Kona is still alive?
I have a grain of salt for this as those two guys, they had become very "Show me the money" above all else in the last couple of years before they sold up last time.
Kona Founders Purchased the Brand From Kent Outdoors
Kona Bicycles went through a rough patch around Sea Otter classic and like we predicted, the brand isn't dead, in fact it was purchased from Kent Outdoors by its original founders, Dan Gerhard and Jake Heilbron. In 1988 Jake Heilbron, aka "Jake the Snake," founded Kona Mountain Bikes with Dan...
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I have a grain of salt for this as those two guys, they had become very "Show me the money" above all else in the last couple of years before they sold up last time.