Stinky Six

MrChrisP

Picked her up yesterday so please excuse the cleanliness. That'll all change after Saturday I promise!










The pink in the decals I am sure Andy will appreciate....

jay12

looks quite nice but the one i rode sucked


PS happy now?

The Northern Monkey

jay12 wrote:

looks quite nice but stinkys suck IMO

Jay... have you ridden one?

Looks nice... Bro has always had stinkys and he loves them!

MrChrisP

I'm a big fan of Kona's so I'll always be biased. Each to his own I suppose....

Will let you know after Saturday what it's like.

The Northern Monkey

Should be nice... tis a nice idea having a shorter travel stinky.

MrChrisP

I'm still a junior when it comes to biking so didn't see any point in getting a missive 9" FS like some of my mates have. This'll start me off nicely I reckon.

ollyclio

get some more pink on it

mrfmilo

I was going to buy one of these, but couldn't afford it all in one chunk...Let us know how it rides! :P

MacAndCheese

jay12 wrote:

looks quite nice but stinkys suck IMO

eh? why? Looks pretty nice to me! but as another post says - needs more pink!

joshtp

stinkys are great... and a 6 inch version sounds like a right laugh...

jay12

MacAndCheese wrote:

jay12 wrote:

looks quite nice but stinkys suck IMO

eh? why? Looks pretty nice to me! but as another post says - needs more pink!

it does look nice but unless they have changed it loads then the ride is poor

The Northern Monkey

jay12
Have you ridden one?!

jay12

bigbenj_08 wrote:

jay12
Have you ridden one?!

yup. not sure on the year though

ilovedirt

jay12 wrote:

looks quite nice but stinkys suck IMO

Nice comment on someone's brand new bike... Show a little respect... (FWIW, i'd rather have that stinky six than your kinesis )

Looks like a nice ride anyway, though if it was me, i'd probably swap the shock out for an air one to save a load of weight and go singlespeed with a chain guide up front, but it is a brand new bike! I'm sure there'll be loads of upgrades to come

jay12

ilovedirt wrote:

jay12 wrote:

looks quite nice but stinkys suck IMO

Nice comment on someone's brand new bike... Show a little respect... (FWIW, i'd rather have that stinky six than your kinesis )

and have you ridden my kinesis :P

mrfmilo

The stinky 6 isn't a common bike, but the reviews it gets are mostly great, not sure what Jay's on about Jay are you part of the Kona-Headtube-Snap-Hate group?

jay12

mrfmilo wrote:

The stinky 6 isn't a common bike, but the reviews it gets are mostly great, not sure what Jay's on about Jay are you part of the Kona-Headtube-Snap-Hate group?

as i said, if kona have massively changed it then i take my comment back. fortunatly it did not snap while i rode it

MrChrisP

ilovedirt wrote:

Looks like a nice ride anyway, though if it was me, i'd probably swap the shock out for an air one to save a load of weight and go singlespeed with a chain guide up front, but it is a brand new bike! I'm sure there'll be loads of upgrades to come

Yeah upgrades will follow don't you worry
I've only ever ridden coil shocks. Are air ones really that much better?
As for single speed, I am considering it. Chain guide is definitely on the list of shiny things that I want.

And jay12, I've got no problem with your comment. As I said, each to their own. I've had a few Kona's and have always loved them, but I'm well aware that some bikes aren't everyones cup of tea. SuperSonic will hate me for this but I've even ridden a couple GT's that I didn't really enjoy (most of them I did though).

I'm heading up to Laggan Wolftrax tomorrow to try it out properly for the first time so I will report back then with my opinion on how it rides.

ilovedirt

MrChrisP wrote:

ilovedirt wrote:

Looks like a nice ride anyway, though if it was me, i'd probably swap the shock out for an air one to save a load of weight and go singlespeed with a chain guide up front, but it is a brand new bike! I'm sure there'll be loads of upgrades to come

Yeah upgrades will follow don't you worry
I've only ever ridden coil shocks. Are air ones really that much better?
As for single speed, I am considering it. Chain guide is definitely on the list of shiny things that I want.

Air shocks aren't necessarily better, but that coil shock is a cheap one, if you get a nice air shock, you'll have much more control over performance and spring rates etc, plus they're a lot lighter.

Single ring up front is nice too, makes it that little bit simpler!

ilovedirt

jay12 wrote:

ilovedirt wrote:

jay12 wrote:

looks quite nice but stinkys suck IMO

Nice comment on someone's brand new bike... Show a little respect... (FWIW, i'd rather have that stinky six than your kinesis )

and have you ridden my kinesis :P

The fact that kona have stuck with their four bar linkage for about 15 years and as such have had that long to really hone and perfect it really speaks for itself, IMO.

jay12

MrChrisP wrote:

ilovedirt wrote:

Looks like a nice ride anyway, though if it was me, i'd probably swap the shock out for an air one to save a load of weight and go singlespeed with a chain guide up front, but it is a brand new bike! I'm sure there'll be loads of upgrades to come

Yeah upgrades will follow don't you worry
I've only ever ridden coil shocks. Are air ones really that much better?
As for single speed, I am considering it. Chain guide is definitely on the list of shiny things that I want.

And jay12, I've got no problem with your comment. As I said, each to their own. I've had a few Kona's and have always loved them, but I'm well aware that some bikes aren't everyones cup of tea. SuperSonic will hate me for this but I've even ridden a couple GT's that I didn't really enjoy (most of them I did though).

I'm heading up to Laggan Wolftrax tomorrow to try it out properly for the first time so I will report back then with my opinion on how it rides.

thanks mate. didn't want to make it come across as that bad

MrChrisP

jay12 wrote:

thanks mate. didn't want to make it come across as that bad

No worries dude. If you do want something to laugh at though, I have got a Viper Skinny Boy frame sitting about that I plan on building up.