Kona Honzo ESD First Ride // Working Out The Kinks

I've been missing a bike like this for a long time, its great to finally have it again to really round out the stable with the Kona Honzo ESD! I really wanted a hardcore hardtail to beat on the local trails with, and I think this is going to do that just fine.

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[hardtailhenry]

those Kona Honzo's are some of the coolest hardtails out there right now honestly

[ESKJC]

I too built up the purple Honzo ESD. Love the color.

[ESKJC]

I just realized are you me? I also have the Honzo ESD and a Transition Spire. Perfect combo.

[kylecomstock]

Went down the “hardcore hardtail” rabbit-hole this winter. Just put the finishing touches on my Cotic BFE Max. Gotta have a good hardtail in the stable!!

[PuffinPass]

Good to see some film at Beacon Hill, planning to get up that way this spring and summer on the dropbar to test myself a bit more. Hardtails are my favorite as well, something about the unforgiving nature of picking a bad line instead of allowing you to plow through brings line selection at speed up a level.

[ktom]

I feel sorry for good riders that have never ridden a modern geo hard tail.😂 That ESD is all grins all day, some of my pr's are on the HT vs my sentinel fs.
I ran my stays all the way short for about a year and only recently moved them 3/4 back and it made the bike even more fun. Nice review!

[SuperKeenan]

HARDTAIL GANG! I tried to get my hands on one of those, and ended up going with On One Hello Dave. The long steel hardtails are out of this world fun times! Enjoy!

[paulmanias]

Great to see a video with the ESD where someone adjusts the chainstay length. I've seen a lot of reviews and nobody seems to touch therm. You'd think that would be a huge selling point of this bike compared to other hardtails.

[dirtwolfmtb]

I’m in love with this bike. Hope to have one soon. Awesome video looks like fun rippin those trails! Great video.

[roryennis]

i built one of these up last summer after waiting for 7 monsths for my Honzo ST frame to come in, freaking love it. went 140mm(its the fork i already had) and for 3 months there i had it set up as a single speed. Freaking machine likes getting rowdy thats for sure. Love it on the steep tech and the loamy stuff i have in my area

[konaman]

thank you for showing the bike first thing!! Its annoying how some Youtubers will talk for half the video before revealing it.

[r.mcgill]

Beautiful vid! I just bought a large purple ESD last week! I'm very new mtbing. Please post more videos. Also I'd be interested to see the whole process of shortening the chain stay and how you are adjusting your fork.

[snbsmtb]

Sick Riding Dude!! The bike looks sooo sick!! Great video Bro!!

[ryanl]

Steel frame hardtails look so good! Sweet new ride.

[MTBFlowRider]

It’s crazy how changing the chain stay by mm can make the bike feel so different. Inspiring me to get a hardtail!

[ElYesse]

Your trails look sick!
I just bought a Honze ESD frame, I'm looking forward to trying it out.

[LoganJohnston]

Yoooo!! As an ESD owner I’m stoked for you to have one :) enjoy!!

[MB-ekub]

Nice to see a refreshing new view. Short(er) chain stays are not always better. Many frames get discarded upfront due to too long CS.

[whitney]

As you said, the ESD is crazy hard to get a hold of. When the first gen came out we had customers calling up about them for months and we couldnt even backorder the next years model for them becuase they were all gone. Super crazy bikes!

[pdorn]

Best of luck Bruddah
Love the content
I’ve been battling back from two crashes and pretty major injuries
Always stoked to follow and it’s kept my fire burning through a lot of hard rehab and down time

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