[Closed] Kona coilair........any good.

for uplifts? 😕
distinctly average (or well below if at full RRP)

Well if GW thinks they are average and not just shite then they must be really quite good.

average is good when cheap............. 😀

i had a few goes on a mate of mines. I found it way too short and so too much weight on the back wheel.

It might have been a size too small - but we are the same height. He got rid and bought a five.

Well if GW thinks they are average and not just shite then they must be really quite good.

I tried a Coiler a few years back and it felt a bit "cheap". I don't know how else to describe it, but ti wasn't a refined ride (though that was in comparisson to a 2004 Patriot.

I've never tried the coilair, but i imagine it is similar, only with an air shock.

Nah, not really. if I had the choice between a £500 100mm hardtail or a £1200 Coilair I'd choose the HT every time.

But isnt that always along the lines of what you say?

"Thats crap get a 100mm HT"

But as you didn't say it was crap then I inferred that it must be OK.

nope!
I have a fully rigid mtb, a 65mm hardtail, a 100mm hardtail, a 115mm full sus and a 200mm full sus bike to choose from - all get ridden. A Coilair wouldn't. if all the rest broke I'd probably ride my roadbike or a BMX

plus "crap" is an awful american word. I'd have said "shit"

If it's a magic link then my bought last years model (black frame) but it snapped near the rear brake mount after a few rides.

They gave him the latest frame (polished) which is still in one piece.

I've had a go but only down a steep hill. It felt to soft to me, but my bike had 100mm of rear travel.

That was supposed to say 'my mate bought'

I have an older Dawg which I like. Lump of a bike but does everything I need/want/can do.
The coilair of the same vintage(`05)was quite similar but reckoned to be a bit more sluggish on the ups but better on the downs 😆
Still a few going about locally.
Just all depends what you or mate/s are looking for.

Was tempted myself but am going to try and save my pennies for a Transition Bandit sometime in `12 🙂