Kona Raijin Titanium 29er Hardtail Frame 2012

Product Description

Heres what Kona had to say about their Raijin&34; Due for release in early Spring 2012 the Kona USA product & testing group has been hard at work on a new titanium hardtail 29-inch wheel mountain bike &8211; the all-new Raijin. With a long history in titanium design & some serious expertise in designing unique industry leading 29-inch wheel bikes the new Raijin comes loaded with cool custom features on a frame designed by Kona & manufactured in the USA by Lynskey Performance Designs. The Raijin &40;the Japanese god of lightning & thunder&41; is all about maximizing the inherent virtues of titanium with geometry ideally suited to fast efficient simple & ridiculously fun singletrack riding. Our Kona USA product testers are loving every minute riding their prototypes so much so we&8217;re having a hard time keeping them in the office. It comes in a raw industrial mill finish with lazer-etched graphics & features a stylish Kona engraved logo on the driveside chainstay yoke. The super sexy Raijin frameset is made using 3/2.5 Ti tube material with a shaped downtube that is curved at the headtube. The design aims to perfectly balance the need for both stiffness & compliancy in a trail bike. We take all that we&8217;ve learned in 29 hardtail & titanium bike design & create a trail master that channels rider forces perfectly while at the same time using the compliant nature of titanium to take the edge of off trail feedback. All in all a real gem of a bike designed specifically for the discerning mountain cyclist. Some of the cool frame features on the Raijin include:* Press fit BB30 bottom bracket* 44mm diameter HT designed for a 1.5&8243; external lower cup for tapered fork with a zero stack upper cup* Frame is drawn around 100mm fork using external 1.5&8243; lower cup* Sliding dropouts* Comes with both singlespeed & derailleur hangers* 27.2mm seat post