2012 BIKES : WOMEN’S
WOMEN'SStrong. Intelligent. Fearless. Confident. Spirited. Connected. In tune. Into it. At Kona, we're into her. Her story. Her odyssey. Her way. Her time. Her ride. New for 2012, the most complete and refined collection of women's bikes we've ever designed: the Kali, Lele, Tika, Mina, Mohala and Roundabout. Six bikes, six different adventures, all geared to be the ride of your life. |
tika

OVERVIEW

The Tika is designed for the entry-level female mountain biker. We take our light and elegant Kona Aluminum Butted tubing, forge it with geometry specific to women's bodies, with low standover for confident body position and short chainstays for efficient power transfer, add our female-specific components to create a bike that is the perfect blend of performance, comfort and fun.
DETAILED SPECS
Frame Material | Kona Race Light 7005 Aluminum Butted |
Sizes | 14", 16", 17", 18" |
Rear Shock | N/A |
Fork | RockShox XC28 100mm w/Turnkey |
Crankarms | FSA 306TTT |
Chainrings | 44/32/22 |
B/B | Shimano |
Pedals | Wellgo LU-A9 |
Chain | KMC HG40 |
Freewheel | Shimano HG20 11-34 9 spd |
F/D | Shimano Acera |
R/D | Shimano Acera SGS |
Shifters | Shimano Acera |
Brake Calipers | Shimano M446 Hydraulic Disc |
Front Brake Rotor | Shimano 160mm |
Rear Brake Rotor | Shimano 160mm |
Brake Levers | Shimano M445 Hydraulic Disc |
Headset | Ritchey |
Handlebar | Kona Aluminum Riser |
Stem | Kona Control |
Seatpost | Kona Thumb w/offset |
Seat Clamp | Kona QR |
Grips | Kona Lisa |
Saddle | Kona Lisa |
Front Hub | KT |
Rear Hub | Shimano M475 Disc |
Spokes | Stainless 14g |
Rims | Shining MT-20 |
Front Tire | Vittoria Saguaro 26x2.2 |
Rear Tire | Vittoria Saguaro 26x2.2 |
Paint Color | Aqua/White/Black |
Extras | N/A |
UNITS | SIZE | TTH | STA | HTA | RC | FC | WB | FL | OF | BBH | SO | HT | BBS | FD | STACK | REACH |
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inches | 14 | 21.5 | 72.5° | 68° | 16.5 | 24.6 | 41 | 18.5 | 1.5 | 12 | 28.7 | 3.9 | 68mm | 31.8mm | 21.6 | 14.6 |
inches | 16 | 22.5 | 72.5° | 68° | 16.5 | 25.7 | 42.2 | 18.3 | 1.5 | 12 | 29.5 | 4.7 | 68mm | 31.8mm | 23.3 | 15.4 |
inches | 17 | 23 | 72.5° | 68.5° | 16.5 | 26 | 42.4 | 18.3 | 1.5 | 12.2 | 30.3 | 5.1 | 68mm | 31.8mm | 22.6 | 15.8 |
inches | 18 | 23.5 | 72.5° | 68.5° | 16.5 | 26.6 | 43 | 18.3 | 1.5 | 12.2 | 30.9 | 5.5 | 68mm | 31.8mm | 23 | 16.2 |

