Devinci Kobain Review: Hardtail Nirvana | 2024 Value Bike Field Test

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Review - The Devinci Kobain offers a great spec choice and a solid alloy frame that's handbuilt in Canada, all at a very reasonable price point. Did the bike deliver hardtail nirvana or leave our testers saying never mind?
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@Mr_RichardH Месяц назад

"It's a mountain bike" is quite a compliment from Kaz.

@flipper2gv Месяц назад

I have this bike, it's just a quintessential "trail" hardtail bike. I really love it.

@vrwgq3q Месяц назад

Nicely spec'd for the price. Perfect for the eastern rockies, and well invested in the things to provide confidence (tires/brakes), which using good performing mid-spec (Deore XD based). Seems like its built to a point that upgrades are really only for weight than anything (Wheels/hubs)

@IOSALive Месяц назад

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@glaabaglooba Месяц назад

My first new mountain bike, bought one 2 years ago. Couldnt afford a full sus bike then. I updated the fork travel to 140mm. I rode the hell out of this in dozens of bike parks and other trail centers and local bomb trails. It took all of it without missing a beat. I just got a new bike but I think this will always be my first true love.

@oliviersavard8676 Месяц назад

same, got a 2021 model when it got a new generation, got the SLX variant (which was discontinued after the first year for some reason, the highest spec available is now Deore), it's a good bike although I think I got it in a size too large for me. I don't understand when you say you upgraded the fork to a Bomber Z2, it literally comes from the factory with a Z2

@glaabaglooba Месяц назад

@@oliviersavard8676 I mean I added travel from 130 to 140. I'll edit to make more sense. I have the SLX build too. I really love it. Gonna keep it and keep riding it even tho I just got a 170/170 travel enduro ebike thats a total killer

@LaurentiusTriarius Месяц назад

It's a good thing at this level to have external routing, saves a lot of bike shop trips for new users, as a long time neighborhood cyclist I've been mandated quite a lot to urgently cut, connect & bleed sos much rear brake upgrades 😂

@naw8420 Месяц назад

I love my kobain, bought it last year. Since then I've done some upgrades like a short stem with high rise bars, new saddle, xt shifter/derailleur and 203mm rotors with 4piston caliper brakes.

@janjacket Месяц назад

it would also be interesting if you made some comments about the wheels that are speced on the bike

@oliviersavard8676 Месяц назад

first real bike for me, i got a 2021 model back in august of '21 when they were still only available in very limited quantity (i was supposed only to get one in spring of '22 but i was called by the bike shop in august to tell me they had one available), and it's a SLX variant (which was discontinued after one year for some reason, now the best available kobain is the deore variant). i live like 45 minutes away from the factory and the closest trails to me are the ones a few minutes away from the factory where they test all their bikes, so going with devinci was a no brainer. i'd have picked it up from the factory if it was possible but it isn't. i love the bike, it looks good, works well and it's made locally with locally-produced aluminium.

@baddriversofcolga Месяц назад

How does Devinci make frames in Canada and still offers better value than many of the big brands?

@oliviersavard8676 Месяц назад

to be fair they don't make all their frames in chicoutimi, they make the chainsaw (and chainsaw dh), the marshall, the e-troy, the kobain and the minus here, the other bikes are made elsewhere (although they are designed here). i don't think they have the capability to make their own carbon frames.

@baddriversofcolga Месяц назад

@@oliviersavard8676 I did read that, but the fact that they make bikes like this and the Marshall in Canada and yet they're still competitively priced is just very impressive to me.

@usbsol 23 дня назад

How about the Root Miller from Rose Bikes - seems like a fine bike to me 😊

@GIFD Месяц назад

Did you have any rattle with the Z2 and their bushings that have issues with premature wear?

@krneki111 Месяц назад

they couldn't hear that because of their vocal fry.

@mellissanash7517 Месяц назад

If it's an mt410 brake, wouldn't that make it a 4 pot? The MT200s is their 2-pot brakes.

@MarioXcore1 Месяц назад

if this was a full suspension it would use the kitsuma double barrel shock

@oliviersavard8676 Месяц назад

they make a very similar full-sus, it's the marshall

@numbers7905 Месяц назад

I just want the frame. Is there a way to buy it standalone?

@oliviersavard8676 Месяц назад

no they don't sell the frame by itself, nor do they do it for the other lower end models

@numbers7905 Месяц назад

@@oliviersavard8676 Seems like such a waste. The British brands are good at making both frames and complete builds available, even with less expensive bikes. I can think of at least two Canadian value hardtails that would shine with better components and the only way to do this us to buy the lowest price spec and junk stuff, which isn't cool.

@oliviersavard8676 Месяц назад

@@numbers7905they used to sell the frame for the sabbath (their dirt jumper) a while back, but they discontinued it in 2022 and it was only available as a complete bike. to be honest they don't offer as much stuff as they used to, especially in the road segment. they used to offer a ton of road models and city models, now they only sell one road bike and one gravel bike and they're literally the same frame (they have the same name), they're just specced a bit differently. they have one "fitness" bike and one city bike in two variants each, that's it. they have one road/gravel frame, one hybrid frane, one city frame. nothing else.