Following the release of the carbon model, the Kona Ouroboros alloy is the brand’s latest effort to make their flagship, suspension-corrected, do-it-all gravel bike more accessible at a much lower price point, all while featuring the same great design as the original. Find the complete spec here…

A little over a year after its initial release in carbon, the Kona Ouroboros makes its debut to the lineup in alloy as a more affordable version of the company’s latest suspension corrected gravel offering. Featuring the same design, geometry, and overall ethos, the Kona Ouroboros alloy is available as both a more affordable complete build and a frameset, taking a few thousand dollars off of the price of the bike.

Kona Ouroboros Alloy
  • Kona Ouroboros Alloy
  • Kona Ouroboros Alloy
  • Kona Ouroboros Alloy

The complete alloy build comes in Gloss Metallic Turismo Olive and retails for $1,899.00 USD with the frameset and rigid fork priced at $1,150.00 USD. The complete comes with a Suntour GVX 32 – 40mm fork, Maxxis 700x50mm Ravager tubeless EXO tires, a 125mm TransX Dropper Post, and a Microshift Sword drivetrain for maximum range and reliability. Here’s the full build.

  • Frame Material: Kona 6061 Aluminum Butted
  • Sizes: 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58
  • Fork: Suntour GVX32 40mm travel, Tapered, 100x12mm
  • Crankarms: Microshift Sword
  • Chainrings: 40t 10sp narrow-wide
  • B/B: Prowheel PF86.5
  • Chain: KMC X10
  • Cassette: Microshift Sword 11-48t 10spd
  • R/D: Microshift Sword Long Cage w/Clutch
  • Shifters: Microshift Sword left dropper/brake and right brake/shifter
  • Brake Calipers: TRP Spyre C
  • Front Brake Rotor: TRP 180mm
  • Rear Brake Rotor: TRP 180mm
  • Brake Levers: Microshift Sword
  • Headset: FSA No.57B
  • Handlebar: Kona Gravel 20-degree flare, 48: 440mm; 50: 460mm; 52-54: 480mm; 56: 500mm; 58: 520mm
  • Stem: Kona Gravel 6-degree rise, 48-52: 50mm; 54-58: 60mm
  • Seatpost: TranzX Dropper +RAD Internal 31.6mm 125mm travel
  • Seat Clamp: Kona 34.9
  • Grips: Kona Cork Tape
  • Saddle: WTB Volt
  • Front Hub: Formula 100x12mm 6-bolt
  • Rear Hub: Formula 142x12mm 6-bolt, standard road 11sp freehub body
  • Spokes: Stainless Black 14g
  • Rims: WTB ST i27 TCS 2.0
  • Front Tire: Maxxis Ravager EXO TR 700x50mm
  • Rear Tire: Maxxis Ravager EXO TR 700x50mm
  • Paint Color: Gloss Metallic Turismo Olive w/ Porsche Olive Decals
Kona Ouroboros Alloy

Like the carbon model, the Kona Ouroboros alloy can fit a 29 x 2.5″ front tire with the rigid fork or a 700 x 50mm front tire with the Suntour 40mm suspension fork. It also features the same mounting positions for bags and a rack on the frame.

Neil spent some significant time with the bike last year and enjoyed his time atop this unique, suspension-corrected gravel rig. With economic factors making it more and more difficult for customers to justify big expenditures, it’s nice to see Kona make a concerted effort to ease the entry into what is clearly one of their most thoughtfully designed models. With a range of options to choose from with regard to spec and silhouette, it’s fair to say we might see more Ouroboros’ out on the trail.

Kona Ouroboros Alloy

What’s more intriguing is Kona’s effort to keep the approach of the build consistent, despite the change in price and material. Instead of making the bike a completely different package, they’ve opted to give the alloy model a very similar stock build. It still features a wide range 1x drivetrain, suspension fork, and all the same great provisions of the original model, simply with a few thousand knocked off of the asking price. It’s a thoughtfully put together complete from Kona and nice to see that they didn’t simply make a dumbed down alloy frame and call it a day.

For more on the Kona Ouroboros alloy, head over to KonaWorld.com.

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