how is he doing that with all the brake jack *sarcasm*

Couple things - Firstly, these bikes have to be set up properly for the actual benefits to be fully realized. For obvious reasons this is more time consuming then even a normal full-sus setup. I've seen people hop on these things and take them out for a test ride without changing a thing. This is a bike shop employee nightmare to setup for people to take out for a test ride. Secondly, don't know how good of idea it is on Kona's part to show people that "Hey, this is in the works now. It won't be on the 2012 bikes but probably will be by 2013....Ughh, we still hope you will purchase a 2012 model though." My 2 cents.

throw away your old elixirs! These will ones will also help you ride up-hill faster.

the star nut doesn't look like it's far enough inside the steerer tube. Anyone else notice?