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So thiS iS your Special team off SeaSon
training bike?

Yeah that’s right, I definitely spend as much time
on this rig as my downhill bike, if not more!

how would you deScribe your
riding Style?

I just ride and have fun!

your teammate connor fearon alSo haS
one of theSe doeSn’t he?

Yeah Connor also has a Process, I got mine when I
went over to Bromont to train just before the MSA
World Cup.

what do you like moSt about the proceSS?

Definitely the fact that I can shred it like my
downhill bike without it feeling unstable.

frame- kona process 153 a, medium

fork- rockShox pike 160mm

Shock- rockShock monarch rt3

headSet- fSa

ShifterS- Sram Xo 11speed

rear derailleur- Sram Xo 11speed

crankS - Sram XX1

chainring - Sram 32t 11speed X-Sync

caSSette- Sram XX 11speed

wheelS- Stans notubes flow eX 650b

tyreS- maxxis ardent front and rear

pedalS- crank bros mallets

brakeS- avid Xo trail front and rear

Stem- truvativ

handlebarS- truvativ Stevie Smith 780mm

gripS- odi ruffian

SeatpoSt- rockShock reverb

Saddle-wtb

SpecificationS

we’ve Seen you riding thiS around

thredbo, were you SurpriSed that it

could take all the big hitS?

Very surprised. It’s crazy how much this bike

can handle, before getting the Process I had only

ever owned XC bikes so it blew me away what the

Process could handle for sure. I still haven’t found

a limit for it.

we’ve Seen connor put hiS proceSS

in Some intereSting placeS aS well,

through hiS inStagram. whatS the

hardeSt trail you’ve put the proceSS on?

I took it to Serfaus Fiss Ladis bike park in

Austria where we rode some crazy enduro

tracks, other than that I regularly take it down

the DH track at Thredbo.

SuSpenSion iS key to any bike, how do you

run yourS?

The suspension on my Process is pretty standard,

high speed compression is pretty soft but it ramps

up a lot for the big hits.

what do you think of the new pike?

It’s hard to explain how good a fork can be without

having ridden it yourself, I think seeing the

amount of bikes that have the new Pikes shows

that they are definitely on another level, crazy!

have you made any modificationS to the

proceSS?

I haven’t really done anything to it since Matty

built it, I change tyres depending on what track

I’m riding but that’s about all.

iS there anything you would like to

change in the build?

I would love to get a set of new SRAM Guide brakes

on it, other than that everything on it is perfect.

the proceSS SeemS to have flown under

the radar in auStralia.

Yeah they have for sure, before I signed with Kona

I hadn’t really heard much about the Process, they

are definently getting a lot more exposure recently

though! I haven’t yet met someone with a Process

who doesn’t love it just as much as I love mine,

get out to your local Kona dealer and take one for

a ride and you will soon find out why. You won’t

regret it!

andrew crimmins is one of australias fastest
juniors and a member of the kona world cup
squad alongside connor fearon. he recently
won the cannonball festival air downhill for
the second year in a row amongst some tough
competion. we caught up with him to check out
his unique training ride.

name: Andrew Crimmins

age: 17

hometown: Bredbo

favourite track: Thredbo

Quick factS

a matter of

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andrew crimminS’ kona proceSS

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