I bought my Kona Phd in 2008, after my Trek 8000 mountain bike got stolen while chained to a secure post outside a busy mall.
Never gave any thought to what I wanted next .... but knew that it should be a bit more nimble for city riding....on paved roads.
All I knew was that it had some decent parts and I liked the name Phd.

Ever since late 2019 Ive been relying more and more on my Kona Phd to get around and I can't tell you how much Ive grown
to appreciate it. It's a hell of a bike. Agility, energy and some great gears that give you some real pace.

It helped that I changed out a few parts to carbon and got the weight down to about 11.25 kg or so.

I recently was toying with getting a new bike with all the latest braking and gear shifting technologies....Canyon Roadlite CF9 Ltd et al...but decided that I would
try making some improvements to the Kona Phd to give it a new lease of life instead. Mind you it still works great as is..... but seeing a little rust around the
V Brake mechanics.... also, changing some parts would make me feel a little safer as its been 14 years or so.

Are any of you still riding your Phds...are they serving you as well as mine is?