Kona Private Jake (2017)

If you want to do more and want your bike to go with you, Kona offer the Private Jake as the most versatile privateer bike in their lineup. The geometry is designed around CX racing and fast days in the mud, but the aluminum frame and carbon fork also feel at home on longer grinders, short commutes or B-road exploration. A 1x11-speed SRAM Rival 1 drivetrain tackles shifting duties, providing the gears you need and reducing the parts you don't. And if your thoughts turn shift-less, the slider dropouts make it easy to drop all the gears and narrow it down to just One and Fun. It rolls on sturdy Alex wheels and Clement tires for traction in the muck and mud, and scrubbing speed has never been simpler thanks to the Tektro Spyre dual-piston disc brakes. If you’re looking for that one true privateer bike, it sounds like your search is over.