Kona Explosif 19” for sale
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well the '96 has the columbus tubes with the ovalised ends so very distinctive and easy to tell apart from the '91 
A pic is a good idea if you want to sell, i doubt anyone will buy a bike for £800 without seeing it and it would help to identify the year, also location would help and condition etc
A pic is a good idea if you want to sell, i doubt anyone will buy a bike for £800 without seeing it and it would help to identify the year, also location would help and condition etc
Gaddmeister
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Agree with Mkone. Can't expect a sale of a bike for £800 without a specification of parts and photos. To me it sounds vastly overpriced. My opinion. Glwts.mkone":nrb4n5qy said:well the '96 has the columbus tubes with the ovalised ends so very distinctive and easy to tell apart from the '91
A pic is a good idea if you want to sell, i doubt anyone will buy a bike for £800 without seeing it and it would help to identify the year, also location would help and condition etc
Pipmeister
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By my reckoning it isn’t a ’91 or a ‘96 as suggested by the seller:
The ’91 would have a forward facing integral Seatpost clamp.
It certainly doesn’t look like Columbus Max tubing of the ’96.
The ‘92 Explosif has a separate Seatpost clamp and braze-on Seat Stay Rack Eyelets like the one on e-Bay, so we could assume the Rear Brake Cable Stop was an addition before powder coating. However, it also has Tange Prestige Concept tubing, and the bike for sale appears to have no flare to the Seat Tube at the bottom bracket – hard to see in the pictures, but it is fitted with Low Clamp Front Mech.
So what is it? 1992 Hahanna, Fire Mountain, Lava Dome….
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kona-Explosi ... SwKIdaaE0C
Pip
By my reckoning it isn’t a ’91 or a ‘96 as suggested by the seller:
The ’91 would have a forward facing integral Seatpost clamp.
It certainly doesn’t look like Columbus Max tubing of the ’96.
The ‘92 Explosif has a separate Seatpost clamp and braze-on Seat Stay Rack Eyelets like the one on e-Bay, so we could assume the Rear Brake Cable Stop was an addition before powder coating. However, it also has Tange Prestige Concept tubing, and the bike for sale appears to have no flare to the Seat Tube at the bottom bracket – hard to see in the pictures, but it is fitted with Low Clamp Front Mech.
So what is it? 1992 Hahanna, Fire Mountain, Lava Dome….
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kona-Explosi ... SwKIdaaE0C
Pip
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Jury's out on this one...
Not a 1996 Explosif (as already pointed out), tubing profiles, cable routing and rear dropouts all wrong..
Probably not a 1991 either, should have integrated seat clamp for one, which this doesn't (unless it's been chopped off). It's hard to tell if it has the Prestige Concept tubing as the pictures aren't great and it's a dark colour.
TBH I don't think it's an Explosif, daft price or otherwise :?
EDIT: DIdn't see that Pipmeister had pretty much written the above :facepalm:
Jury's out on this one...
Not a 1996 Explosif (as already pointed out), tubing profiles, cable routing and rear dropouts all wrong..
Probably not a 1991 either, should have integrated seat clamp for one, which this doesn't (unless it's been chopped off). It's hard to tell if it has the Prestige Concept tubing as the pictures aren't great and it's a dark colour.
TBH I don't think it's an Explosif, daft price or otherwise :?
EDIT: DIdn't see that Pipmeister had pretty much written the above :facepalm:
