Kona Libre CR DL Adventure Road Bike 2021 Review

Kona Libre CR DL Adventure Road Bike 2021 Reviews

Review score: 8.8/10 – Updated April, 2024

Latest Price: £3699 – Save 0% (RRP: £3699)

Take a look now to discover what makes Kona Libre CR DL Adventure Road Bike 2021 worthy of a review score of 8.8 out of 10.

Kona Libre CR DL Adventure Road Bike 2021 Review


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Kona Libre CR DL Adventure Road Bike 2021 features

Kona Libre CR DL Adventure Road Bike 2021 specs

Kona Libre CR DL Adventure Road Bike 2021
Spec 1

Colour: Gloss Metallic Black

Other Road Bikes found with this Spec: 2

Spec 2

Frame Size: 52cm (20.5″), 56cm (22″), 54cm (21″)

Other Road Bikes found with this Spec: 1

Spec 3

Wheel Size: 700c

Other Road Bikes found with this Spec: 850

Spec 4

Gender: Unisex

Other Road Bikes found with this Spec: 2527

Spec 5

Speed: 11 Speed

Other Road Bikes found with this Spec: 368

Spec 6

Material: Carbon

Other Road Bikes found with this Spec: 324

Feature 1

Material: Kona Race Light Carbon

Other Road Bikes found with this feature: 1

Feature 2

Fork: Kona Verso Full Carbon Flat Mount Disc

Other Road Bikes found with this feature: 1

Feature 3

Crankarms: SRAM S350

Other Road Bikes found with this feature: 1

Feature 4

Chainrings: 40t X-sync

Other Road Bikes found with this feature: 1

Feature 5

Bottom Bracket: SRAM GXP Press-Fit

Other Road Bikes found with this feature: 1

Feature 6

Chain: SRAM Pc1110

Other Road Bikes found with this feature: 3

Feature 7

Cassette: SRAM Pg1130 11-42t 11-Speed

Other Road Bikes found with this feature: 1

Feature 8

Rear Derailleur: SRAM Rival 1

Other Road Bikes found with this feature: 2

Feature 9

Shifters: SRAM Rival 1

Other Road Bikes found with this feature: 4

Feature 10

Brake Calipers: SRAM Rival 1

Other Road Bikes found with this feature: 1

Feature 11

Front Brake Rotor: SRAM Centerline 160mm

Other Road Bikes found with this feature: 3

Feature 12

Rear Brake Rotor: SRAM Centerline 160mm

Other Road Bikes found with this feature: 4

Feature 13

Brake Levers: SRAM Rival 1

Other Road Bikes found with this feature: 1

Feature 14

Headset: FSA No.42acb

Other Road Bikes found with this feature: 1

Feature 15

Handlebar: Kona Road

Other Road Bikes found with this feature: 6

Feature 16

Stem: Kona Road Deluxe

Other Road Bikes found with this feature: 3

Feature 17

Seatpost: Kona Deluxe Thumb W/offset 31.6mm

Other Road Bikes found with this feature: 1

Feature 18

Seat Clamp: Kona Clamp

Other Road Bikes found with this feature: 2

Price

£3699

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Quality

Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Road Bikes. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Kona Libre CR DL Adventure Road Bike 2021.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Kona Libre CR DL Adventure Road Bike 2021 is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.

Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Road Bikes. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.

There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Road Bikes. Brands like Kona are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.

Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Road Bikes category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.


Comparing Prices

Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Road Bikes.

It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.

Price of Kona Libre CR DL Adventure Road Bike 2021

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Kona Libre CR DL Adventure Road Bike 2021.

We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Kona Libre CR DL Adventure Road Bike 2021 was over at Chain Reaction Cycles UK where the price was £3699 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.1 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Road Bikes

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Road Bikes.

We found 67 in the Road Bikes category over at Chain Reaction Cycles UK. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £2142.37, making it above average at £3699.

It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Road Bikes. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £5299.99, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £299.99.

With 67 products available we worked out that 37 cost more than Kona Libre CR DL Adventure Road Bike 2021 and 16181 were cheaper.

Cost of Kona products

At Chain Reaction Cycles UK we found 21 products from Kona, of which 6 were in the Road Bikes category.

For now though we’re looking at Kona branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £1372.81 making this product above average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Kona product we found was £549.00 and the highest price we could find from them was £4159.00.

Of the 21 from Kona, 1 were more expensive than Kona Libre CR DL Adventure Road Bike 2021 and 19 were cheaper.

How much are Kona Road Bikes?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Kona products that are listed in the Road Bikes category.

The average price of the 6 products that match this search was £1942.33, with the cheapest coming in at £799.00 and highest price was £3699.00. With the average being £1942.33, Kona Libre CR DL Adventure Road Bike 2021 comes in above average.

1 products that meet this search were more expensive than Kona Libre CR DL Adventure Road Bike 2021 and 19 were cheaper.


Kona Libre CR DL Adventure Road Bike 2021 Reviews

Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.

There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.

1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.

2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.

Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles UK and read the Kona Libre CR DL Adventure Road Bike 2021 reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Kona Libre CR DL Adventure Road Bike 2021, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.8 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Road Bikes category at Chain Reaction Cycles UK is 4.2 out of 5.

Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Kona Libre CR DL Adventure Road Bike 2021 or another similar product, like Etxeondo Mendi Jersey reviews or Pure2Improve Massage Bar reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Road Bikes.


Brand

As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Road Bikes. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Kona, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.


YouTube Video of Kona Libre CR DL Adventure Road Bike 2021

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Kona Libre CR DL Adventure Road Bike 2021. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 8.8/10 overall.


Further product details

  • Product ID 1: 27258749839
  • Product ID 2: 805281UK
  • Brand: Kona
  • Model number: B21LBCD52
  • RRP: £3699
  • EAN: 841073139743
  • Description: Kona Libre CR DL Adventure Road BikeThe Kona Libra CR is a stable and versatile high-performance carbon adventure bike that’s kitted out with superb components to ensure every journey is comfortable, efficient and enjoyable adventure riding experience. With a full-carbon frameset that provides a lightweight and agile performance while a SRAM Rival 1 1×11-Speed groupset with a wide-ranging 11-42T cassette and Rival hydraulic disc brakes.Kona CarbonDesigned to be lightweight and built to demanding standards. Carbon fibre has long been praised for its weight and strength, but rather than chase grams, we place our efforts on the performance that is possible when the right high-modulus fibres are in the right places. Our designers work very closely with our manufacturer to ensure there is no compromise to the desired ride characteristics, durability and – finally – weight stipulations that we expect from our bikes. Tapered Head TubeMore girth at the bottom of the head tube better distributes shock force, prolonging the bearing life of the headset itself and eliminating brake shudder, while providing confident steering performance. The inherent strength of its triangular design also means a stronger steering position and improved balance, giving the rider more control in rough terrain. A zero-stack, tapered head tube also puts strength where the load is going‚Äîinto the lower headset cup‚Äîmaximizing bearing durability where it’s needed. 12mm Thru Axles12x142mm, 12×148 and 12×157 rear axle standards provide two major advantages to the Kona rider: the 12mm diameter of the rear axle provides the rear hub and frame with a stiff interface, while the 142/148/157mm outer diameter of the hub allows the wheel to be quickly and properly positioned in the frame before the rear axle is inserted. For 2017, you’ll see the 12×148 Boost standard in the mix. Boost spacing provides more tyre clearance at the chainstay yoke, while the rear wheel is stiffer and more durable relative to a 12×142 thru-axle. Tubeless Compatible RimsTubeless rims allow for tyres with more puncture resistance; the ability to run lower tyre pressure, which provides better tyre grip on the trail; lower rolling resistance; and weight savings over traditional tube and tyre systems. Features: Material: Kona Race Light Carbon Fork: Kona Verso Full Carbon Flat Mount Disc Crankarms: SRAM S350 Chainrings: 40t X-sync Bottom Bracket: SRAM GXP Press-Fit Chain: SRAM Pc1110 Cassette: SRAM Pg1130 11-42t 11-Speed Rear Derailleur: SRAM Rival 1 Shifters: SRAM Rival 1 Brake Calipers: SRAM Rival 1 Front Brake Rotor: SRAM Centerline 160mm Rear Brake Rotor: SRAM Centerline 160mm Brake Levers: SRAM Rival 1 Headset: FSA No.42acb Handlebar: Kona Road Stem: Kona Road Deluxe Seatpost: Kona Deluxe Thumb W/offset 31.6mm Seat Clamp: Kona Clamp Grips: Kona Cork Tape Saddle: WTB Sl8 Pro Front Hub: Formula 100x12mm (Centerlock) Rear Hub: Formula 142x12mm (Centerlock) Spokes: Stainless Black 14g Rims: WTB Kom Light Team I25 TCS Front Tyre: WTB Riddler TCS Dual 700x45c Rear Tyre: WTB Riddler TCS Dual 700x45cEasy AssemblyWhen you order a bike, one of our trained mechanics will carefully prepare and pack your bike for shipping. Upon delivery, the assembly is simple and all necessary tools and plastic pedals are conveniently included in the box.Depending on the delivery service and destination, bikes will either be delivered in a large or a small box. Below is a guide as to how your bike will arrive: All bikes for delivery within the UK and Republic of Ireland will be delivered in a large box, except for kids’ bikes and BMX bikes, which are always delivered in manufacturer’s boxes. All bikes for delivery within the EU on a standard service will be delivered in a large box. If an express delivery option is chosen, your bike will be packed into a small box. Again, the exception is kids’ bikes and BMX bikes, which are always delivered in manufacturer’s boxes. All bikes for worldwide delivery outside the EU will be delivered in small boxes.This video demonstrates assembly from a SMALL BOX.This video demonstrates assembly from a LARGE BOX.Buy Kona Bikes from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
  • Full Category: Bikes > Road Bikes
  • Savings percentage from RRP: 0%
  • Size: 52cm (20.5″)
  • Unisex
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  • Adult

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