1995 Cindercone

Afternoon everyone

I thought it high time to share my latest bike, a 95 Cindercone!!

There was one of these for sale in the bike shop i did work experience in aged 15... couldn't quite stretch to the £700 they cost back then, even though i stared at it every day of that fortnight. My dad lent me the money for a fire mountain instead on the proviso i convince said shop to give me a weekend job, which they did, and it took a year of Saturdays and Sundays to pay for that forest green Fire mountain! And i've been in bike shops ever since.

So this is great for me, i always loved the colours, and i hope to rescue the original paint with touch ups if i can.

Plan is a mix of 737/739 XT to give it that extra zing, and the extra stopping power of V's.



A big thanks for RobMac for supplying the triple butted forks and stem:



Damaged decals i hope to rescue:



Shame about this little crease- telltale sign of someone trying to fit a mech band that's the wrong size and beasting it on



Forks look better than the frame:



Sweet logos:



Just need to make some room to move in the shed :roll:

Looks good, bound to have some patina but ham fisted mechanics are annoying, nice that you’ll be riding the bike you wanted though.

I restored one of these in 2018, really nice to ride and a very smart colour combo.

One of the best colours Kona used, looking forward to seeing the progress.

Minifreak":gy2ajfe2 said:

Looks good, bound to have some patina but ham fisted mechanics are annoying, nice that you’ll be riding the bike you wanted though.

I restored one of these in 2018, really nice to ride and a very smart colour combo.

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Did you do a build thread?

Also, just found this one: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=265433
Complete with useful paint codes!

I did, pics on page 3 still work:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=384590&hilit=Kona+cinder+cone

Hope we see yours come together nicely

Tim

Very nice this will be a great bike when its done

Small update...

Popped into work early today for some alone time with 'Mr Rozone'..



To sort out these dirty little things...



Brake pads (originals!) fell apart pretty easily



Soaky



thats better!!



Plus, a package has arrived!!! Gotta get some new rims ordered then i'll build up some wheels

Love that vintage period for Kona.

My latest eBay find.. sorely tempted to put them on this build. I may wait though.

nice update