Earlier than Kona’s Eurobike sales space become a rave, we swung by and acquired a sneak preview of the incoming Kona Course of 153, and the Course of X Alloy. The 2 have been in frame-only format, and Kona’s European Advertising and marketing Supervisor, Nico Le Carré, was pretty tight-lipped on each counts.
Regardless, apart from geometry numbers, a good quantity may be gleaned from a very good gander. There’s nothing main occurring with both body; they sales space retain the faux-bar linkage rocked by their predecessors, however there are some noteworthy updates price discussing.
The 170mm (or 161mm) journey Course of X has been round for a while, having been raced by Miranda Miller on the Enduro World Collection again in 2020. That was a full carbon affair, boasting two chainstay size choices of 435mm and 450mm. The brand new aluminum Course of X, which is as-of-yet unreleased, loses the chainstay size adjustment in favor of the SRAM UDH which, so far as we’re conscious, is incompatible with any chainstay adjustment. At the very least, nobody has made it work but.
However, the brand new aluminum Course of X is each single- and dual-crown appropriate and accepted, with a rubber bumper constructed into the body’s high tube to stop the chance of body obliteration when the steerer over-rotates in a crash. A flip-chip on the rocker-seat keep interface signifies the aluminum model too will help a 29″ wheelset, or a mullet configuration.
Subsequent up, there’s a brand new Kona Course of 153 on the horizon, and it’ll boast a full carbon body. Till now (or subsequent 12 months) the 153 has solely been accessible in aluminum. In favor of SRAM UDH and Transmission-compatibility, it too lacks chainstay size adjustment, however will get a flip-chip on the rocker’s rear-most pivot; switching the orientation of this accounts for the geometry modifications that happen when altering the rear wheel measurement.
No phrase on availability on both of those frames simply but. Extra information when now we have it.
