Kona Coiler FS - any opinions?

nasha48

My Boardman FS frame has snapped and I need to sort something out ASAP to get out riding again. A mate of mine has just informed me of a Kona Coiler FS going for £250. At present I don't know what year, model, spec or even condition of it but just wondering if any of you experienced lot may have a view on it? A quick search tells me it was a pretty good all-rounder but is a bit on the heavy side? And I know, I know, without condition/spec etc its impossible to tell if its a good deal or not - hoping to find out more detail later.

Still contemplating getting hold of a matching Boardman FS frame and perhaps removing the rear linkage to fit on my broken frame (snapped drive side chainstay). Obviously if I can get hold of it in large ( which I need) I wouldn't have to do this but have learnt that the rear end of the frames stays the same regardless of front end frame size.

Anyway, views/advice on the Kona would be great.

rockmonkeysc

Nowhere near as good as your boardman.
Its an old bike, heavy and has very crude rear suspension.

nasha48

Right, cheers RM.

poah

RockmonkeySC wrote:

Nowhere near as good as your boardman.
Its an old bike, heavy and has very crude rear suspension.

don't see how its crude - not really much different to current 4 bar linkages on a lot of bikes (and before you say it I don't mean a horst link)

rockmonkeysc

Mostly due to the terrible coil shocks they have and the old Konas didn't pedal very well.
One 4 bar link can work very different to another depending on linkage geometry.

AAddict

Great bikes, very tough and plush too. Bit heavy but a lot of fun.

Twelly

I have one. Great fun downhill but horrible on anything else. Heavy, bouncy when pedalling, not a good like for like replacement. Mine is in bits to be sold because just isnt a good all rounder.