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We head over to the Kona booth and chat with the team about the 2020 range of Candian designed mountain bikes. For 2020 Kona has everything from 160mm travel eMTBs, to carbon enduro bikes, kids bikes and even a sasquatch!
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All the beer you could possibly imagine.
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I can fit three of my friends on the
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back. We just basically have a party on
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wheels with this thing.
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Hey everyone, Andy from Singletrack and
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I'm at Eurobike at the Kona booth with
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uh Trevor, the product manager. Hey,
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how's everybody doing? And uh yeah,
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we've got a Sasquatch behind us, too.
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So, we're going to take a look at the
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new Kona Remote 160, which is an all new
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e-bike for Kona for 2020. So, Trevor,
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could you uh talk us through this? Yeah,
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so this is an all new design for us. Um
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you've all seen the Remote Control last
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year, still in the line for this year.
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Um we sort of took what we learned from
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that bike and did a ground-up version
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right here. So, basically, it's like
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you're riding a Process with a e-assist
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system on it. Yeah. So, yeah, you
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mentioned the the Remote Control. Uh
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this is a little bit different though,
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isn't it? It has a different motor and a
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battery. Yeah, so uh we went with the
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Shimano system on this bike. Uh really
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allowed us to get the ride feel
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that we were looking for out of the
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bike. So,
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uh we're able to get a super short
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chainstay at 435. Yeah. So, 275 by 28
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tires stock, as well as you can fit up
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to a 2925 tire in the rear. Cool. So,
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the Shimano motor, is that the E8000
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motor? Yeah, the E8000 and this is the
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new 8035 battery that Shimano released,
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as well as the charge port and the new
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power button on the top tube there.
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Yeah, so this is like this internal
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battery is actually pretty cool. There's
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no key to undo it. You just use a 4 mil
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Allen key and it just unlocks and and
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pops out, yeah? Yeah, I think someone's
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going to steal it there. Oh, yeah. All
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right, great.
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So, another nice feature of that really
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easy to remove battery that I found as
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well is you can get at the internal
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cables really easily, can't you? Yeah,
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yeah, yeah. You can get at the cables
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really easy, make any adjustments you
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need to, if you have to. So, uh this
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bike, you said it's uh so, process-wise,
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it's very similar in the geometry, but
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it is a little bit slacker? Yeah, so
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about 1° slacker than the standard
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process. We got 65° on the head tube.
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And what that allowed us to do is to not
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have to use the headset stoppers or
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downtube bumpers for the fork. Um the
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reach numbers are going to be the same
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as the Process, as well as the seat tube
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uh
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and the seat tube lengths. Cool. So,
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it's a It's nice and long and
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progressive. It's nice and slack up
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front. It's got plenty of travel, so
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it's really good for descending. But
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what I found when I rode it, it climbs
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really well, too, doesn't it?
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Yeah, yeah. It works really great all
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around. Yeah. Yeah. So, um yeah,
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overall, like you mentioned that the
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tires on this are plus tires. Is there
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anything uh specific about those tires?
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Yeah, so with this tire, we went with
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the plus version of the plus tire, the
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EXO plus casing. Um just provided a lot
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better feel for the ride when you're
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getting really aggressive with the bike.
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Yeah. Does that mean you can run them at
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a bit of a lower pressure, too, for
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better traction? Yeah, I find them still
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20 PSI or so when I'm running tubeless.
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All right, let's move on to something
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else. Cheers, man. Yeah. All right, so
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we're at the Kona booth. Um and we're
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going to go check out some of our new
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bikes for 2020. Follow me.
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So, you've all just seen the Remote 160
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and we also have here our Big Honzo
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carbon model. This is our high-end
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carbon model this year. The Big Honzo's
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been really successful bike for us. Uh
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130 mil travel in the front, low
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standover. Um price points for all
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levels here. It's been a really fun bike
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and we're excited to continue on with
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that one. And then we've got our a
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couple of our Dew models in here. We
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have the the Dew Plus here and the
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Doctor Dew. Um we've kind of changed the
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geometry on the Dews this year to be
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true small through extra large sizing.
