Please date my Kona Caldera
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With those Dropouts and that Cable Routing, it could be either 1998 or 1999.
2000 and 2001 they are Aluminium with Disc Tabs.
That is of course, if it is a Caldera - do you know the original colour?
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With those Dropouts and that Cable Routing, it could be either 1998 or 1999.
2000 and 2001 they are Aluminium with Disc Tabs.
That is of course, if it is a Caldera - do you know the original colour?
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Thanks. I had no idea it wasn't original colour, but I did wonder why I couldn't find that Colourway anywhere else :facepalm:
Looking at it more closely, it looks like it's been rattle-canned.
Can't see any remains of the previous colour, must have been stripped before spraying.
Thanks. I had no idea it wasn't original colour, but I did wonder why I couldn't find that Colourway anywhere else :facepalm:
Looking at it more closely, it looks like it's been rattle-canned.
Can't see any remains of the previous colour, must have been stripped before spraying.
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Judging by the colour underneath the blue, I think it looks like this:
viewtopic.php?f=41&t=214134
Is there any value in restoring the colour back to original and restickering?
Judging by the colour underneath the blue, I think it looks like this:
viewtopic.php?f=41&t=214134
Is there any value in restoring the colour back to original and restickering?
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Yes, with that colour showing through it seems that your frame is likely be a 1999 Caldera.
The only other options with those Dropouts and that Cable routing are the 1998 and 1999 Explosif, and rather oddly, a 1999 Lava Dome that also had the superior New (Dew) Drop "K" Investment Cast Dropouts - but that seems less likely now after seeing the colour underneath.
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Yes, with that colour showing through it seems that your frame is likely be a 1999 Caldera.
The only other options with those Dropouts and that Cable routing are the 1998 and 1999 Explosif, and rather oddly, a 1999 Lava Dome that also had the superior New (Dew) Drop "K" Investment Cast Dropouts - but that seems less likely now after seeing the colour underneath.
I am the last person to give advice with regards to the "value" of a Retro Bike, but you would really be doing it for yourself, rather than increasing any possible future sale cost.fullerlee":5u7vazm0 said:
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