Kona Storm

[email hidden] (dave) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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Hello. I'm thinking of buying a bike for commuting/leisure. The
Ridgeback Velocity looks good and has positive reviews and customer
comments. And it fits my price range of up to 350ukp. I've also been
looking at the Kona Storm

sorry. I meant Kona Smoke!!!
dave

dave said:

sorry. I meant Kona Smoke!!!

Not personally familiar In The Flesh, but I've yet to hear any bad words
about Kona and most good reputations like that are earned. On top of
that, it looks good on paper and like it has been designed by people
with function rather than form in mind. Aside from the gearing being a
bit low at the front (48/38/28 I'd have thought would be better suited
for urban road use). It's good to see things like rigid forks, CroMo
steel frame and mudguards on a general purpose hack bike. Looks good to me.

Pete.
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Peter Clinch <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

Not personally familiar In The Flesh, but I've yet to hear any bad words
about Kona and most good reputations like that are earned. On top of
that, it looks good on paper and like it has been designed by people
with function rather than form in mind. Aside from the gearing being a
bit low at the front (48/38/28 I'd have thought would be better suited
for urban road use). It's good to see things like rigid forks, CroMo
steel frame and mudguards on a general purpose hack bike. Looks good to me.

Thanks Pete. That's useful. I'm also considering the Dawes Discovery
301, Specialized Crossroads, and Claud Butler Urban 300. But I do like
the Smoke as it looks like a very durable bike. /dave