http://www.thebikinghub.com/mtb/2006-kona-stinky/ Mountain bike news, reviews, and original features Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:48:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 http://www.thebikinghub.com/mtb/2006-kona-stinky/#comment-57 Thu, 29 Dec 2005 05:58:50 +0000 http://www.thebikinghub.com/mtb/2006-kona-stinky/#comment-57 [...] It looks like Kona UK just released an article laying out the 2006 Kona lineup. Along with some new photos of the 2006 Kona Stinky, there are new images of the Stinky Deelux, the Stab Primo, the CoilAir (Get it? a take off on the Coiler?), the King (I understand that it’s a race bike but a rim brake? come on…) and a few other interesting looking rides. The more I see the new Stinky, the more I become unconvinced that the ‘new’ Stinky frame design is little more than Kona moving the line towards the linkage setup of the Stab; I understand the benefits associate with having increased standover and it’s good to see something change on the Stinky but, after all these years, I wonder if more people are asking, “Is that it”? [...] […] It looks like Kona UK just released an article laying out the 2006 Kona lineup. Along with some new photos of the 2006 Kona Stinky, there are new images of the Stinky Deelux, the Stab Primo, the CoilAir (Get it? a take off on the Coiler?), the King (I understand that it’s a race bike but a rim brake? come on…) and a few other interesting looking rides. The more I see the new Stinky, the more I become unconvinced that the ‘new’ Stinky frame design is little more than Kona moving the line towards the linkage setup of the Stab; I understand the benefits associate with having increased standover and it’s good to see something change on the Stinky but, after all these years, I wonder if more people are asking, “Is that it”? […]

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