what's the best year of the kona explosif

Peterpoddy · May 23, 2012

feetabix":2tjpx08p said:
I think the best year is subjective really, but I do agree that is lovely pete!....

Agreed, and, err, agreed!!

Peterpoddy · May 23, 2012

justbackdated":12711txl said:
Mmm-deffo '93 with that fluted downtube

Mine has a silver front/blue rear though!

See? I was right!

Mine's been sprayed, but that's as close to the OE colour as I could find. UK ones were silver/colour fade but that's a USA spec frame, and was originally green with champagne colour forks and stem.

jonnyboy666 · May 23, 2012

have to go with 92

my first kona, and it was an Explosif built with xtr (paid for completely by me out of paper rounds) and i won my first race on it, by 3 1/2 minutes and i bought it back a couple of years ago off the guy i sold it to in 1995

here she is now

BerthaPog · May 23, 2012

Slight bias for '94 here.

ndaand · May 23, 2012

Here is the recent poll for favorite year Kona:
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=182437

jonnyboy666 · May 23, 2012

that poll says 97!! talk about sitting on the retro fence!!

Yetidh9 · May 23, 2012

I would also say 97. But even though I am totally into the feeling of the thinwalled columbus max tubes I find the fitting of the top tube and seat rube to be a little unfinished... That could have been done better... but besides that the 97 in the golden colour does it for me!

al-onestare · May 24, 2012

97 all the way!

aerius · May 25, 2012

For me it's a coin flip between the 94 and 97.

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