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One complication on the STI front is that first generation, even DX level, had reliability problems. I had a set on my bike, and they failed about about six weeks. Being a naive young lad, I didn't trouble my bike shop assuming I was at fault. But I immediately replaced them with DX...

Clearly, you're a Kona fanboy and bought into the mythos - and that's OK. Others are similarly affectionate and misty-eyed about the other bike brands, like Marin and Raleigh. Maybe not Trek though :D. Even when positioning themselves as taking the road less trodden, it's still branding and...

Not convinced many bike brands, like Kona, were anything more than cleverly marketed mass produced bikes we enjoyed in our younger more naive days, and now look upon with misty eyed nostalgia. I can understand the love for brands which were hand built by boutique bike makers for specific...

The earliest ones I saw were from 1988.

I wouldn't want to own or ride them, but think they look ace. Every so often one of these nutters will come up with the next breakthrough in cycling. Or if not, they have plenty of fun along the way. Reminds me of the time I sold our Pashley Add-1 (basically the rear end of a trike that can...

You must be new to the world of ebay description hazing. There are plenty of pre-AI examples of similar idiocy.

Just to say, and I don't know if this was intended - but there's an address in plain sight on a number of those photos.

I think the only wet dreams that is going to inspire are the ones where I'm drowning in shite.

yeah, fair enough if sellers are offering to donate the proceeds to charity but feels a little ick otherwise. Edit: Reading the HMRC rules about lotteries, these posts don't look legal (in the UK, other jurisdictions may differ) because of their commercial intent, lack of reporting to...

It's all about where you draw the line, isn't it? Nature doesn't need us walking or cycling or ebiking into it. If it was able to express a preference, it would probably be that we shouldn't bother. There is definitely a good point around destroying other people's natural resources to enjoy...

Remember lusting over one of these in my local bike shop. Great find.

The comments below the STW article say it all really. Loads of nostalgia and affection for the brand from the 80s/90s - but no-one's buying new ones as the spec is middling for the money Kona are wanting (cf Orange). I suspect brands like Whyte will follow. I love my Whyte, but the original RRP...

Probably would steer clear. It looks like someone cut off the original seat post, and then jammed a smaller one in there. Plus it's a right mix of components, mostly not very good ones.

OP, not a chance. For all round mtb stuff, a modern moderately priced hard tail MTB is still hard to beat. Better riding position, better geometry, discs offer better brakes when the going gets wet, dropper post, the simplicity of today's bottom brackets & stems, better tyre patterns and...

Shite. Priced to appeal to urban hipsters.

Oh, FFS

When I think about what's finally killed my bikes, it's usually frame failures. Kirk revolution - drop out snapped off Dawes Ranger - cracked bottom bracket shell On-one Inbred - Rusted out Bottom bracket shell Whyte 901 - broken seat tube 4T titanium - broken seat tube x 2 Ritchey logic -...

I'm not forgetting anything. You have introduced a new dimension around money flows where it frankly it becomes impossible to track or consider what might have happened to the money you spent. Perhaps much of the £8K went on paying the salaries of those who built and sold the bike - and they in...

You got me, it's not quite 36. The UK population eats 2.4 billion steaks: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/british-meateaters-eat-2-5-billion-beef-burgers-b1946149.html Divide by 67m which is the approx UK population at the time...

Train to Amsterdam is quite civilised from London - only one change at Brussels via Eurostar. Price was about 70 quid, but that was a few years ago.