First look: Sunn Kern S2 mountain bike
Sunn Kern S2 (Matthew Cole/BikeRadar)
We had our first look at Sunn’s 2010 mountain bikes during the Eurobike Trade show, and now we’ve got the Kern S2 in to test.
The Kern series of full-suspension bikes falls under the company’s all-mountain range, and the S2 is the cheapest at £1,999,99.
It’s got 140mm of travel up front provided by a RockShox Revelation SL fork, and the RockShox Monarch 2.1 rear shock gives 140mm of travel.
Weighing in at a claimed 28.9lb (13.1kg), the Kern S2 has a Truvativ Firex 3.1 crankset, a mix of SRAM X5 and Shimano SLX for shifting, and Formula RX hydraulic disc brakes for stopping.
Mountain Biking UK magazine will be putting the S2 to the test, so look out for a review in an upcoming issue. We’re expecting the swoopy yellow swingarm to split opinion – what do you think? Let us know below.
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Splottboy
Posted Thu 29 Oct, 11:57 am UTC Flag as inappropriate
Sun-kern? Sunken? Wots next, Sun Set, Sun Down for a DH bike?
The French eh, wot do they know.
Lot's it seems...
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ride_whenever
Posted Thu 29 Oct, 12:48 pm UTC Flag as inappropriate
looks a bit like a supermarket special with the large orange swingarm styling....
In fact it is bloody ugly, it'll have to ride very very well for me to buy one!
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The Pinkster
Posted Thu 29 Oct, 1:32 pm UTC Flag as inappropriate
"looks a bit like a supermarket special with the large orange swingarm styling...."
I was thinking exactly the same thing. Is that a brace welded underneath it? If so it looks very close to the tyre - Nice mud trap!
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Symeon
Posted Thu 29 Oct, 2:49 pm UTC Flag as inappropriate
"Supermarket Special'...That's a Bullseye! I'm wondering what their styling-designer's department was thinking of... Especially, coming out from a country which boasts supreme attention to detail builders Lappiere... Maybe, they meant for the yellow swing arm to bring up comparisons with Commencal's Metas or sth? Why even that (badly mimicking another company) would be a good thing though, beats me...
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Joe_Pineapples
Posted Thu 29 Oct, 3:06 pm UTC Flag as inappropriate
I like it.
It's different, and in a sea of magnolia it's definitely bright yellow.
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blinddrew
Posted Thu 29 Oct, 3:18 pm UTC Flag as inappropriate
Yep, looking at that swing-arm brace i think we're talking dry-weather only! I actually have a sunn bike, bought it over a decade ago and it's now single-speeded and running as a commuter but i always rated the frame from a handling / feel perspective
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Super Fatty
Posted Thu 29 Oct, 9:11 pm UTC Flag as inappropriate
Bloody awful and straight from the 90s.
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Barteos
Posted Thu 29 Oct, 10:35 pm UTC Flag as inappropriate
Pretty much the ugliest FS bike I've seen in years.
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steveaich
Posted Fri 30 Oct, 10:56 am UTC Flag as inappropriate
Having seen one 'in the flesh' at the London show, it looks much bettter than the pictures show. As for copying commencal, Max Commencal worked for Sunn before setting up Commencal, so yes there is a similarity, as for who is copying who, I have no answer.
More importantly how does it ride?
Better than the Meta 5 or Orange 5??(which looks like some girder attached to some scaffolding)
If so, who cares what it looks like.
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2fast4me
Posted Sun 1 Nov, 6:13 pm UTC Flag as inappropriate
Sorry to say that I wouldn’t touch it. That’s how ugly it is.
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