The Longest Day — The Finale of the #7Countries7Passes
Words and photos by Kona Ambassador Tim Wiggins. In 2017, on a quiet afternoon in early summer, I pulled out a map of Europe and marked on it the locations of friends and family across Europe. A route...
View ArticleEnduring Distant Dreams
Words and art by Ambassador Gretchen Leggitt. For over 5 years, my friend Robin and I have been scheming and dreaming about combining a bike tour across B.C. with a climbing trip in the Bugaboo...
View ArticleFirst Travel by Bike
Words and photos by Kona Ambassador Sebastian De Meris. Every year the holidays are a topic of discussion to know where to go but this time we decided to go by bike. The goal was to leave about a week...
View ArticleNot-So-Jolly Mountain Bikepacking: A Lesson in Knowing When to Quit
Words by Kona Ambassador Delia Massey. Photos by Kinsey Smith Bikepacking seems like such a great idea, until it’s 3pm on a Sunday and you’ve been pushing your loaded bike straight up a moto trail in...
View ArticleBack to Basics
Words and photos by Kona Ambassador Colt Fetters. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard “the best bike for bikepacking, is the bike you already have.” Typically said by an experienced bikepacker...
View ArticleGo Deluxe! The Rove NRB DL and Libre DL Are Here!
We’ve got some hot bikes to announce this week and we’re starting off with the stunning Libre DL and the badass Rove NRB DL. Both bikes are coming equipped with Shimano’s new GRX groupset, which is...
View ArticleIntroducing the Swift Rove, a Limited Edition Kona X Swift Industries...
Bikepacking is all the rage these days. The Rove ST makes the perfect base for this special edition build. We’ve partnered with Seattle’s Swift Industries to kit out the Rove ST with color-matched bags...
View ArticleWales by 35mm
Kona Ambassador Tudor Gillham wanted to switch it up and take a step back in time for his latest project. He ditched the fancy camera gear and simply used his trusty old film camera to create this...
View ArticleBefore and After: Martin Johannesen and his Rove
Mads Olivener took these super cool before and after photos of his good friend Martin Johannesen. The photos were taken before and after a recent three month bikepacking trip of Europe. Not one to...
View ArticleGotland Bike Tour
Words and photography by Ambassador Erkki Punttila THE PLAN I saw an advert for a crew member position for the legendary Gotland Runt offshore sailing race. Being a fairly avid seafarer I thought it...
View ArticleKona Dream Builds: Spirt Animal – Vivien’s 2018 Unit X
Vivien Faye had been on the the hunt for the perfect bike for a long time. He’s pretty sure that with his Kona Unit he found it. “I wanted a bike that matched my vision of this sport and one that was...
View ArticleA Step into the Finnish Archives
Bikepacker guru and Kona Ambassador Erkki Punttila has created this beautiful blog post exploring some old relics of his home country of Finland for our Time Travel theme. Erkki is known for his big...
View ArticleKona Dream Builds: Paul’s Limited Sutra Ltd
There are so many niche’s in cycling now that it’s pretty hard to keep up, well it’s hard to keep up if you care. Paul doesn’t care, he just wanted to build the most bad ass, do everything (and we mean...
View ArticleOttawa Midsummer Solo Bikepacking Trip
Words and photos by Ambassador Sandra Beaubien. For the last couple of years, I had a trip idea floating around in my brain. One of those trips that I thought might be too ambitious for my fitness...
View ArticleKona Dream Builds: Ponderosa Cyclery Build Jen One Amazing Rove
The crew at Ponderosa Cyclery are no strangers to building amazing bikes for their customers and the upgrades they have made to this 2019 Rove are subtle but oh so rad! They have only changed out the...
View ArticleTime to Travel: A Rad Bike Adventure
Kona Ambassador Ryan Lindsay Bartz has been on an around-the-world adventure aboard her Sutra. she put together this cool little video of some of her favorite places she’s been so far. “The first 6...
View ArticleLost and Found on the Celtic Cross Trail
Words and photos by Ambassador Tim Wiggins. It wasn’t until I was lost for strength, in a strange hotel on the most remote west coast of Ireland; having just ridden 214 kilometres through the worst...
View ArticleAdventuring in the PNW with Path Less Pedaled and Swift Industries
Russ from Youtube channel Path Less Pedaled has been out in Seattle recently gathering content with the fine folks at Swift Industries and Swift Adventure Co. For his trip Jason at Swift Adventure Co...
View ArticleOdin Wood’s Beervet Kona Unit AKA the Farmgate
We’re guessing you’ve heard of a brevet, right? No? Well a Brevet is basically a randonneuring event, one where there is a winner. A race is called a randonnée or a brevet, and a rider who has...
View ArticleColt Fetter’s Custom Wozo
Kona Ambassador Colt Fetters is big on adventure biking. When it came time for him to choose a bike, he opted for the Wozo. The bigger tires and carrying capabilities were exactly what he needed for...
View ArticleThe Shortest Night
As we enter fall the days are becoming shorter and the temperatures are dropping. It seems like it always happens so fast. While most of us celebrate the longest days of summer, Ambassador Trevor...
View ArticleDr. Seuss Meets Travel by Bike
Kona Ambassador Ryan Lindsey Bartz put together this whimsical little poetic video about her world travels and what it takes to truly find yourself when traveling by bike. →
View ArticleEating Up Miles and Butter Tarts on the BT700
Eastern Canada’s first official bikepacking event, the BT 700, saw a massive number of riders at the grand depart in St. Jacobs, Ontario. Whether participants came out to set records or tour the mixed...
View ArticleMiami Vice Meets…Finland?
Words and epic video by Ambassador Erkki Punttila. “I received a hot tip of a prize waiting at a Geocaching location on an island. I took my Sutra LTD on the boat and hopped to Norrkullalandet island...
View ArticleWe Are Looking for 2020 Kona Ambassadors!
Last year we kicked off our ambassador program with smashing success. Hundreds of people from all over the world applied to help spread the Kona stoke and we could not be happier with the crew we...
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