Kona Carbon Honzo – Full Video Added

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Kona Bicycles has never been one to particularly toe the line or fit into pigeonholes, so it’s not too much of a surprise to see that its new carbon hardtail comes with a very burly look and provisions for dropper posts despite World Cup cross country racing ambitions. We’ll be getting a whole rundown of the range at the World launch next week, but in the meantime, here’s a preview of some of the specs.

Kona says: “who ever said that a hardtail couldn’t be as fun as other ‘trail’ bikes? Who assumed a 29in hardtail couldn’t have an aggressive trail geometry and a carbon frame that can climb almost as fast as it descends? And where is it written that a dropper post and wider/stiffer Boost rear end can’t be utilized on a frame with no moving parts? Nobody and nowhere! We’re just trying to figure out why we didn’t we make the Honzo Carbon’s sooner.

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The Honzo CR Race – just what you race it in is up to you.

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There are several different specs for the Honzo – from mostly racy (though still 120mm forked) to the two more burly versions with dropper posts pre-fitted. And who heard of a race bike with a Pike?

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The Honzo CR Trail – 1×11, Fox 34s and a dropper. Nice!

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About as stealth as it gets. Frames come in a full range of sizes from Small to XL.

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The Trail DL comes with a RockShox Pike for added mayhem

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And here’s a closer look at the geometry. Stay tuned next week for the full lowdown and first ride impressions.

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And there’s even a full video – much like the recent dual-personality full suspension HeiHei video.

Can’t see the video, click here: https://vimeo.com/169697972

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Chipps Chippendale

Singletrackworld's Editor At Large

With 23 years as Editor of Singletrack World Magazine, Chipps is the longest-running mountain bike magazine editor in the world. He started in the bike trade in 1990 and became a full time mountain bike journalist at the start of 1994. Over the last 30 years as a bike writer and photographer, he has seen mountain bike culture flourish, strengthen and diversify and bike technology go from rigid steel frames to fully suspended carbon fibre (and sometimes back to rigid steel as well.)

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