The Kona Bicycle Company from Ferndale, Washington, USA and Kona in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada manufacture Kona Road Bikes. Jacob Heilbron, Dan Gerhard and Mountain Bike champion Joe Murray first formed the Kona Bicycle Company in 1988. The Kona name came from the founder's love of the location Kailua-Kona, Hawaii and early Kona Bike models had such names as The Kona Cinder Cone, Kona Hei Hei and Kona Fire Mountain.
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