Anyone rode the 2021 Kona Blast?
10-23-20, 12:27 PM
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Anyone rode the 2021 Kona Blast?
LBS has one and I was curious if anyone has any reviews that they could share. Thanks
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10-24-20, 11:49 AM
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Given it's a smaller brand, you might be waiting a while for an answer. Reviewers are going to pay more attention to the Honzos which are the fancy top end hard tails, and to the Units which are steel and have clever dropouts. It looks a lot like a lot of other bikes at this price, but it's a good brand so I'm sure it's fine. The components appear to be a good value. The only head-scratcher on spec sheet is the dinky chain ring.
Looks like Bicycling magazine did a review of last year's 29er version, the Mahuna.
https://www.bicycling.com/bikes-gear...mahuna-review/
The ad copy says you can run 2.8 tires, but it's not boost spaced so in bottom gear you'd have to look out for chain-tire clearance. The front doesn't look very roomy either. The ad copy says it's a Judy fork but it's 100qr and Judy was only 110 boost thru axle, maybe Rockshox rebranded the XC30. Fine either way, their internals workings are the same.
Looks like Bicycling magazine did a review of last year's 29er version, the Mahuna.
https://www.bicycling.com/bikes-gear...mahuna-review/
The ad copy says you can run 2.8 tires, but it's not boost spaced so in bottom gear you'd have to look out for chain-tire clearance. The front doesn't look very roomy either. The ad copy says it's a Judy fork but it's 100qr and Judy was only 110 boost thru axle, maybe Rockshox rebranded the XC30. Fine either way, their internals workings are the same.
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