Founders Buy Back Kona Bicycles

After a surprise stand shut down at Sea Otter and mass layoff of staff last month, Kona Bicycles has been bought back from Kent Outdoors by founders Dan Gerhard and...

Kona Bicycles Winds Down: Brand For Sale: UK Distributor Continues To Import Stock

Having bought the Kona brand from the founders just two years ago, owners Kent Outdoors have announced they are abandoning the bike market altogether and have put the Kona brand...

Concern for Kona as staff take down stand at Sea Otter

The annual Sea Otter Classic race and expo is the traditional new season starter event. Based in California it attracts racers and some of the world’s biggest bike brands every...

Kona: Exploring Creativity by Bike

Kona seems to have got a bit of a theme going on with its videos at the moment, exploring the relationship between art and mountain biking. The latest release is...

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Podcast: Ride Sheffield – Best Community Initiative: Be Nice, Say Hi.

We talk to Ride Sheffield, the winners of the Best Community Initiative Award in the Singletrack Reader Awards, sponsored by Kona. We wanted the Best Community Initiative Award to be...

Podcast: Trash Free Trails – Best Environmental Initiative, Singletrack Reader Awards

When we chatted to Dom Ferris of Trash Free Trails before the Singletrack Reader Awards voting opened, he had so much to say that we couldn’t bring you all of...

Singletrack Reader Awards 2021 – The Winners Revealed!

It’s time for the big reveal! We can now tell you who YOU voted for to win in this year’s Singletrack Reader Awards, in association with Kona. Thanks to all...

Best Brand Initiative – The Finalists

We’re revealing the Finalists in each of the Singletrack Reader Awards 2021 categories. Thanks to all of you for your nominations, and to our awards sponsors, Kona Bicycles. Here’s who...

Best STW Article – The Finalists

We’re revealing the Finalists in each of the Singletrack Reader Awards 2021 categories. Thanks to all of you for your nominations, and to our awards sponsors, Kona Bicycles. Here’s who...

Best UK Community Initiative – The Finalists

We’re revealing the Finalists in each of the Singletrack Reader Awards 2021 categories. Thanks to all of you for your nominations, and to our awards sponsors, Kona Bicycles. Here’s who...

Best Singletrack World Image | Pick Your Winner

We’re revealing the Finalists in each of the Singletrack Reader Awards 2021 categories. Thanks to all of you for your nominations, and to our awards sponsors, Kona Bicycles. Here’s who...

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Singletrack Reader Awards 2021 – All The Finalists Revealed!

Thanks to all of you who submitted nominations to this year’s Singletrack Reader Awards, sponsored by Kona Bicycles. It’s been heartwarming to read all the nominations for all the projects...

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Singletrack Reader Awards 2021 – Nominations and Deliberations

We’re excited about this year’s format for the Reader Awards and it seems you are too. Your nominations are in, so we sat down with Scott Belshaw from our Awards...

More Kicks For Kids – 3 Kona Bikes For Your Offspring

We’d already seen the bikes for big kids at Sea Otter: a carbon Process 153, a Big Honzo 27.5+ hardtail, and a nice Honzo ST in a special 30th birthday...

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Smokin’ Hot, Or Not? Kona Bikes’ Rolling Papers

This week Canadian legislators voted to legalise the consumption of cannabis in Canada, and Kona was quick to mark the occasion by launching its ‘4:20’ smoking papers. Let’s get 🔥!...

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Kona has a new carbon Operator downhill bike, and it’s 29er ready

Connor Fearon of the Kona Gravity Team is racing aboard a new Operator downhill prototype that features a carbon fibre frame and dual wheelsize capability.  Everywhere we turned in the...

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Kona Surprises With The Return Of The All-New 2019 Satori Full Suspension Mountain Bike

We\'re barely into 2018, but Kona\'s embracing the future with the 2019 Satori full suspension bike.

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Video: Killer Hardtails

We test and review three bikes as part of our Killer Hardtail group test. And now you can watch each video in full, right here!

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Review: Kona Honzo Carbon Trail DL

The Honzo Carbon takes the 29in carbon hardtail where it has not dared to go before. Did Kona do a bad bad thing? Wil gets involved to find out.

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First Look: Kona Honzo CR Trail DL

Kona does XC a little differently to everyone else. With a 120mm travel Pike and a KS LEV dropper post, the Honzo CR Trail DL is the perfect example

Review: Kona Hei Hei DL

Is the Kona Hei Hei DL just like every other 100mm travel XC bike? Certainly not, and Wil explains why in his review of the carbon fibre green machine

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London Bike Show 2017: Kona Bikes

Kona gives us a closer look at some of the bikes featured in the 2017 range. Lovely carbon and alloy goodness within!

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Feast Your Eyes On These 3 Titanium Hardtails: ridden and tested here.

We tested three exotic bikes in Issue #108 of Singletrack Magazine. Read the full reviews here, and check out the video inside.

Kona 2012: Entourage, Operator, Honzo 29er (with pics!) and more…

We check out the latest bikes from Kona, with new gravity models, all mountain bikes and big wheelers. Now with Honzo pics