Exeter Man
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The saddle and decals have finished it beautifully. Well done that man!
Regards
Regards
1995 Kona Cindercone
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Plus one":300l2v6w said:
Just got to this thread. Your Kona looks classic and very nice. The gold fork/stem colour is beautiful on that frame. Pics never do the blue/green of the cindercone justice, but having the same frame I can picture it perfectly.
I live in Guernsey where powdercoating for a frame and fork is £100, and postage to and from the mainland would be £60, so though I'm tempted by a respray I haven't justified it to myself yet...but everytime I see these threads I get a bit closer!
Of all my retro bikes the Kona rides the best. I'd love a go on an expolsif or Kilauaea to see if there's any discernible difference.
swadlinboi
Old School Hero
very nice, but that seat height would do me an injury how can you ride it that high?
rollodes":25xeqr28 said:Plus one":25xeqr28 said:
Just got to this thread. Your Kona looks classic and very nice. The gold fork/stem colour is beautiful on that frame. Pics never do the blue/green of the cindercone justice, but having the same frame I can picture it perfectly.
I live in Guernsey where powdercoating for a frame and fork is £100, and postage to and from the mainland would be £60, so though I'm tempted by a respray I haven't justified it to myself yet...but everytime I see these threads I get a bit closer!
Of all my retro bikes the Kona rides the best. I'd love a go on an expolsif or Kilauaea to see if there's any discernible difference.
Thanks
Yes the forks/stem turned out really well and a bargain at £30 I paid to have them painted .. You thought of having paint instead ??
The turquoise is indeed beautiful !!! I was fortunate to have owned a 99 explosif very recently but was sold on as I was knee deep in bikes
It was a cracking ride too and it was a shade more compliant than the cindercone but for me the kona geometry makes the biggest difference in that they are a joy to ride..
Hope you get yours done would love to see the results
Col
Lots of retro bikes have come and gone ... Not this one
Still used fairly regular(pic taken) before first winter salt went down
95 Kona Cindercone by Plus one2010, on Flickr
Still used fairly regular(pic taken) before first winter salt went down
95 Kona Cindercone by Plus one2010, on Flickr
feetabix
Retrobike Rider
Still one of my best riding bikes..........thin, pingy steel with a perfectly complementary fork.......I'm no geometry expert, but they got it right when they designed the early to mid nineties konas.......I am looking at mine now, and I want to go out an ride it now!.......
