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    Specialized Allez 2006 Upgrade - Some General Questions

    Not ignoring advice Tel :? , local branch of EBC is Aberdeen....bought the Allez 16 speed from them in 2006, I am calling the head set the shifters I apologise..was told over the phone that my current Sorta shifters limit what I can do ie like fitting Tiagra 9-10 speed compact crank and rear...
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    Specialized Allez 2006 Upgrade - Some General Questions

    Cheers lads...bike is booked into my local ECB later in month. Fitting a Shimano 2300 compact and new BB. Cheap <£100 upgrades, I will be asking about 8 ring cassettes I can upgrade to. I was told Sora headset limits my choices, bike is 16 speed. I will ask about fitting an SRAM 11/28 onto the...
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    Specialized Allez 2006 Upgrade - Some General Questions

    Chaps, looking at converting my current winter bike (Specialized Allez 2006 Double) into a Cyclocross, are 28mm width tyres as wide as I can go? I know a daft question but I'd have to buy the tyres and if they do not fit a major PITA. Wheelset is Fulcrum 5s. Also changing out the high geared...
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    Advice please I had a Kona Lava Dome 1992 but it died .....

    Seen those Tim, but having some of the examples sold on this forum (not just Kona ...) I'll hold out for a prime example. Actually the Kona Hahanna (1996) sold a few days ago on for £200 was a perfect condition example. Well maintained derailers and crankset/chain were immaculate ..... was very...
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    Advice please I had a Kona Lava Dome 1992 but it died .....

    I recall the Shimano DEORE Groupset Anthony on mine......Anyway I am becoing better informed on the years/variants. I never appreciated what I had until I lost it. :( . Wonderfully light, really responsive on any hill, just a perfect bike for my needs. This is the cube that replace it...
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    Advice please I had a Kona Lava Dome 1992 but it died .....

    Definitely be keeping my eye on the classifieds this is exactly what I'd be looking for ..... http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=223508 Lovely lovely .... so hard trying to find a simple lightweight MTB hence going retro ... some of the bikes I see in here are stunning.
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    Advice please I had a Kona Lava Dome 1992 but it died .....

    That looks identically like my 1992 LD .... in fact mine may have been a 1993. I hear you brothers about budget - was just not sure of the Kona range after 1995! as I was happily using my LD, my old LD just succumbed to all old allen screws corroding.....never even knew of this site when I...
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    Advice please I had a Kona Lava Dome 1992 but it died .....

    Cheers Anthony....I noticed a very nice example of a 1996 Kona Hahanna (Gold/Grey P2s) just sold for £200 on Ebay. I actually joined this site after daily droolings on the MTB sale forum.!
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    Advice please I had a Kona Lava Dome 1992 but it died .....

    I then replaced that with a Cube Ltd Pro CLS ....... but not a patch on my old Lava Dome (so gave that to my teenage son). So I am currently looking at old school retro bikes....looking for a simple hardtail, no shox, nice simple steel chromoloy or aluminium...... I have seen Kona later...
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