| The Kona Bicycle Company from Ferndale, | | | | The Kona Africa Bikes were built in partnership with |
| Washington, USA and Kona in Vancouver, British | | | | cycle makers Bristol-Myers Squibb and Bicycling |
| Columbia, Canada manufacture Kona Road Bikes. | | | | Magazine. Health workers in African cities treating HIV |
| Jacob Heilbron, Dan Gerhard and Mountain Bike | | | | and AIDS patients specifically designed the Kona |
| champion Joe Murray first formed the Kona Bicycle | | | | Africa Bike for use. Recent projects include Delft and |
| Company in 1988. The Kona name came from the | | | | Stellenbosch and Kona have pledged to manufacture |
| founder's love of the location Kailua-Kona, Hawaii and | | | | 1000 AfricaBikes to aid the project and raise |
| early Kona Bike models had such names as The Kona | | | | awareness for HIV sufferers in The African |
| Cinder Cone, Kona Hei Hei and Kona Fire Mountain. | | | | continent. |
| Kona Bicycles are relatively new to the Road cycle | | | | These bikes are a high quality brand that is growing |
| makers list having originally been formed to produce | | | | all the time having a solid share in the top end of the |
| high quality MTB (Mountain Bikes). They have | | | | Mountain Bike (MTB) market. Kona are now |
| however begun to forge a reputation in the Road | | | | expanding into the Road Bicycle Market. You can look |
| cycle market. This brand has done a lot of work to | | | | forward to some interesting developments from the |
| raise awareness of illness in Africa and in 2006 | | | | Kona Road Cycle range. This coupled with Kona's |
| started a large advocacy campaign to raise | | | | undoubted quality and ethically aware company |
| awareness with Kona Africa Bike for BikeTownAfrica | | | | structure helps to make Kona a fun and growing |
| campaign. | | | | brand amongst the conscientious cyclists. |