Our Kona Remote 160 ebike first hit dirt last fall here in Central Oregon. We spent several months getting to know the bike intimately before we took it to Palm Springs for our 2020 eMTB Roundup (Coming March 1st). As a top contender in our Enduro (155mm +) category, the Kona Remote is an incredibly capable all-around bike that has a slight bias towards rugged, backcountry terrain or self-shuttling your favorite downhill trails but features geometry well-suited for climbing technical terrain or all-day epics. Competing neck-and-neck with bikes retailing several thousands of dollars more, it’s hard to call the $5,999 Kona Remote a bargain ebike, but it’s certainly an impressive machine that can hang at a fraction of the cost, even if that fraction is ¾.
THE LAB
Built around Kona’s award-winning Process platform, the Remote 160 sports 160mm of front and rear wheel travel in a lifetime warrantied 6061 aluminum frame. A Rock Shox Lyrik Select Charger RC fork and Rock Shox Super Deluxe Select rear shock come spec’d along with Shimano cranks and a SRAM drivetrain. SRAM’s NX Eagle 12-speed shifter and derailleur handle gear changing duties while SRAM Code R brakes and 200mm rotors keep the bike under control. Kona uses a Shimano Steps E8000 drive unit and Shimano 504Wh battery that is easily removed from the downtube.
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