bed head. Whatever your need, Kona has stylish FlexFit hat in stock for you. Visit the Kona Store to see the full range.
Europe’s young guns dominated the fifth anniversary of the “White Style presented by Kona” winter slopestyle competition in Leogang last Friday evening. Riders from North America made into the top ten: Darren Berrecloth became fifth, Cam McCaul sixth and Jamie Goldman seventh. Great Britain’s other well-known faces, Sam Reynolds and Grant Fielder, placed eighth and ninth. A highlight clip featuring the best of the action and the three winning runs will be available on www.watch26.tv very soon.
More than 2,000 spectators made their way to the White Style course designed and built by Kona Clump team rider Grant “Chopper” Fielder. Grant received lots of props from the other riders for the set up consisting of different elements like: An igloo at the start with a small drop, a set of two doubles, followed by two massive fruit bowls combinations (with a 15ft. drop) as well as a huge double at the finish (about 40ft. far). Riders jumped the last gap and reached up to 25ft. above the ground. The most important point to remember: the whole course was built out of snow. So it was definitely a challenging set up. But some of the world’s best riders came to Leogang. They impressed the spectators and sometimes each other by pulling off the biggest tricks that were seen in a mountain bike contest. The riders seemed to feel already quite comfortable in the first training session on Thursday, and even more on Friday. Some of them even changed from their small travel full suspension bikes to hardtails – a proof for a smooth course, even though there was so much airtime involved.
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Walking is pretty cool. And so is this video. But wouldn’t it be a lot more fun if you did it all by bicycle? Say, for instance, like our man H i r S c h. Speaking of which, H i r S c h, where art thou?
http://www.vimeo.com/4636202‘But if we had to, and we do, our favourite ride would have to be a toss up between the Kona and the Genesis Altitude. The Kona has an indescribable feel… on paper the Kona is average but on the trail it’s magic’
‘We loved the smooth welds on the front end of the frame making it look much more expensive than the actual price tag, very classy. We also loved the simple bold graphics and colours which co-ordinated well with the component parts. The Kona is also the only bike we tested available in 1″ increment sizes, allowing a more precise fit. A flawless ride, no surprises good or bad, what you see is what you get.’
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