2011 BIKES

MOUNTAIN BIKE XC RACE

KULA

KULA GOLD

KULA WATT

HEI HEI 100

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TECH FEATURES

Refined Kona Race Light 7005 Aluminum Butted hyrdroformed frameset that's stiffer, lighter and faster
RockShox 100mm travel Reba RL fork with remote lockout
Race ready geometry
SRAM X9/X7 10 speed shifting
Avid Elixir Hydraulic Disc Brakes
Mavic Crossride Wheelset
Available in 7 sizes for perfect performance fit

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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.

Frame Material	Kona Race Light 7005 Aluminum Butted
Sizes	14", 16", 17", 18", 19", 20", 22"
Fork	RockShox Reba RL RMT 100mm
Crankarms	SRAM S1000
Chainrings	44/32/24
B/B	SRAM S1000
Pedals	Shimano M520 Clipless
Chain	SRAM PowerChain 1030
Freewheel	SRAM PowerGlide 1050 11-32 10 spd
F/D	SRAM X7
R/D	SRAM X9 SGS
Shifters	SRAM X7
Brake Calipers	Avid Elixir CR
Front Brake Rotor	Avid G3 Clean Sweep 185mm
Rear Brake Rotor	Avid G3 Clean Sweep 160mm
Brake Levers	Avid Elixir CR
Headset	FSA
Handlebar	Kona XC/BC Primo Riser
Stem	Kona XC/Road
Seatpost	Kona Primo Double Clamp w/offset
Seat Clamp	Kona SeatClamp
Grips	Kona Race Light LOG
Saddle	WTB Valcon Comp
Front Hub	Mavic Crossride Disc Wheelset
Rear Hub	Mavic Crossride Disc Wheelset
Spokes	Mavic Crossride Disc Wheelset
Rims	Mavic Crossride Disc Wheelset
Front Tire	Maxxis Aspen 26x2.1 Kevlar
Rear Tire	Maxxis Aspen 26x2.1 Kevlar
Paint Color	Orange Brushed
Extras	RockShox "PopLoc" Remote (LS), available as frame only

UNITS	SIZE	TTH	STA	HTA	RC	FC	WB	FL	OF	AXLE	BBH	SO	HT	BBS	FD
mm	356	550	72.5°	68°	417	637	1052	473	39	335	305	725	100	73	31.8
inches	14	22	-	-	16.4	25.1	41.4	18.6	1.5	13.2	12	28.5	3.9	-	-
mm	406	584	72.5°	68°	417	663	1078	473	39	335	305	755	120	73	31.8
inches	16	23	-	-	16.4	26.1	42.4	18.6	1.5	13.2	12	29.7	4.7	-	-
mm	432	597	72.5°	68.5°	417	673	1088	473	39	335	310	774	130	73	31.8
inches	17	23.5	-	-	16.4	26.5	42.8	18.6	1.5	13.2	12.2	30.5	5.1	-	-
mm	457	610	72.5°	68.5°	417	686	1102	473	39	335	310	790	140	73	31.8
inches	18	24	-	-	16.4	27	43.4	18.6	1.5	13.2	12.2	31.1	5.5	-	-
mm	483	622	71.5°	68.5°	417	688	1104	473	39	335	310	808	155	73	31.8
inches	19	24.5	-	-	16.4	27.1	43.5	18.6	1.5	13.2	12.2	31.8	6.1	-	-
mm	508	635	71.5°	68.5°	417	702	1118	473	39	335	310	823	165	73	31.8
inches	20	25	-	-	16.4	27.6	44	18.6	1.5	13.2	12.2	32.4	6.5	-	-
mm	559	660	71°	68.5°	417	723	1140	473	39	335	315	855	180	73	31.8
inches	22	26	-	-	16.4	28.5	44.9	18.6	1.5	13.2	12.4	33.7	7.1	-	-


GEOMETRY LEGEND:	RC = Chainstay Length	BBH = Bottom Bracket Height
GEOMETRY LEGEND:	FC = Front To Center	SO = Standover
TTH = Top Tube Length	WB = Wheelbase	HT = Head Tube Length
STA = Seat Tube Angle	FL = Fork Length	BBS = Bottom Bracket Size
HTA = Head Tube Angle	OF = Fork Offset	FD = Front Derailleur Clamp Size

Note: All Specifications Are Subject To Change Without Notice

Kona Race Light 7005

Kona Race Light 7005 is a lighter, more performance oriented fabrication of our 7005 Aluminum tubing. Designed to Kona's racing specifications, the biggest difference is custom butting. The tubing is thicker at weld areas and important parts of the frame, providing great strength and torsional integrity to the ride. We remove wall thickness in other parts of the frameset to lighten up the bike, providing the perfect balance between quickness and stiffness. The emphasis here is on performance rather than durability, for applications where speed is more important than longevity.

Sloping Top Tube

Kona recognized the advantages of sloping top tube frame design right from the original models we made in 1988, designed by inaugural MTB Hall of Fame legend Joe Murray. As a company, we've stayed true to this philosophy, going so far as to pioneer the design in road bikes before the benefits were understood. Today, you'll find sloping top tubes in most high-end road race bicycles. We've since stayed true to all the many positives this design brings to overall bike performance and comfort.

