Kona Bikes
Maverick Cycles are the exclusive Kona dealer in South Africa and can provide you with every single bike they make. This is an advantage, as limiting the range we bring in would limit the customer base we can serve. Kona’s range is so diverse that even trying to work out a target market would be near impossible. Keeping it simple is one of the values we share with Kona, that’s why if you want a kid’s Makena, a racy Kula or Stab, a road-going Zing or a commuting Dew, we can provide. More....
2011 Kona Bikes
XC Dual
2 PLus 2
 New for 2011, we've taken the amazing adaptability and ride performance of our patented Magic Link rear suspension technology and applied it to a short travel cross-country bike. The 2+2 (50mm to 100mm) takes a nimble and quick singletrack annihilator that has the ability to slacken geometry and add two inches of extra rear travel when certain "situations" arise. We're thinking it's the most diverse and adaptable XC bike in all of creation. The perfect marathon, Trans Alp, multi-stage destroyer, with smooth lines and sweet Scandium tubing. Smooth and fast all rolled into one.
2 Plus 2 DL
 With the ability to grow rear travel from 50mm to 100mm, depending on trail conditions, the all-new Scandium 2+2 DL is our answer to a growing demand for cross-country bikes to do more. Armed with our patentedMagic Link rear suspension technology, which has the ability to automatically change geometry, travel and suspension performance depending on rider and trail input, this is the ultimate long distance mountain bike. Featuring a full XT package and tapered steer tube Fox 32 remote lockout fork, the 2+2 DL is a rocking mid 20-pound bike that's fast enough for dirt crits and plush enough for multi-stage backcountry racing.
Abra Cadabra
 All-mountain trail candy that can do it all. Weighing in at a feathery 12.8kg, the highly adaptable and completely intuitive Abra Cadabra is theworld's first trail bike to adjust travel length, suspension performance and geometry on the fly, no switches necessary. You and the trail are the switch. With the ability to change travel from 100mm to 160mm, as well as morphing positive climbing virtues into the plushness of descending, the 2011 Magic Link equipped Scandium Abra Cadabra comes with a super adjustable Fox Talas fork, XT drivetrain, Avid Elixir R brakes, lower bottom bracket, longer top tube, and tapered steer tube.
Cadabra
 It's our revolutionary all-mountain ride. Light, fast, highly adaptable, totally intuitive and beautiful to ride. Using our patented Magic Link rear suspension technology, which features the ability to react to rider and trail forces, adjusting geometry, travel (100mm to 160mm) and suspension performance (stiffer on the climb, plusher on the down), the Scandium Cadabra is one of the most automatically customizable bike's ever invented. New for 2011, a lower bottom bracket, longer top tube, Avid Elixir 5 brakes, and an adjustable Fox Talas fork with lock out.
Tanuki Deluxe
 It might not be the smartest thing we do: building a bike you'll never replace. But we can't help ourselves. Designed for riders needing a cost-effective, super durable, performance oriented do-it-all mountain bikethat excels in trail conditions that run the spectrum, the new Tanuki DL features an air sprung RockShox Sektor fork with tapered steer tube and lockout. A simple, reliable, classic terrain craving Kona mountain bike.
XC Race
HeiHei 100
 Known as the plushest short travel cross-country race bike in creation, for 2011 the Hei Hei 100 grows into its golden age. Designed to go quick over rough terrain, in inclement conditions, driven by a committed engine (you), the light and lively Scandium Hei Hei 100 is all good all the time. Anew frame design features a tapered steer tube and integrated headset, with smaller links, more standover, a shorter stem, a longer head tube, and an offset seatpost for a balanced riding position. Remote fork lockout, 10-speed transmission, and a Kona custom XC/BC handlebar create thesweetest mountain bike in mountainville.
Kula
 Kula means "race" in Hawaiian. Which for us, means "fast." Really fast. And since fast is an evolutionary thing, this year we put a lot of effort into the Kula's overall quickness. On top of a newly crafted frame that useshydroformed tubing designed to minimize material, increase stiffnessand decrease weight, we dress it up with a colorful custom kit. The race-ready Kula features a Recon Gold fork with a remote fork lockout, Avid Elixir 5 brakes, Shimano wheelset, and new Kona race light lock on grips.
