Kona has been working on a titanium 29-inch wheel mountain bike design and is ready to release it in April of 2012. The Raijin is a hardtail design that maximizes the best of lightweight titanium with geometry ideally suited to fast, efficient, simple, and ridiculously fun singletrack riding. Still in the prototype stage, the Raijin will be available as a frameset by early April, 2012. Suggested retail is $1,899USD with a target weight of approximately 4-pounds (1.8kgs).
The bike’s frameset is made using 3/2.5Ti tube material with a shaped downtube that is curved at the headtube. The design aims to perfectly balance the need for both stiff an compliant. According to Kona, the compliant nature of titanium allows the bike to take the edge of off trail feedback. For more information, visit www.konaworld.com