perry":1q8hq14z said:if your a confident fettler it shouldnt be too much of a struggle and a lot of the info can be found or were only too happy to answer any specific question you come to
rojo":3qppirki said:Does anyone know anywhere else apart from ebay for bikes??
JeRkY":1lr78tbd said:rojo":1lr78tbd said:Does anyone know anywhere else apart from ebay for bikes??
Check the forsale section here, Pickle has a number of complete bikes for sale at the moment. And I think he rides around that sort of size.
FluffyChicken":23ymaql9 said:rojo, put you r location in, the folks here at retrobike are a nice bunch even if if never met them. Someone may be down the road from you or near you and may love to have a fettle and chat to help you build up a bike (and may have the all important tools)
I'm 5' 9½" and I ride a 20" bike, I have a 18½" bike also of a similar design that is ridable as long as the seatpost is very long but really is too small, fun but too small. Both retro ('91/'92).
So use the 19/20" only as a guide. The only way is to try them out, if you have any old pictures of the Kona you had post them and people here are pretty good at telling you what size it'll be. That and every other last bit of details even down to tube thickness it had
I wouldn't have a clue what size I would ride with a modern setup as the frame design have changed and the front especially has altered. I would have to go to a Local Bike Store, even <god forbid, (Cardiff excluded > Halfords.
So another way would be to go to a local retrobike meet if there is on and try them out.
Of course, buy and sell on if it's not right works as well.
W W Biffta":3hyh3z8d said:well say building bikes from parts is pretty straight forward, but probably would be more cost effective to buy a complete bike.
only thing i would say is if you do buy a used bike, the bits you might have to work on will likely be the most awkward bits of a full build anyway.
problems i have had in the past are usually to do with parts that need specific tools, but to be honest any multi tool will probably be ok for bolting parts onto a frame cos almost everything uses hex keys these days.
ahead sets and sealed bearings take most of the fiddlyness out of things. in fact i would the only bad memories ive got from recent times have to do with removing those sorts of pressed in parts (there is probbaly a tool i dont want to pay for lol)