1994 Kona Hei Hei frame

[guybe]

Back on ebay.....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/KONA-HEI-HEI-TITA ... .m14.l1318

 

[Little Bob]

I'm guessing this is an 18" - anyone able to confirm? Anthony?

 

[guybe]

I think it's either 17" or 18" sizes

 

[messiah]

Is it just me or does the seat tube stub above the top tube look too short?

 

[Tallpaul]

Is it just me or does the seat tube stub above the top tube look too short?

That very frame and its seat-tube were discussed here:

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... ht=hei+hei

I'm none the wiser as to why there are Hei Hei's out there with them, but there certainly are a few. For me it devalues the frame to the point of not being worth purchasing; Why pay the Kona 'premium' (be it real or imagined) for a frame that doesn't look like a Kona? :?

 

[Anthony]

I'm guessing this is an 18" - anyone able to confirm? Anthony?

Can't tell from the photo whether it's a 17 or an 18, but if it's a 94 frame as stated then there weren't any size 17s in the 94 brochure, so I'd agree with your guess Rob.

 

[Tallpaul]

The serial number from a photo in the original auction says it's an 18"

 

[Anthony]

I'm guessing this is an 18" - anyone able to confirm? Anthony?

Can't tell from the photo whether it's a 17 or an 18, but if it's a 94 frame as stated then there weren't any size 17s in the 94 brochure, so I'd agree with your guess Rob.

Incidentally, although there were no size 17s in the 1994 brochure, here is a size 17 1994 Kula. It is US-owned, so my belief (but happy to be corrected by anybody who knows more) is that they started to make size 17 in 1994, but didn't import any to the UK until 1995.

 

[Jones]

From the measurements he's now added its a 19" isn't it :?:

 

[jez-4-bikes-max]

Looks like a 17" to me. Ive owned 18 and 19 and they look completely different. Infact Im dead sure its a 17"