"Surgius" <
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> "Favre" <
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> > Hi everybody. I write from Italy. I was thinking to buy a new Full suspension Kona. The weight
> > of Stinky scared me... I will do some XC trail, not only downhill... Any experiences ?
> >
> > Bye.
>
> If your planning on doing DH, then the Stinky will serve you much better than the Bear (The name
> changed to that from Dawg in the US). Don't worry about the weight, you will get used to that
> quickly. I went from a sub 25# hardtail to my giant AC2, which is abut 10# heavier. It was very
> wierd at first, but I quickly got used to it.
>
> The Stinky however is not an XC machine, I consider it more of a trailbike more than anything. You
> also have to choose between an air or coil-over shock. The coil is going to be alot more plush if
> your a heavier rider
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> better if your riding DH.
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>
One more thing, the Giant AC2 is a very similiar bike and has a much better spec at the smae
price point.