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This little Kona came up on here recently, for sale as an almost complete bike, and very cheap, so thinking I could probably make something back on the parts I didn't need, and use the frame as the basis for a steel hack road going bike, I got in there quick!
Unfortunately the designated courier decided to start playing silly b*ggers and never picked it up from the seller (twice) so in the end it got delivered to me in person last weekend (thanks Mike!) and I had it pretty much stripped bare within half an hour. The sticking point, literally, was the XT BB, seized in the frame, and with no bench vice and a lousy cold and sinus infection hampering my usual Superwoman powers, I gave up and put the thing up for sale for a while!
Today I did a cycle jumble with my Dad, the frame didn't sell there, so when I went back to my parents for a cup of tea, Dad spent ten minutes in his workshop while I chatted to Mum, and as he had a bench vice, and I'd, ahem, loosened it a bit for him, it apparently came out pretty easily. And the XT BB is a UN71 in really nice condition!
So now, when I can be bothered to unload it from the car, it'll get a good polish and then I'll start the hunt for some cheap forks. I was going to get the frame powder coated, but to be fair the paint will come up pretty good and it is nice and original - plus I like the Cadbury's chocolate wrapper purple-y blue colour!! Then it's going to be a single speed, for now, with some nice lightweight parts to go on. Needs a longer seatpost, and of course it's an obscure size being an older Kona, but it's all doable with a bit of patience.
Unfortunately the designated courier decided to start playing silly b*ggers and never picked it up from the seller (twice) so in the end it got delivered to me in person last weekend (thanks Mike!) and I had it pretty much stripped bare within half an hour. The sticking point, literally, was the XT BB, seized in the frame, and with no bench vice and a lousy cold and sinus infection hampering my usual Superwoman powers, I gave up and put the thing up for sale for a while!
Today I did a cycle jumble with my Dad, the frame didn't sell there, so when I went back to my parents for a cup of tea, Dad spent ten minutes in his workshop while I chatted to Mum, and as he had a bench vice, and I'd, ahem, loosened it a bit for him, it apparently came out pretty easily. And the XT BB is a UN71 in really nice condition!
So now, when I can be bothered to unload it from the car, it'll get a good polish and then I'll start the hunt for some cheap forks. I was going to get the frame powder coated, but to be fair the paint will come up pretty good and it is nice and original - plus I like the Cadbury's chocolate wrapper purple-y blue colour!! Then it's going to be a single speed, for now, with some nice lightweight parts to go on. Needs a longer seatpost, and of course it's an obscure size being an older Kona, but it's all doable with a bit of patience.
