I knew I wanted a slacker head tube angle for down hill stability, a short wheelbase or chainstays for sanppy handling and a generous standover for some room. So I put together a comparison chart of selected frame geometry. I used the bike I had already built as a comparison base the gravity p4. So began my search. I looked up retail prices for frame only of the bikes in the comparison list to get an idea of what It would cost. I really wanted the Yelli even though the top tube had an odd shape I thought it gave the bike character. I started searching and found one on Ebay however for some reason I got tight and wouldn't bid over 270.00... well lost that one for 5 bucks. As I continued to research all these frames I learned I was on the right track. These frames would be ideal any one of them for what I was looking for. I found a 2012 Kona Honzo frame on PinkBike. It was used and in really good shape plus it came with the headset and seatpost collar. After haggling back and forth a bit a deal was made.
Monday, June 2, 2014
2012 Kona Honzo
I had been looking to build another bike however I wanted to build something a little unique and fun. I researched a few All mountain hardtails Hona, Transition, Yelli etc. I was looking for steel but, would settle for aluminum.
I knew I wanted a slacker head tube angle for down hill stability, a short wheelbase or chainstays for sanppy handling and a generous standover for some room. So I put together a comparison chart of selected frame geometry. I used the bike I had already built as a comparison base the gravity p4. So began my search. I looked up retail prices for frame only of the bikes in the comparison list to get an idea of what It would cost. I really wanted the Yelli even though the top tube had an odd shape I thought it gave the bike character. I started searching and found one on Ebay however for some reason I got tight and wouldn't bid over 270.00... well lost that one for 5 bucks. As I continued to research all these frames I learned I was on the right track. These frames would be ideal any one of them for what I was looking for. I found a 2012 Kona Honzo frame on PinkBike. It was used and in really good shape plus it came with the headset and seatpost collar. After haggling back and forth a bit a deal was made.
I knew I wanted a slacker head tube angle for down hill stability, a short wheelbase or chainstays for sanppy handling and a generous standover for some room. So I put together a comparison chart of selected frame geometry. I used the bike I had already built as a comparison base the gravity p4. So began my search. I looked up retail prices for frame only of the bikes in the comparison list to get an idea of what It would cost. I really wanted the Yelli even though the top tube had an odd shape I thought it gave the bike character. I started searching and found one on Ebay however for some reason I got tight and wouldn't bid over 270.00... well lost that one for 5 bucks. As I continued to research all these frames I learned I was on the right track. These frames would be ideal any one of them for what I was looking for. I found a 2012 Kona Honzo frame on PinkBike. It was used and in really good shape plus it came with the headset and seatpost collar. After haggling back and forth a bit a deal was made.
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1 x 10 drive train,
All mountain hardtail,
Kona,
MOUNTAIN BIKE
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