Both stock builds. The Kona is tubeless, the Salsa is not i believe.
Exact same price. Both correct size for me.
Which one should I get? Salsa is a 2017 Rival, the Kona Libre is a 2024.
It's going to be my first gravel bike, as ive been riding on a Giant Sedona ST from 2010 thats a size to large for me.
Thank you for the help!
by Salt-Seesaw1632
5 Comments
What’s the price?
There’s very different gear ratios happening there and the Kona just looks more versatile to me, for gravel riding. Don’t know your intended terrain.
Kona is also not red which is nice.
A kona me parece ter uma geometria mais acertada
They are too wildly different bikes. Do you want to go fast or do you want to bikepack? You could do both on either, but the cuttthroat is by no means a gravel bike, more like a rigid mtb that can also be set up with front suspension.
Whether one or the other is tubeless is not a point of comparison between these bikes at the point of purchase. Either can be set up tubeless relatively easily.
Their geometries and intended purposes are different. The Kona is for actual gravel-road riding, the Salsa more for bikepacking on “any” terrain. I agree with others that the Salsa is much closer to a MTB despite the drop bars.