I built my first Kona singlespeed in ’07 after we opened Life Cycle Bike Shop. Jimmy James came through and hooked us up with a couple frames that year, and the rest is history. For anyone who has ridden or rides a Kona 29r hardtail what follows will not be a surprise. For those of you who have not yet had the pleasure, please read on. To say that these bikes “rip” is an understatement. Our first ride on the new bikes blew us away and we have never looked back. A lot of people still believe that twenty-nine inch bikes don’t handle or corner as well as twenty-six inch bikes. This may be true when comparing some bikes..but Kona nailed their geometry right out of the gate. Quick, stable, and NIMBLE are the words that we continually use when describing how these bikes ride. As a busy bike shop we have access to a lot of different bikes and we get requests and questions about just about every bike out there. Over the years the questions may change a little, but the answer stays the same…If you want a twenty-niner..buy a Kona.
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