Kona Paddy Wagon

rossgalway

Thinking of getting a fixed wheel bike for training etc. I'm after something cheap. I read the post on the Giant Bowery but I don't want to get it as another guy in my club has ordered one!! Nobody mentioned the Kona. I will be ordering on line so I won't be able to test ride it. Any experiences?

daz51

Expensive for what it is ??????? £450 ......................... But .............

Kona bikes always ride exceptionally well !!!!!!!!!!!

PaulRide

I got mine about 2 years ago through the Bike2work scheme so the total cost was about half that figure. It's not a light bike but it's not sluggish either. Really comfortable, takes mudguards. I use it for an 8 mile each way commute and also for weekend rides - I've taken it on a number of longer rides up hill and down dale. I'd like to have bought a Pearson Touche but I had to go through Evans.

blorg

The Paddy Wagon is a fair bit heavier than the Bowery. I know a guy who swapped his Paddy Wagon for a Langster (I have briefly test ridden both of his bikes myself) and reckons the Langster is a much better, nippier bike; I would tend to concur.

At the end of the day the Langster is the lightest bike you are going to get at that price point and probably a fair bit above and suffers a bit by being a victim of its own popularity. At the end of the day it is a very good bike for the money.

I have a Bowery myself as it was the cheapest I could get my hands on (£225.) Rides great although I am thinking of something lighter (possibly a Langster) for my fixie assault on the Wicklow 200 next year (have done most of the climbs on it fixed already.)

rapid_uphill

paddy wagons look quite nice its just the name i dont like, it suggests they are irish and subsequently i bit stupid.

rossgalway

"irish and subsequently i bit stupid"

I'm only looking for sensible replys from people with a brain bigger than a pea.

rapid_uphill

are you trying to make yourself look clever?

rossgalway wrote:

"irish and subsequently i bit stupid"

I'm only looking for sensible replys from people with a brain bigger than a pea.

daz51

Now now lets keep it friendly,


All of the above threads mention weight which is a key factor, rossgalway?

but is weight an issue for you?

is price more important? because if it is pick yourself up an 08 Bowery ?????

meagain

Don't really see how can compare Langster & Bowery with a Paddy Wagon. I think that the Kona takes bigger tyres and I assume 'grds and is thus in a different category (not "better", just "different").
The Langster is a fine bike for the money. As is the Tricross. I have one of each, mainly because Spesh 54s just happen to fit me very well. But they are not directly comparable!

billy whippet

Paddy Wagons are let down by the wheels... which are terrible...