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Kona Fan
I Picked up this cash on collection, 93 Lava Dome locally through eBay and as is often the case, the condition on viewing was much worse than in the eBay ad images… after discovering the seat post was seized (which the vendor neglected to mention in the ad) I was ready to walk away. The seller had other ideas and offered me the lacklustre Lava Dome at a price I couldn’t refuse. He told me about a local guy “the Seatpost man” whose sole business is the removal of seized seat posts. looking into the cost 
.. it was almost what i paid for the bike so that was a non starter 
The initial plan was to deal with the rust best as possible without major strip down, clean, service and use it as an all-weather rider. I use all my bikes though some I’d rather not use in rubbish weather. this one I was going to use in any weather. Also, it was something to tinker with in the enforced, furloughed, covid lockdown layoff.
Following a thorough service, degrease and clean I treated the rust and sourced some automotive colour touch in paints but finding a good colour match for the original Kona paint scheme was nigh on impossible. I continued to use the bike in this state for a number of months before deciding on a full strip down and repaint.
.. it was almost what i paid for the bike so that was a non starter The initial plan was to deal with the rust best as possible without major strip down, clean, service and use it as an all-weather rider. I use all my bikes though some I’d rather not use in rubbish weather. this one I was going to use in any weather. Also, it was something to tinker with in the enforced, furloughed, covid lockdown layoff.
Following a thorough service, degrease and clean I treated the rust and sourced some automotive colour touch in paints but finding a good colour match for the original Kona paint scheme was nigh on impossible. I continued to use the bike in this state for a number of months before deciding on a full strip down and repaint.
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it was actually being used prior to me taking it on ... as you can see, all components are "well lubed" the previous owner used it for riding to the Gym... apparently the general mankiness was a cunning disguise to deter potential thieves from helping themselves to it 
