My Retro ride – no garage queen round here
95 Model Kona Explosif with 96 Paint, 18", Columbus max tubing.
Bought at the end of the 1995 when I needed a frame quickly as I’d just broken my second Trek OCLV that year. :shock: I put a thumb sized dent in the top tube three weeks after getting it . I only planned to keep this frame for a few months but ended up travelling to the USA and New Zealand with it. Instead of racing in the UK the following summer I spent two weeks in Nevada City and Downieville before skiing and cycling round the South Island.
I did race this bike a few years later in the SCU series – 98. By then the bike was looking very tatty and I have a habit of looking as scruffy as my bikes. :roll: At the second race they called the top ten from the previous race to the front. As I lined up next to Mr Pristine racer guy he looked across and spoke down to me, “They said the top ten didn’t they?â€
95 Model Kona Explosif with 96 Paint, 18", Columbus max tubing.
Bought at the end of the 1995 when I needed a frame quickly as I’d just broken my second Trek OCLV that year. :shock: I put a thumb sized dent in the top tube three weeks after getting it . I only planned to keep this frame for a few months but ended up travelling to the USA and New Zealand with it. Instead of racing in the UK the following summer I spent two weeks in Nevada City and Downieville before skiing and cycling round the South Island.
I did race this bike a few years later in the SCU series – 98. By then the bike was looking very tatty and I have a habit of looking as scruffy as my bikes. :roll: At the second race they called the top ten from the previous race to the front. As I lined up next to Mr Pristine racer guy he looked across and spoke down to me, “They said the top ten didn’t they?â€