Spun off from the original Honzo as Kona's answer to the mid-2010s plus-tire experiment. While most brands abandoned plus when 29ers won the wheel war, Kona kept the Big Honzo for riders who wanted th
The Hei Hei name is one of Kona's oldest model lines — early Hei Heis were among the brand's first full-suspension bikes after the steel-hardtail era. 2025 brings the 10th generation, a ground-up rede
Launched in 2012, the steel Honzo broke the rules of the day with 1×9 drivetrain, super-short chainstays, 68° head angle and stubby stem — a recipe so successful it set the template for modern aggress
Kona was founded 1988 in Vancouver BC by Dan Gerhard and Jacob Heilbron, working with rider Joe Murray on steel hardtails. The Process line evolved as their full-suspension trail platform. The 134 sit
The Rove emerged as Kona's accessible drop-bar adventure platform, sharing the brand's steel-first DNA. Riders and reviewers have made it a cult bike for the under-€2,500 gravel crowd — frame quality
Introduced in 1998, the Stinky was Kona's defining contribution to the birth of freeride mountain biking. Built minutes from the legendary North Shore trails in Vancouver, it became the bike under rid
The Sutra has anchored Kona's touring range for over a decade — built around the brand's founding philosophy that steel is the right material for bikes you ride day after day, loaded. The LTD variant
The Unit is one of the longest-running singlespeed production bikes in mountain biking — a direct expression of Kona's founding ethos that a steel hardtail with the right geometry is most of what you
