[Closed] Kona 1988-1997 - WTF Happened Then?

Ohhhh yeah! that does look better!!

As for the magic link - I've heard good things, but not ridden one.

Well I have ridden one, quite a fair bit in my garden. And I only have good things to say 😉

What does the magic link actually do?

I'm just interested to know.

OCB, that looks like a brilliant bike.

[url= http://konabikeworld.com/08_tech_magic.htm ]Magic link explained[/url] I reckon it sounds rather good, would love to have a test ride.

Is the Magic Link any good? What does it feel like to ride?

What does the magic link actually do?

Well the link change the bike travel and geometry. Well pedalling uphill your weight goes (comes?) forward the travel shorten and the angle steepen. The going downhill your weight goes backward and the opposite occurs. Angles slacken and the travel increases.
As I said I have ridden one. It was last year model. Front end a bit to close and to steep for me (with the Fox 32). New models have fixed that, but you can get some "official bodge" from kona europe. But I kinda liked the rear suspension, "magic" bit is you can actually feel the bike going all racey when going up. Then when going down it feels quite bottom less. To be fair I'd love to try a 2011 one as I like slacker bike and this one was a bit disturbing. The transition along the "magic link stroke" is not perceivable there is no hard spot or clunky noise or anything. But you really have to set up the bike properly.
I hope this helps despite the horrible english

Thanks folks, it realy does sound like a good device.

Now all I need to do is have a go on one!