1991 Lavadome

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This was my first mountain bike - I saved for months for this. Good that I still held on to it after all these years.

The 500LX groupset pretty much died and in 1993 I swapped over my sisters rarely used Alpine Stars full DX groupet over to this frame. I then decided it was a good idea to spend 200 quid on the original Quadras when they came out. I was soooo excited when I got them. Bloody rubbish they were.



Got some Mavic M231cd with 'unused' Ground Control tryes on XT hubs a couple of months back to make it look good again.

Thought I'd take a pic and feature it on here.

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nooo not the ultimate steed- just could never part with this.

New kona and pace will be posted shortly on here aswell......been busy this weekend fettling....
 
pre spd...

love the old kona!

been a fan of them for a few years and got one myself.
Even got a pair of those forks kicking around too.....and your right , they are crap!!

Is that a pair of power-grips on the pedals??

thought they had all rotted years ago...
 
I know exactly what you mean. My first bike was a 96 Lava Dome and even though its not the flagship I wouldn't want to part with it!

Nice work fella, you've clearly looked after it!
 
Hi Jez,thats why you wanted the Retro Kona race jersey so badly then.

Nice to see another classic Kona on the forum.
 

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