Kona drastically pushed the seat tube angle forward to greatly enhance climbing performance.Ĭornering: Kona built the Satori with a sporty feel that rips around the trails like a Porsche on an open highway. The Satori, however, has one more trick up its sleeve-its 78.3-degree seat tube angle. The Satori’s 68-degree head tube angle made slow-speed maneuvers easy to pull off, and our Eagle drivetrain made it possible to spin our way up steep climbs. This makes for a bike that’s an efficient climber, whether you’re pushing hard in or out of the saddle. The Fuse suspension is designed around a single pivot that relies on small degrees of frame flex near the rear hub as opposed to having a pivot. The Satori has ample standover clearance and a 150mm dropper that easily gets the saddle out of the way during descents.Ĭlimbing: The all-new Satori builds off the same Fuse suspension platform as Kona’s Hei Hei cross-country/trail machines. Kona then made a drastic change to the seat tube angle, making it steeper to evenly center riders over the bike and to give riders a more comfortable reach. Moving out: Kona brought the Satori into the modern era with a longer top tube, shorter stem and compact chainstays. In fact, throughout our testing, we never felt the urge to lock out our suspension.
Next, we adjusted our rebound accordingly and left our shock and fork in the open positions. We set up our test bike with 25-percent sag in the rear and 20 percent up front. Meanwhile, more advanced riders will have enough adjustments to dial in the perfect feel. Setting sag: The Satori features mid-level suspension components, which beginners will find easy to set up. Kona then wrapped 2.3-inch-wide Maxxis tires around WTB STP i29 wheels. Up front, Kona spec’d RockShox’s new Revelation fork with 140mm of travel and added a Reverb Stealth for good measure. Kona worked closely with RockShox to develop a custom-tuned Deluxe RL shock that would pair well with the Fuse Independent suspension. The first thing that caught our attention was the SRAM GX Eagle drivetrain, which gave our test riders a wide-ratio, 12-speed cassette and a 34-tooth chainring. The Satori is packed with value-driven parts that provide great performance out on the trails. And last, the Satori features Boost hub spacing, a press-fit bottom bracket and a lifetime warranty from Kona. Kona uses a steep 78.3-degree seat tube angle that places the rider in a more centered position over the bike. The bike was designed with a 68-degree head tube angle and 16.9-inch chainstays to provide sporty handling. The Satori is compatible with stealth-routed dropper posts. The frame is constructed from 6061 aluminum and has external cable routing for easy maintenance. The Satori features Kona’s Fuse suspension with 130mm of travel, a longer reach, a shorter stem and a new trunnion-mounted shock. Kona took what it learned developing the new Process and Hei Hei lines and incorporated the best attributes into the Satori DL. An entry-level model can be had for $2700. The Satori DL is Kona’s top-level build with a price of $3500. In fact, Kona designed and tested the Satori on the best trails the Pacific Northwest has to offer. The Satori doesn’t boast overly aggressive numbers, but don’t let that lead you to believe this bike can’t take on chunky singletrack. It’s not afraid to climb, nor is it scared of a gnarly descent. The Satori is a 29er trail bike built to handle all parts of the mountain. For those reasons, we invited Kona’s newest trail machine into our test fleet this month to see how it would fare on our local singletrack.
The all- new Satori is built to take on any singletrack and does so with a modest price tag. The mid-travel 29er builds off the same travel numbers as the previous Satori, but receives an all-new suspension platform, updated geometry and design inspiration from Kona’s Process, Hei Hei and Hei Hei Trail. Going into the 2019 model year, the Satori returns and recaptures its spot in Kona’s lineup. Kona’s original long-travel 29er, the Satori, was put on the sidelines after 2014 when Kona replaced it with the Process 111.
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