Last year the Wo proved itself in the Fat-bike world as a good value and solid performer. Kona gave us a peek at their new fat-bike for 2015 and allowed us to share it with our readers! The 2015 Kona WO fat bike gets an updated frame design featuring sliding dropouts and 190 OLD rear spacing. That […]
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Reader’s Ride(s) – Snow-Wo
Kris Dennan sent us a shot of his Kona that he built up from a frame and fork. It didn’t take too much convincing to get him to do a little reader’s ride(s) write up about his new toy. This is what Kris shared with Fat-Bike about the build. I ride for Kona and have […]
The Final Word on Wo-Fat
Our Third and Final Test Cycle of the 2014 Kona Wo By : Michael McColgan When the Kona Wo arrived at my doorstep, I was very excited to get her put together and out on the trail, for several reasons. The obvious one is it’s a new fatbike to play with and I like […]
Fat Foto Friday – Wo in the Snow
Bike Black Ribbon Test Pilot, Michael McColgan wrote up his evaluation of the 2014 Kona Wo last week. This is a shot that’s just too rad to merely accompany a review article, so I’ve featured it in this week’s installment of Fat Foto Friday. You’ll have to wait until next Tuesday to read Michael’s report […]
Fat Foto Friday ♦ ‘Holiday Ham’
Our amigo, Ian, from Kona Bicycles sent us this gorgeous shot, that he took of Dale Plant and Kevin Noble, on the Pacific coast, near Bellingham, Washington. Dale is a Kona sales rep and Kevin is the national sales manager for the US. Ian Schmitt is a product manager for Kona and happens to be, […]
Kona WO – Mid-Term Testing
We’re about two thirds of the way around the testing of Kona’s first foray into the fat bike genre. I shared a product intro of the Kona back in October. We’ve given two new contributors a crack at testing the WO. Each will spend the better part of a month with the bike. Our report […]
Kona WO – Out of the Box & Ready for Testing
We’ve been talking with Kona’s, Ian Schmitt, for the better part of a year, about their entrance into the fat-bike ring. Ian is from Milwaukee and is tight with some of our crew from brew city, so as soon as their new WO production bikes became available, Ian sent us one for testing. We’re going […]
Kona WO – Fat-Bike
(click to enlarge) We’ve been following Kona’s development of their new WO fat-bike for some time now. This week they released some new photos of their sample bike. The folks at Kona tell me that this is close to what the actual production bike will look like, but not exactly the same. We’ll be getting […]