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Um really fun city bike, super fun curb
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hopping, pothole smashing, all the ing
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machines. Uh these are really popular in
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all the urban centers.
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Come on down.
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So, uh one of my favorite bikes that we
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have is the Electric Yute um in this
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glorious slime green color. Uh
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I I love this bike. It's kind of taken
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over a car, essentially. You can carry
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so many so much stuff in these bags,
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like all the beer you could possibly
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imagine. I can fit three of my friends
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on the back. We just basically have a
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party on wheels with this thing. But it
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also works for carrying practical things
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like your kids, groceries, stuff like
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that, too. But it's a pretty fun party
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bike, as well. And then up top here is
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the Unit X in this really, really cool,
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I'm calling it like champagne gold.
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Um
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A lot of people love this bike for its
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just super, super capable uh versatility
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for bike packing trips, touring.
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Um it's just an awesome steel bike.
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People love their steel Konas. There's a
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huge following for it, so we love this
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bike. We're excited to keep it going.
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All right. So, we have a couple of our
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kids bikes here, too. We launched the
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Process 24 last year, which is our gray
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and green bike here. Pretty aggressive
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bike for the kiddos.
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Um
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It's been really well received for a lot
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of the bike park little kids that all
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shred harder than most of the adults
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these days. Um and then we've got two of
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our Honzos here, as well. This is the
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Sorry, this is the Honzo 24 and then we
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have our Makena. Um this year we've kind
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of we've beefed up the tires in the
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Makena and the Hula to
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2.6. Uh we had that request from people
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to bring slightly wider tires in for
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better traction for the kids. So, we
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adjusted the geometry of these bikes,
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brought in slightly wider tires. They're
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still super easy shifting and braking.
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Um we think these bikes are awesome for
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kids to learn to shred really hard on,
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then progress to the Honzo, which
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mirrors um the adult Honzo, and then
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eventually get on that Process 24. So,
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we love the fact that we've got bikes
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for all the kids, no matter how small,
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how young. Um
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and then they can eventually get onto
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the the proper big kid Konas and just
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ride the rest of their lives.
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Um another thing that we tried really
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hard this year was to bring in some of
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the coolest colorways that we could ever
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imagine.
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Um
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that's our our Libre Deluxe bike up
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there. And just so you all know, the
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27.5 carbon Deluxe Process this year
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will come in the same really cool
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prism color, which changes as you walk
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around the bike. It's just It's a It's
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amazing uh amazing color.
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Um if you want to head outside, we'll
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take a look at some of the other
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mountain bikes.
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So, here we have our Operator CR. This
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is our uh our World Cup racing bike.
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This is what Connor Fearon races on. Uh
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Miranda Miller did a couple races this
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year on this bike. Adjustable reach,
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adjustable chainstays. You can run 27.5,
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29-in wheels on it. It's been a really
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successful bike for us. We launched this
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last year and we're going to continue on
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with this. Uh so, carbon Operator, World
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Cup dominator. We love it.
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And then possibly the most beautiful
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bike in the lineup is this incredible
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This is our uh Process 153 CRDL 29er
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here. Uh
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It's blue if you look at it one way,
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it's purple if you look at it one way.
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Uh this bike was wildly successful for
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us last year and we're really happy to
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continue on with it this year in the
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lineup. So, these are all of our some of
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our 153s, our 29ers here. Uh the base
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model carbon, the aluminum Deluxe, which
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is that gorgeous kind of sparkly maroon
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color. Uh
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super awesome Enduro bike. Our Enduro
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team had good success on these bikes
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this year. And so, I think coupled with
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the 134, the Process lineup right now is
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so, so thorough and diverse. There's
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just absolutely a bike for everybody,
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every size, every price range, any kind
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of terrain. Um and that's kind of what
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you're getting out of the Kona 2020
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lineup this year. We're really excited
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about it. Uh thanks for taking a tour
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with us.
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Cool.
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