19 inch 1993/94 WHITE KONA KILAUEA FRAME

frame as above in MINT condition

£145

including BB + Impact headset

also available:

tripple butted P2 forks £30
race light seatpost £20
velocity stem £15

sorry about blurred pics camera is on its way out!

Prices are + postage.

Any pics? I'm semi-looking for a '94 19" Kona, but I'm not sure if white is the colour...

pics now added - enjoy!

Is it original paint?

Ill have this off you. And the P2s.

pm sent

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hey

dibs on the project two's please if they become available

Ta

Andy

This is a 93 or earlier frame that has been repainted white. The picture below of Steve Jones’ near-mint Cinder Cone shows the 94-pattern dropouts and original 94 decal set. Your frame has the triangular shape in the dropout that is characteristic of 91-93 Kona frames. The 93 Kilauea was red and silver.

Looks like the first year they did this model frame. It was a purple colour if I recall originally.

Shared the same frameset as the Explosif too I think - you can see the ovalisation of the downtube at the top and bottom. Pretty sure this is a Kilauea.

jez-4-bikes-max":1aqoozzn said:

Is it original paint?

Ill have this off you. And the P2s.

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Also going by the paint in the bottom bracket shell, headtube and cablestops etc i'd say it's been painted and not built since.

jez-4-bikes-max":1wytzc2c said:

Looks like the first year they did this model frame. It was a purple colour if I recall originally.

Shared the same frameset as the Explosif too I think - you can see the ovalisation of the downtube at the top and bottom. Pretty sure this is a Kilauea.

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I agree it does look as though it is a Kilauea, but I can’t tell for sure from these photos. Evidence in its favour is that it does look like a Tange Prestige Concept bulge-butted seat tube (in contrast to the one on the Cinder Cone which actually narrows/ovalises as it meets the bb shell). If the top and down tubes have an oval cross-section, tapering from 34/30 at the front to 30/27 at the back, then those are Concept tubes, as used on the Explosif from 1990 to 92 and the Kilauea from 1993 to 95.

I own a repainted Kilauea myself, and it was only by reference to the tubeset, the dropout type and the serial number that I was able to prove to myself first that it actually was a Kilauea and secondly that it was a 94 (with 97 decals!)

This shows what an original 93 Kilauea looks like (natty tyre choice)