Prototype Kona

[heavyp]

From Instagram

 

[indica]

Looks cool.
Fucking hippy.

 

[higiff]

I didn't think it was a prototype, just a Precept 200..

Edit: Never mind, the shock mounts no the downtube, clearly proto...

 

[Koper25]

I didn't think it was a prototype, just a Precept 200..

Edit: Never mind, the shock mounts no the downtube, clearly proto...

Lol iI thought the same thing a quick glance.

 

[Ezkaton]

Yeah, looks like they just took the Precept and altered the shock mount placement to allow for longer travel.

Even though it's a concept, I dunno what they were thinking with red on yellow. uke:

 

[cameron_15]

Still just a standard 4 bar linkage (Not that there's anything wrong with that), I wonder what advantages this change brings about?

 

[rone]

Still just a standard 4 bar linkage (Not that there's anything wrong with that), I wonder what advantages this change brings about?

Technically it's a single pivot with a linkage actuated shock.

 

[jrewing]

How does that work when there's a pivot near the rear axle

 

[hifiandmtb]

Pivot on seat stays = single pivot.

 

[heavyp]

I dunno what they were thinking with red on yellow. uke:

Says the man with the worst looking wheels in Australia and who puts a graffiti decal on there bike :nono:

 

[jrewing]

Pivot on seat stays = single pivot.

Oh yes, that ol chestnut. My Faux par

 

[urallwrong]

Oh yes, that ol chestnut. My Faux par

I do believe linkage lovers refer to it as "faux-bar"

 

[cabbo]

Has there been any advances with re: brake jacking or locking up of the rear susspension under braking with the faux bar design these days, or has the pivot location and shocks nowdays improved this so its not noticed?

 

[heavyp]

...............

 

[Ideate]

Reminds me of the Dartmoor Wish and Roots.

 

[Ezkaton]

Well we were close on what it was.

Precept 200.

It's probably safe to assume the 200 means 200mm travel.

 

[Ezkaton]

I spotted this bike at Buller on the weekend, sitting on the back of a car at the top of the chairlift. Looks great in person.

 

[louestah]

It's been mentioned on pinkbike that it may just be a geometry mule.

some food for thought