WHAT IS THE KONA MAGIC LINK?

Developed over the course of the last two years with our in house designers and in conjunction with Brian Berthold of Therapy Components, Magic Link is a dramatic evolution in the performance of our dual suspension bikes, redefining what an Enduro/Freeride bike is all about.

In short it climbs like a short travel XC bike & descends like a long travel DH bike. The new 2008 Kona Coilair uses the new Magic Link suspension technology to bridge two worlds. On the climb the head and seat tube angles are steep, 6 inches of rear travel remains stiff, channeling all your power into the up. Go downhill and the bike’s geometry becomes more slack, the travel increases to a plush 7.4 inches, and the wheel path becomes more adept at dealing with descending, braking & big bumps. The magic part? The 2008 Coilair is designed to react to terrain and riding forces all by itself, automatically finding the right suspension set-up for the job at hand. Instantly, instinctively...

CLIMBING MODE

• Steeper head and seat angles
• Higher seat height
• Stiffer, shorter travel
• Shorter chain stay
• More forward rider position

DESCENDING MODE

• Slacker head and seat angles
• Lower seat height
• Longer, more progressive travel
• Longer chainstay, especially in response to square ..edge bumps, allowing the wheel to react like no other
• Better suspension performance while braking

2008 Kona Bikes with Magic Link:

CoilAir Supreme, CoilAir Deluxe, CoilAir

Watch the Magic Link in action, MAGIC MOVIES

Read the SETUP MANUAL HERE>>

THE KONA MAGIC LINK IN MORE DETAIL

Every bike and suspension company struggles to find the balance between plush, active suspension > and pedaling efficiency. Kona is no different. We’re constantly striving to provide the best combination of function and durability across our entire range of bikes. Magic Link is our response to this ongoing quest as it applies to a specific, fast-emerging genre of bicycles, Enduro/Freeride. Bikes that need to go up as well as they go down.

However, look a little closer and you’ll see that the Magic Link isn’t a huge departure from our 4-Bar system. In fact, it uses all of the same design elements of 4-Bar, with one major tweak. The Magic Link is, in its’ simplest terms, a “fifth bar”—an additional moving part that enables a wider range of performance virtues on our Enduro/Freeride line of dual suspension bicycles.

For this mid-to-long travel range of bikes—our Coilair series—we felt the 4-Bar wasn’t giving us all that we needed. We wanted a bike that could both climb exceptionally well and descend like a demon, without using any gimmicks or external adjustments. A bike that could adapt to the terrain inherently…by itself. By making further innovations to our tried and true 4-Bar system, we feel we’ve found the solution. A bike that can do it all.

HOW IT WORKS

A. Imagine a mid-to-long travel bike that’s designed to excel when it’s climbing or pedaling really hard: 6 inches of relatively stiff, linear rear travel with steeper head and seat angles and raised seat height.

B. Now imagine that same bike when it’s going downwards, braking or hitting big bumps. Not ideal, right? Well imagine that same bike has the ability to change its rear travel to be more progressive, with softer suspension in the initial stages of travel. Not only that, imagine the travel on this bike could grow from 6-inches to 7.4-inches, while its geometry changed to slacker head and seat angles, with an improved wheel path. Sounds too good to be true? We’re not done yet. Now imagine this change could happen automatically, with no need for the rider to adjust anything, unaware that these changes are happening constantly and seamlessly. Sounds like magic, right?

C. It’s not. By incorporating what can best be described as a “fifth” arm in our 4-Bar platform— a spring that connects the bottom shock mount to the seat tube enabling the bottom rear shock mount to move—we’re able to achieve all of the aforementioned riding characteristics. The ability to climb like a short travel XC bike and descend like a downhill bike all in one, no switches or tools necessary. No sacrificing one for the other. These aren't two separate modes, either. The Magic Link is constantly reacting to all of the forces acting on it, and it's not like an on/off switch. It's never "stuck" in one mode. It just does what you need. Sometimes it's in between modes, or cycling between modes, but there’s no sudden feeling of change, such as a sudden alteration of the bike’s geometry. The rider is unaware of what's going on, just having fun, riding like a bat out of hell, up and down.

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