Recent content by King_Cooper

Yes it came back from the spray shop the wrong shade, and with the wrong decals. The shop also sprayed the forks!! They used to be silver/grey like the stem. The front logo is wrong too. It originally had the swirly blue circle, now it’s got a “K” My aim is now to rectify those issues.

Excellent. I’ll have that impact headset off you then mate.

Re: Re: Does this headset have the Allen bolt that runs through it? I’ve got one on my Kona but the bolt must have sheared at some point and is stuck in it! Cheers

This is how it used to look before I smashed it up.. (This is a photo I found online, unfortunately not my bike)

This is my bike The colours are slightly darker than they should be for the 1996. And it’s got the wrong coloured decals. As I mentioned, I managed the bend the derailleur hanger, so it went for repair and came back a different colour!

Re: Cheers mate, I’ll check the build threads out. My plan would be to put it back to its original finesse. So I’d like to get the original colour bang on with the original blue decals. Powder coating would be my plan if I was changing the colour. Who is the chap in Leeds? I don’t live too...

Hi Guys, I’m new here. Got an old Kona Cindercone. Bought it with savings and birthday money as a teenager when it was only a year or so old. Paid £450 for it back then, and LOVED it ever since! Used it pretty much daily all the way through my teens - until I got a car, and it disappeared into...