"These traits place the Hei Hei at the top of my list of favorite carbon bikes I’ve ridden to date. The modified single-pivot suspension feels familiar, offering velcro traction on the ups and the downs. The fork and shock tune allows for plenty of lift-off, and there’s a playful feel to the bike, best noted as it plops through roots and ramps up speed through beautiful iris-filled meadows. The Hei Hei is a proper bike for the entire mountainside. It pedals effortlessly, and I found myself riding it way more than I thought I would initially."
John Watson at The Radavist spent the last few months putting the 2025 Kona Hei Hei through its paces on his local Santa Fe trails and came away seriously enamored. "The most admirable trait about this bike is how it harks back to mountain biking’s early days."
" Any bike that can place you at the top of the climb without feeling vanquished and still handle the rocky descent back down is a true-to-form mountain bike."
Read the full review HERE.