First, this design allows the top tube to be lower, providing more room for correct positioning and free body movement, enabling more standover clearance, which is particularly useful on dual suspension bikes that have higher bottom brackets. Riders have a more secure riding position, which is especially beneficial when riding downhill sections.

Also, the top tube is longer and more compliant. As the top and down tube become more parallel, there's less triangulation, resulting in more compliancy. So not only is the frame stronger and more responsive, but it absorbs more shock than frames with horizontal top tubes.

Compact Rear Triangle

Short chain stays and seat stays provide a perfect balance of stability and power transfer when out of the saddle and pedaling hard. Shorter seat stays also have less deflection during braking and accelerate quicker than longer stays. The shorter rear triangle also helps the bike to negotiate tight twisting sections of trail.

Hydroformed Tubing

For 2011, you'll find formed tubing on a great number of our bicycles. Hydroforming uses water specifically, but we also use Superplastic formed tubing, shaped using air, or cold formed tubing. This not only allows a tube to be tuned for compliancy on specific planes but it also improves grain alignment and increases all mechanical properties.

Hydroforming is a tube shaping technology that uses super high-pressure liquid to form the shape of a tube and align its grain structure. Quite simply, the technology delivers a sound structure and ride performance like no other tubing in the world. The process results in a seamless, continuous, aligned piece of metal-right down to the fiber structure itself.

Hydroforming proves especially advantageous at weld points where it can be flared to increase weld areas, adding strength without adding weight in the form of extra gussets. The result is a strong, flawless frame with great lateral stability, durability and responsiveness. Not to mention, it looks real sharp too.

Internal Headset

By having the headset bearing located inside the headtube (what's sometimes called zero stack), rather than the top and bottom, we are able to achieve a wide array of advantages when it comes to front end stiffness and overall riding performance. With an internal headset, the head tube is able to take the stress directly, resulting in less play and less wear, with strong ride characteristics, and better bearing performance.

An internal headset also reduces stack height, enabling the height of the stem and bars to be more adjustable, the bike has more setup options, resulting in the best fit possible.

Kona Sizing and Fit

Sizing and fit have always been one of the main strengths of the Kona range, with more stock sizes available than any other bike company. With our range of bicycles expanding significantly over the last couple of years, we felt it was time to overhaul our size scale.

We started with the overwhelming request for longer top tubes on our XC mountain bikes. The average increase is ½-inch (15-20mm), which we coupled with shorter stems and slightly shorter headset stack heights. The steps between sizes were evened out to ½-inch or 1-inch increments, and there are still up to 7 sizes: from 14-inch to 22-inch on many models.

In the asphalt range, top tube lengths were marginally lengthened, with the size gaps revised to even 15 to 20mm steps. There are still up to 6 sizes" from 46cm to 61cm on most models.

When it's called for, seat posts are either offset or straight to maximize the reach and power output of the rider. More importantly, the overall sizing on mountain bikes and road bikes allow Kona dealers and riders to determine their fit more easily from model to model and category to category.

The net result is better fit on the entire range, with a simplified system that allows easy fine-tuning and a perfect marriage of bike and rider throughout our entire 2011 range.

Lifetime Warranty

Kona warrants to the original owner that the frame of this new Kona bicycle purchased from an authorized Kona dealer shall be free of defective materials or workmanship for the lifetime of ownership by the original owner. Carbon frames have a 5 year warranty. During this warranty period, Kona shall repair or replace, at its sole option, the bicycle frame if Kona determines the frame is defective and subject to this limited warranty. The original owner shall pay all labor and shipping charges connected with the repair or replacement of the bicycle frame. Please see the Kona Owners manual provided with your bicycle for additional information.

TECH FEATURES

Kona Race Light 7005

Sloping Top Tube

Compact Rear Triangle

Hydroformed Tubing

Internal Headset

Kona Sizing and Fit

Lifetime Warranty

ARCHIVES

1.5-inch Head Tube

2-9 or 29er

4X/4-Cross

AfricaBike

Air (Sprung) Shock

All-Mountain (aka Backcountry)

Aluminum

Asphalt

Backcountry (aka All-Mountain)

Bash Guard (Chainring Guard)

BB (Bottom Bracket) Height

Bike Platform

Butted (Tube Butting)

Carbon Fiber

Cassette

Cast/Casting

Chainguide

Chainstays

Chromoly

Clydesdale

Coil (Sprung) Shock

Commuter

Competition (Bikes)

Components

Compression Dampening

Cross-country Race (XC Race)

Cyclocross

D.O.P.E. System

Derailleur

Derailleur Hanger

Dirt Jump

Disc Brakes

Downhill Race (DH Race)

Drivetrain

Dropout

Dual Suspension

Enduro

Fixie/Fixed Gear

Floating Caliper (Rear Brake)

Forged

Freeride/Freeriding

Front Triangle

Geometry

Gusset

Hardtail

Head Tube Angle

Hydroformed

Integrated Headset

Internal Headset

Kevlar

Klunker

Leverage Ratio

Linear (Suspension)

Lugged

Machined

Magnesium

Mountain Bike

North Shore

Offset

Out-of-Bounds

Pannier Racks

Panniers

Pedaltarian

Post-Mount

Preload

Progressive (Suspension)

Pump Track

Purpose-Built

Race Light

Rebound Dampening

Rear Triangle