sparkybhp
Senior Retro Guru
Hi folks, just wanted to upload a pic and some details of my latest project - picked it up last night.
I thought that the days of picking up one of these at sensible money were gone, anyone else notice how thin on the ground early Konas are getting?
This came up on Gumtree about 40mins from me and the guy accepted my offer, so off I went to collect it.
It’s in incredibly good order considering it’s 30 years old - the gorgeous paintwork has really stood the test of time. I’ve put some gum wall tyres on it, sorted the brake cables and tweaked the gears, also stuck down the saddle fabric.
The spokes are really rusty so I’ll be replacing those, I actually have an exage front wheel of this era - the front hub is a joytech at the moment.
Other than that? Not sure - the exage 300 group is complete and working, I could put some XT bits on it which I have but I may just leave it and enjoy it for what it is for now.
Any thoughts?
I thought that the days of picking up one of these at sensible money were gone, anyone else notice how thin on the ground early Konas are getting?
This came up on Gumtree about 40mins from me and the guy accepted my offer, so off I went to collect it.
It’s in incredibly good order considering it’s 30 years old - the gorgeous paintwork has really stood the test of time. I’ve put some gum wall tyres on it, sorted the brake cables and tweaked the gears, also stuck down the saddle fabric.
The spokes are really rusty so I’ll be replacing those, I actually have an exage front wheel of this era - the front hub is a joytech at the moment.
Other than that? Not sure - the exage 300 group is complete and working, I could put some XT bits on it which I have but I may just leave it and enjoy it for what it is for now.
Any thoughts?