Kula Gold
 If you're focused on laying down some heavy trail beats, prepare to shatter all foes on the Kula Gold. Entering its second year of production, this trail slayer features a top ranking, Kona Factory Team inspired custom component package highlighted by a RockShox 100mm travel Reba fork with remote lockout. Throughout our entire line of Kula's we've lengthened top tubes and incorporated shorter stems and offset seat posts, creating a more balanced position on the bike. With a newly designed, more elaborate hyrdroformed frameset that's stiffer, lighter and faster-available in seven different sizes-this bike fits like a surgical speed glove.
Kula Watt
 Watt are you looking at? Yes, it's Kona's first complete carbon fibermountain bike. No, we didn't rush into the game, we never do. We're cool, calm and calculated, especially when it comes to carbon. The new Kula Watt weighs in at a feathery 1090 grams for an 18-inch frame. Featuring Kona's finely honed (and subsequently) legendary Kula geometry, highlighted by an integrated headset and new BB30 bottom bracketthat's stiff, light and compact, we dress this singletrack knife up with an Easton carbon cockpit and cross-country wheelset, SRAM drivetrain, and Avid Elixir CR brakes. Better looks, better ride quality, and priced to beone of the most attainable carbon XC bikes on the market.
Waman's
HeiHei Lisa
 It's the female counterpart to our much heralded Hei Hei 100, the smoothest dual suspension mountain bike in the world today. Make no mistake, the Hei Hei Lisa is its own chariot, designed specifically to the needs and fit of the female body. New for 2011, we've given the bikemore standover and ride characteristics focused on making it lighter, quicker and more nimble. The ultimate women specific dual suspension XC bike comes with lockout levers for front and rear suspension, WTB Speed She saddle, Kona Lisa grips, and narrower women specific handlebar. Available in four different sizes.
Kula Lisa
 It's a beauty. Lovingly shaped tubing that's stronger, lighter, smoother and more stable. At a price that leaves room for buying other beautiful things. It's not a race bike, but it's fast as you want it to be, with female specific geometry and components that blend comfort and confidence. The perfect ride for ladies who want to venture further and deeper into the wide, wonderful world of off-road cycling.
Lisa HT
 Using a redesign of our popular Fire Mountain hardtail mountain bike, the Lisa HT uses women specific geometry to ensure new-to-the-sportrecreational female cyclists enter the world of forest and trail with confidence and comfort. Featuring Shimano hydraulic brakes and female-friendly components throughout, like a WTB Speed She saddle, the Lisa HT is the perfect ride for girls who just want to have fun.
Kids Bikes
Makena
 Set the wee one free on the ultimate starter bike. With great standover (so they don't squash their valuables) that makes it easy getting on and off the bike, sweet front suspension forks, grip shifters for small hands, and reliable components durable enough for frequent off-road use, your kids will charge confidently into the bright blue world of riding a bike. This year we made the Makena available in two different colors: blue for boys and teal for girls. Go kids.
Hula
 We think kids should be able to go most everywhere their parents do. Up hills, into the woods and back again, the Hula is the ride-it-all kids' bike. 21 speeds, great standover so it's easy to get on and off the bike, and mini-human components that work - coil sprung, oil dampened 50mm travel fork, comfortable seats, responsive brakes, and reliable shifters. Freedom comes with cool graphics too. Available in red for boys and blue for girls.
Stinky 2-4
 We've been making the best downhill bikes for pint-sized kids for years now, and put as much energy and thought into their design as we do our adult bikes. The Stinky 2-4 is a wonderful example of our commitment to making great bikes for every kind of rider. You've got a 9 to 12-year-oldwho loves the bike park? A mini-maniac who can't get enough of your gnarly backyard descents? Well, set them free. Outfit them with the best kid-purposed dually on the market. Marzocchi fork, plush rear travel, flat resistant tires, disc brakes, and good looks that bring out the big smiles.
DJ/ Slopestyle
Cowan
 Designed for the rigors of riders totally dedicated to catching air and doing tricks, our singlespeed aluminum dirt jump gem gets new dropouts (3 bolts instead of 2), that give the bike more surface weld contact and an overall stiffer feel. The 2011 Cowan comes with a Pivotal saddle, able to take really hard landings, correct clearance for bar spins, shorter chainstays, and, aside from being slightly more affordable, way clean andfeather light.
