1997 Explosif Frame U.K. e-Bay

[Pipmeister]

Seller seems to be of the opinion that the frame is from this millennium! Somewhat scuffed with a bit of Chain Suck/Stuck, but a 1997 Explosif nonetheless.

Probably 19” from the best guess I can give.

A good starting price…. and rather surprisingly cheap shipping at £4.99!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kona-Explosiv ... 25af790823

Pip.

 

[knickering]

I had a little talk with hen.
He says it is 17" and bla bla.
I would also say 19"

 

[Spudly]

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The gap in between the top and down tubes is a little small for a 19" I'd be willing to say it's an 18" in fairness, that's judging from looking at my konas, an 18, two 19s and a 20" lol

 

[knickering]

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The gap in between the top and down tubes is a little small for a 19" I'd be willing to say it's an 18" in fairness, that's judging from looking at my konas, an 18, two 19s and a 20" lol

Here is a pic of my old explosif 18" with a not that big of a gap

 

[Spudly]

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Are the later ones differing tube thickness then as my 98 caldera is an 18" and the gap is bigger than the one on yours in that pic!

 

[knickering]

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Are the later ones differing tube thickness then as my 98 caldera is an 18" and the gap is bigger than the one on yours in that pic!

I don't know my friend but here is a pic from an 1995 that I found on ebay. Also with a small gap

And here is a 1998 with a big gap

 

[Pipmeister]

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Are the later ones differing tube thickness then as my 98 caldera is an 18" and the gap is bigger than the one on yours in that pic!

The 1997 Explosif is constructed from Columbus Nivacrom Max OR tubing, which has been Bi-ovalised. The Top tube is circa 36mm, and the Down Tube is circa 40mm. With the angle of the Down Tube taken into account, this would leave a gap of 16mm on an 18” frame, which has a 110mm Headtube. The gap would be approximately 36mm on a 19” frame, as it has a 130mm Headtube, which is what we see in the e-Bay frame.

The gap between the Top Tube and the Down Tube on a 1998 Caldera will indeed be wider as the tubing is not Bi-ovalised.

See pictures below for examples of my 1997 18” Explosif bike, and a random 19” 1997 Explosif frame.

Pip

 

[xam1]

Here´s my example of -97 Explosif in 18" size, so no way that ebay frame is 17". Closest to 17" on that frame could be in between Center-to-Center measure.

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=302607

 

[al-onestare]

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Best framed machine I have. Apart from the Kilauea ;-) From that shot I'd guess it's 18". Mines a 19" if you need to compare.