The Kona is a stronger frame, the Giant is more efficient pedaling.
Personally, I've been leaning towards a Dawg for myself, hopefully before the weather turns nice, but I see plenty of options out there and I'm not going to make my heart ache by test riding all of them until I've got the money in the account to do something about it. I'd be interested to hear which you get and what you think about it.
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