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Support an Incredible Cause and Win the Ultimate Maui Dream Build!

Kona has an extra special edition of its usual Kona Dream Build feature – announcing the Maui Dream Build Sweepstakes!

Help Kona raise the funds needed to complete Maui’s bike park, located just north of Lahaina, HI. Following last year’s devastating wildfires, the West Maui and Lahaina community has come together with friends from the mainland to create a space for all to ride, progress, and fall in love with this amazing location—just like the pros who built the park.

Thanks to the generous support of our partners SRAM, RockShox, DT Swiss, OneUp Components, Wolf Tooth Components, Sensus, and Peak Design, we’re giving away a dreamy Kona Process 134 CR DL plus an assortment of gear from Troy Lee Designs and a selection of Maxxis tires to fit any season. This incredible prize package is valued at over $16,000 USD!

All profits will support the creation of the new public West Maui Bike Park through the Maui Mountain Bike Coalition. A HUGE thanks to the brands that made this sweepstakes possible and to the entire Maui community for their hard work in making the West Maui Bike Park dream come true.

ENTER THE KONA MAUI DREAM BUILD SWEEPSTAKES HERE

See moe detailed photos at the Kona Blog.

A while back we shared the first Under Biking Down Under video and today we’re back with another one from Damien’s trail in New Zealand.

As Kona exhaled a sigh of relief and regained its footing under the founders, the brand just announced the new Process 153 and Process 134 models. The Process lineup has been lauded as legit do-it-all machines for a decade and this third generation further solidifies their legacy. Read on for the updates…

In typical modest Kiwi fashion, local NZ rider Lewis Ferris calls this riding in this video Under Biking. Watch as he rides a Sutra Ltd down one of Wellington’s rowdier public trails.

Kona Bicycles went through a rough patch around Sea Otter classic and like we predicted, the brand isn’t dead, in fact it was purchased from Kent Outdoors by its original founders, Dan Gerhard and Jake Heilbron. In 1988 Jake Heilbron, aka “Jake the Snake,” founded Kona Mountain Bikes with Dan Gerhard, so it’s amazing that the brand is returning to its roots. Read the full press release, written by the Kona team, below.

Lots of websites are speculating about the future or fate of Kona when its struggles were made very public after the company set up its Sea Otter Classic booth and then broke it down the evening before the show. This led to posts from media outlets, who made bold claims about the brand’s demise. Because we couldn’t contact anyone at the company, we thought we’d leave it be, knowing how the VC-backed cycling world works from personal experience, and then this morning, Kona posted on Instagram.

There’s a lot to love about Kona’s latest drop-bar bike, the Ouroboros. From the name (duh) to the stance and details, it’s got a lot going on. John got his hands on the Supreme build spec ($6999) and shot some photos before today’s release, so let’s take a closer look at this adventure-ready platform.

F#%k Around and Find Out is a new series that follows members of the Kona Crew in all of their shenanigans. The best part of riding bikes with your buddies is sending it into the unknown, getting as weird as possible, and laughing until your cheeks hurt. Join the Kona Crew as they check out new (to them) riding zones and just let loose…

Zoom in on this endearing story of  Patty V and Colleen Meas two professional creatives who have been banging their fists against the door of the cycling community, wanting desperately to break into the tight-knit media of its industry. Brought together to work on a big advertisement campaign for Kona Bikes, their example of peer mentorship is inspiring and hopefully infectious to other creatives.

Check out some selects from this shoot below!

Perhaps our Favorite Fat Bike Reviews post a few weeks ago got you on the hunt for some fat tire fun? Well, Kona is hosting a blowout sale on its fat bikes, the Wo $899.50 and the Woo $1,249.50, so we wanted to give you the heads up… Plow on over to Kona to get in on these wild savings.

DETAILS: 50% Off All Fat Bikes *while supplies last

DATES: Feb 12 – March 1, 2024

This is normally something we’d include in our Radar Roundup but it’s too good of a deal to wait until tomorrow. Kona is currently offering an N+1 sale. Buy any Process bike and get one free. This is a wild deal and indicative of what the cycling industry is dealing with right now but there’s no reason you shouldn’t be taking advantage of these offerings. Especially from a brand like Kona.

Roll on over to Kona to take advantage of these wild times.

When it comes to vintage mountain bikes of the mid-1990s, it’s hard to not mention the 1995 Kona Cinder Cone. It had one of the most unique stances at the time and the painted to match fork and stem were straight from the playbook of something small time framebuilders were and are still doing today. Thomas sent in his Cinder Cone and the final product included some clever metalwork. Read on to find out and for some of Thomas’ delicious photos!

The Kona Band Wagon is perhaps one of the most iconic Kona drop bar bikes of all times (sorry Jake the Snake owners) and today we have Juoko‘s build, all the way from Finland, so let’s get to it.

Our Radar Roundup compiles products and videos from the ‘net in an easy-to-digest format. Read on below for today’s findings…