Recent content by voodoorider

Re: Agreed, my 94 Kona explosif came with xc pro thumbies and shimano cassette, still running it today, no issues.

When you're in Absolute Bikes, Salida, CO and you're drooling at the collection that lined the top of the store.. great guys... but won't sell me a pair of Fisher Fatrax tires to finish out my CR-7.. http://absolutebikes.com/bike-museum/ Hopefully taking the Cotic down Monarch Crest tomorrow...

Re: Ahh, the bar end... gone but nor forgotten. All my retro rides have then, except the CR7. I remember seeing them first appear at the Malverns, the pro's were riding the original Onza stubbies... went to my local store, Haywards in Cambridge, you couldn't get them for love or...

Interesting, yes, my 94 Kona Explosif came with suntour thumbies, I thinking the Marin IFT it replaced had rapidfire by that time, had never really thought about that before.

This expat may just need to get his pre-order in... I'll give it a plug on the DORBA fb page, we have done great things in Dallas in building a trail network that will rival most metro areas.

Start watching ebay like a hawk for specific parts you're looking for, and the for sale posts on this forum.

Yep, the IFT was much fatter and polished Al. I broke the frame after 18 months and switched to 94 Explosif.

Yeah, ditto on what type of glue to people use? Is it a contact adhesive, I assume something that doesn't dissolve the foam! I have a Fisher saddle I need to do, and maybe my flite that's looking kinda rough these days. Fortunately we have a good supply of leather in the next city over...

Here's a before... finally putting some time into it. I have all the original bolts, it was just the one I had to drill out to get the rear triangle off.

^^^ I have one of those sitting in my front room in bits as well, its just back from being powder coated. Had to drill out one of the BB bolts, fortunately they seem to be standard metric and was able to get a new one at Home Depot last night. Hopefully tonight I'll do some more work on her.

That would be a repaint...

And she's apart! Ended up drilling it out which left me enough to grab on to with mole grips or vice grips as they are here and pull the rest out... Off for a reprint now!

Dad lives 5000 miles away... Would be an expensive fix... Anyway back fro. Sears with a set of craftsman drill-out/screw-out that basically looks like what has been suggested a bit that cuts into the damaged Allen hole, so we'll see, soaking with penetrating oil right now.... I also got a...

Yep I'm familiar with easy outs....I've also had one snap on me on my subaru ps pump.. But I think it may have been made of monkey metal... Oh to have access to my dad's garage... I may just drill the head so I can separate the two parts which will make it 100% easier to work on. I can get...

Thanks.. Yep just spoke with my Dad, he taught mechanics for like 30 years after RAE and cranfield institute... So what he doesn't know.... He agreed with the drill/heat/mole grips.... I wonder where I can source some left handed drill bits in Dallas.... Off to google I go.