GEOMETRY LEGEND: | RC = Chainstay Length | BBH = Bottom Bracket Height |
FC = Front To Center | SO = Standover | |
TTH = Top Tube Length | WB = Wheelbase | HT = Head Tube Length |
STA = Seat Tube Angle | FL = Fork Length | BBS = Bottom Bracket Size |
HTA = Head Tube Angle | OF = Fork Offset | FD = Front Derailleur Clamp Size |
Note: All Specifications Are Subject To Change Without Notice |
TECHNOLOGY
Kona Race Light 7005 Aluminum
Kona Race Light 7005 is a lighter, more performance-oriented fabrication of our 7005 Aluminum tubing. Designed to meet Kona's discerning race specifications, Race Light 7005 uses custom butting to create thicker tubes at weld areas and at important parts of the frame, providing incredible strength and torsional integrity to the ride. We remove wall thickness in other parts of the frame set to lighten up the bike, providing the perfect balance between quickness and stiffness. The emphasis here is on performance, lightness and speed built the Kona way: a Kona Race Light 7005 bike will get you to the podium for years to come.Sloping Toptube
Kona recognized the advantages of sloping toptube frame design right from the beginning. Designed by inaugural MTB-Hall-of-Fame legend Joe Murray back in 1988, the very first Konas were some of the first mountain bikes to feature sloping toptubes (STT). As a company we've stayed true to this philosophy, going so far as to pioneer the design in road bikes long before its benefits were understood by most of the industry. Because of the many positives STT design brings to overall bike performance and comfort, you'll find it today throughout our entire line of road, commuter and mountain bikes.Here's why: Firstly, STT design allows the toptube to be lower, providing more room for correct positioning and free body movement and enabling more standover clearance, which is particularly useful on dual-suspension bikes that have higher bottom brackets. Riders have a more secure riding position, a real benefit when riding downhill sections.
Secondly, a big benefit of STT is a longer and more compliant toptube. As the top and downtube become more parallel, there's less triangulation, resulting in more compliancy. Not only is the frame stronger and more responsive, but it absorbs more shock than frames with horizontal toptubes.
Compact Rear Triangle
Short chainstays and seatstays provide a perfect balance of stability and power transfer when out of the saddle and pedaling hard. Shorter seatstays also have less deflection during braking and accelerate faster than longer stays. The shorter rear triangle also helps the bike to negotiate tight-twisting sections of trail. Our new Entourage short-travel downhill bike is a good example of an incredibly compact rear triangle. Our goal was to create a bike that was easy to jump and trick, and could also corner aggressively. With seatstays measuring just 415mm, we've created one of the most nimble short travel DH bikes in the industry.Hydroformed Tubing
Hydroforming is a tube-shaping technology that uses high-pressure liquid to form the shape of a tube and align its grain structure. Quite simply, the technology delivers a sound structure and ride performance like no other tubing in the world. The process results in a seamless, continuous, aligned piece of metal-right down to the fiber structure itself.Hydroformed tubing is especially advantageous at weld points where tubes can be flared to increase weld areas, adding strength without adding weight in the form of extra gussets. The result is a strong, flawless frame with great lateral stability, durability and responsiveness. Not to mention, it looks real sharp too.
Kona Sizing and Fit
Sizing and fit have always been one of the main strengths of the Kona Ride. With more stock sizes available than any other bike company, our size scale is designed to be continuous from platform to platform and is easy to understand from the perspective of the consumer because our simplified system allows easy fine-tuning that creates a perfect marriage of bike and rider.On our Trail/All-Mountain and XC Race bikes, we feature longer toptubes coupled with shorter stems and slightly shorter headset stack heights. The steps between sizes are at half-inch to one-inch increments, with up to seven sizes that can range from 14 to 22 inches on many models. In the asphalt range, size gaps are at even 15 to 20mm steps. There are still up to six sizes, from 46cm to 61cm on most models.
When it's called for, seat posts are either offset or straight to maximize the reach and power output of the rider. More importantly, our comprehensive bike sizing allows Kona dealers and riders to determine their fit more easily from model to model and category to category.
Lifetime Warranty
Kona warrants to the original owner that their new Kona bicycle frame purchased from an authorized Kona dealer shall be free of defective materials or workmanship for the lifetime of ownership by the original owner. This warranty is limited to five years for carbon fiber frames and three years for electric pedal-assist frames.During this warranty period, Kona shall repair or replace, at its sole option, the bicycle frame if Kona determines the frame is defective and subject to this limited warranty. The original owner shall pay all labor and shipping charges connected with the repair or replacement of the bicycle frame. Please see the Kona owner's manual, provided with your bicycle, for additional information.
- RockShox XC 28 fork
- Shimano Acera drivetrain
- Shimano hydraulic disc brakes
- Kona women’s saddle
