Cinder Cone commuter

Was going through the photos on my laptop and thought I should post a few of my commuter.... aka 98 Kona Cinder Cone built up mostly out of bits and pieces found in the shed a while back - and also sporting a reasonable amount of visible seatpost. Nothing real special but great fun blasting through the streets.

Specs are as follows:

Frame: 1998 Kona Cinder Cone, 18" double butted cromoly steel (allegedly) in Eggplant (dark purple).
Fork: 98 (99 model year though) Marzocchi Z3 light with ~65mm of travel
Headset: FSA - from the old parts bin
Crankset: Shimano no name octalink with granny removed because the new multi size clamp front derailleurs can't cope with a narrow Q factor.
Pedals: Shimano PD M536 "Mud Shedding"
Chain: Wipperman
Front Derailleur: Shimano Deore
Rear Derailleur: Shimano XT M750 long cage
Shifters: Shimano XT 750 series STI (with rapidfire shifter and brake lever together)
Bars: Titec Hellbent XC
Stem: Easton 110mm 0 degree rise
Grips: Ruffian MX lock-on
Brakes: Shimano XT M750 Vs
Wheels: old Shimano hubs with cheap rims - circa 98 which were lying around
Cassette: Deore 9 speed
Tyres: Conti TravelContacts front and rear
Seat: crica 97-98 cheap plastic job which was also lying around and is surprisingly comfy.
Seatpost: Thomson Elite 27.0 x 410mm
Weight: ?

Wow no comments whatsoever! Maybe I'll have to post somthing more worthy

ive got that exact frame in my shed someware, will build mine up one day...

Nice. The last proper Cinder Cone before Kona ruined it forever.

Very nice looking. However, I'm always confused when people put suspension forks on commuters. If you're ripping through traffic around city streets like I am, I'm gonna want the fastest-responding fork possible, I.E. a rigid one.

ameybrook":3mq54ljn said:

Very nice looking. However, I'm always confused when people put suspension forks on commuters. If you're ripping through traffic around city streets like I am, I'm gonna want the fastest-responding fork possible, I.E. a rigid one.

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Easy answer is that I got the Z3 for free and thus why pay for a set of rigid forks.

Sure they aren't as stiff as a rigid but our some of our back streets are the smoothest either

Nice 'Cone' good to see Titec Hellbents... very underated bars!