Bass
 Custom designed for the sensei of slopestyle, Paul Basagoitia, the Bass returns as the most dominant slopestyle bike of all time. New for 2011, we've incorporated shorter chainstays for increased trick-ability, a modified seat tube, and a zero stack tapered head tube-nose case jumps as much as you dare, the Bass can take it. The bike is more affordablefor 2011, with micro drive chromed BMX inspired cranks, smaller drive train (28t x 14t), and Marzocchi DJ2 with 20mm axle. More core. More Bass.
Freeride/Downhill Race
Operator FR
 We took all that we learned from the World Championship winning Stab and the freeride revolutionary Stinky, and integrated into new design that is lighter, stiffer, more durable and easier to work on. With a slacker 64-degree head tube angle, new 1.5 zero stack, tapered, internal head tube, mega-sized main pivots, and an axle that slides in from the drive side of the bike so you can adjust/tighten the main pivot, this bike comes ready to rock the freeride world. A single crown RockShox Domain fork, SRAM drivetrain and a Freechucker chain guide with a 34t chain ring, the Operator FR is the perfect bike park, shuttle, git'er done with style machine.
Supreme Operator
 For 2011 we went back to the downhill drawing board. We wanted to come up with a bike that was sleek and sexy, lighter and faster,plusher and easy to maintain. With a slacker 64-degree head tube angle, new 1.5-inch zero stack, tapered, internal head tube, mega-sized main pivots, and an axle that slides in from the drive side of the bike so you can adjust/tighten the main pivot, this bike is pure mint. Our top-drawer, World Cup ready 200mm travel DH race bike, stock with a Saint groupo, and Easton Havoc cockpit.
CoilAir
 You could call it, "the One bike." It can huck, climb, ride epics, and descend down to the doom. With our patented Magic Link rear suspension technology, the CoilAir features stiff, upright geometry for climbing, then intuitively morphs to slack, plush rear travel when things get serious. It even has the ability to automatically grow rear suspension from 130mm to 200mm, just like that. New for 2011, we've added a Fox 36 180mm Talas fork with adjustable travel that fits into a double stacked internal tapered steertube for added stiffness, stability and sexiness. Ride far. Ride it all.
29er
Big Kuhuna
 Designed to tear long stretches of technical singletrack apart, the Big Kahuna sees a host of refinements this year that make it one of the sweetest hard tail 29ers on the market. This year we've incorporatedhydroformed tubing and made significant geometry refinements like a zero stack tapered head tube and set back seat post to make the bikestiffer, lighter, and more centered, with increased steering power. The ride sees a RockShox Recon fork, Easton XC 29er wheelset, WTB Valcon saddle, Avid Elixir brakes and a SRAM 10-speed drivetrain.
HeiHei 29
 The ultimate dual suspension 29er. Tough enough to ride the North Shore, versatile enough to win the BC Bike Race, just ask Kona Factory riders Barry Wicks and Kris Sneddon. Featuring a redesigned frame with improved rockers, 31.6 seatpost, 10-speed SRAM drivetrain, Avid Elixir CR, brakes, Easton EA70 XC 29er wheelset with 15mm axle, a new Fit cartridge-equipped Fox 32F29 RLC, fully adjustable, super tunable fork, Scandium frame, with 100mm travel and sweet geometry refinements likemore standover, setback seat post, smaller rockers and tapered steer tube. With the ability to climb like a goat and descend like an avalanche, if you're one for the big-wheeled revolution, this is the ride.
Unit
 It's our no nonsense, fully rigid, cromoly steel, singlespeed big wheeler. The ultimate answer for those looking to capitalize on the simplicity of a bike that's put together incredibly well. New for 2011, the Unit features an improved set of sliding dropouts, a drastically improved fork, with bigger, more tapered fork blades. A custom designed WTB Valcon saddle, new race light lock on grips, chainstays and a slacker head tube angle result in a better everything bike that's quick, stable and super nimble.
World Bike
 New for 2010, the worldly yet affordable, Rasta imbued, 3-speed internal hub, 26-inch wheel, steel framed city commuter WorldBike from Kona. We wanted to buy the world a Coke®, but realized the last thing the world needs is more sugar and caffeine, so we made it a bike instead. You're welcome world.
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