2010 Kona Bass - Exclusive first look.

very nice improvements here. looks sick

coming stock with the single speed is ideal, especially if you ride it on a lot of DJs, rear derailers blow out left and right. nice price too.

would this be an ideal bike for riding whistler, trails like aline dirt merchant and Freight train?, im wanting to save for a cheaper bike for places like whistler and this looks like a good bike, im not bothered by single speed as that is what i have always ridden, and my legs are used to it

my friend bought one of these and despised the geometry. i thought he was just being picky, but my other friend and i rode it and agreed that it felt really unbalanced in the air. sweet looking bike with a good price though. (i would like to see it with a bent toptube for more standover, imo).

the frame is good, the rest is shit....xD

yea it would be interesting in future models too see kona do something like the norco 4x and make a slight bend in the toptube,i spose that could be something to change the model when evryone gets on kona's case for not doing enough changes

actully joaopini i dissagree if i had the cash for that bike i would ride it, plus its better then any of the bikes in ur photos

i dont have my bike in my fotos, i ride a blkmrkt with 11,8kg, not a full, but almost everything is heavy in this kona....It would be a lot better to buy a frame (this or another good full) and build a reall bike with light things. I was just saying that I wouldnt buy this bike, because if so Id need to change almost everything to be satisfied with it...

hmm, is th older model, better equiped, and still suck really bad... If it ws my bike I would change almost every component, then sell the frame and get something better.......haha

Agreed. Hopefully BETD will step up to the plate again and make an after-market hanger.

I believe you can still get Cowan DS/Bass derailleur hanger dropouts.

well even so they still put an ss hub on... why not a regular hub with ss kit?? be better is someone wants to get gears

who needs gears? wussy legs

dude i think but im not sure it is very easy to put gears on...

cr33py, in order to put gears on this bike, you'd have to get a drive side dropout with a derailleur hanger, and then swap out the rear hub for a cassette-style one. Not that easy if you ask me.

well if u had all the stuff it would take like 1 or 2h? cuz my friend Built his bike from scrach and i watch him do most of it.. like it cant be that bad or can it?

Well you have to consider that you'd also have to install a cassette, derailleur, shifter, cable and housing, chainguide (including taking off the bb), as well as a new chain, the labor required becomes a little bit more intensive.

ya its hard i gess but doable

you get an extra set of drop out pads with derailleur hanger if you buy the bike frame only, so that really doesn't matter... don't know about if u buy it ready though...

I don't believe it is available as a frame only.

i think you can buy a Cowan DS frame on the website which is essentially the same thing.

The Cowan DS hasn't been made as a frame only since 2008.

Oh my bad lol shows how long its been since ive been on the website

read it again it went from 2599 last year to 2299 this year

It said $2799 earlier today.

that doesnt means a lot, kona jsut makes shit... haha

Actually I had gears on my Cowan DS and it was a very fun trailbike.

i run mine geared and single speed, takes me like 25 mins to change it over. no drama. two bikes in one. i love it. awesome trail bike, super fast aand real whippy. then awesome on the djs. what more could we ask for.

you'll like it, I got one of these and DAMN!!!! it rides like heaven!!