What are Kona playing at?????????????????

[mechagouki]

Just plain weird and kind of an insult........

http://cgi.ebay.ca/KONA-HEI-HEI-2-9-BIK ... dZViewItem

 

[Geoff]

Why the hell they felt the need to use the Hei Hei name for any of their full sus bikes is beyond me, let alone a 29er... :roll:

 

[Dave_H]

Indeed. Just as Specialized ruined the Stumpjumper

 

[Dave_H]

 

[Dave_H]

 

[Dave_H]

 

[Dave_H]

or is it just progress and reacting to market forces.

Remind me why we don't have a British motor industry again... :?

 

[Geoff]

I don't see the Stumpjumper as quite the same thing... the mainstream end of Specialized bikes was always Hardrock/Rockhopper/Stumpjumper and there were different variations of each for many years. Hei Hei was always one specific thing- US built Ti framed hardtail.

I know what you're saying Dave, but I can't see what they had to gain by using the name for that bike...

 

[Anthony]

Apparently Hei Hei is Hawaiian for 'race'. The classic Hei Hei was arguably Kona's most capable XC racing bike, so the name was valid. It's slightly stretching a point to say that the full-suspension Hei Hei is a race bike anyway, but giving the same name to a 29er seems to suggest that someone has lost the plot.

 

[jonnyboy666]

bloody marketing men i reckon, the name was considred then the best there was so i think they're hoping peolpe will think this is same/best etc.

but i think your right, the bike might be good (altough i'm not a fan) but it is the wrong name for this bike.

it shoud be called humubouncyboingynununtwentyninersomethingpooey!