Re: The good old days when bike manufacturers publicised wei
Quoted weight of the 'AA' in the '94 catalogue is 25.9lbs, in fact, only two bikes in that year from Kona were below 24lbs, the Kula and the Hei Hei. I'm pretty confident that they were a lot more than £900.
Kona really were clever with their kit, they pushed the lightweight angle, speccing mix and match groupsets to prove that you didn't have to bend over for Shimano and that you could build a lighter bike by not doing so. With their long top tubes, they have a very modern geometry too, slap some decent disc brakes on some of their high end bikes from '95-'96 and you'd struggle to find a better bike today.... almost
Quoted weight of the 'AA' in the '94 catalogue is 25.9lbs, in fact, only two bikes in that year from Kona were below 24lbs, the Kula and the Hei Hei. I'm pretty confident that they were a lot more than £900.
Kona really were clever with their kit, they pushed the lightweight angle, speccing mix and match groupsets to prove that you didn't have to bend over for Shimano and that you could build a lighter bike by not doing so. With their long top tubes, they have a very modern geometry too, slap some decent disc brakes on some of their high end bikes from '95-'96 and you'd struggle to find a better bike today.... almost