OK, so the catalogue says a YST headset as standard:
https://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery...na/Catalogues/Kona+Catalogue+1994/23.jpg.html
And this does look like your bike:
https://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery...na/Catalogues/Kona+Catalogue+1994/17.jpg.html
I'd be staggered if the YST and Impact weren't interchangeable given the likely standard sizing of the forks (sport for Hahanna rather than DB) and stem (standard not race light).
https://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery...na/Catalogues/Kona+Catalogue+1994/23.jpg.html
And this does look like your bike:
https://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery...na/Catalogues/Kona+Catalogue+1994/17.jpg.html
I'd be staggered if the YST and Impact weren't interchangeable given the likely standard sizing of the forks (sport for Hahanna rather than DB) and stem (standard not race light).
Hi @markoc - thanks for looking into this! Yes that second link definitely looks like my Kona.
The headset you have could certainly work though you can never seem to tell unless it's fitted on the bike. I wouldn't know how to fit it myself so would have to rely on the bike shop. If it is salvageable then I'm sure they would try and fit it..?
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The headset you have could certainly work though you can never seem to tell unless it's fitted on the bike. I wouldn't know how to fit it myself so would have to rely on the bike shop. If it is salvageable then I'm sure they would try and fit it..?
I'll PM you now
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where are you based, maybe someone locally can sort it out
HighExplosif
Kona Fan
Ancient thread resurrection!!
I stumbled upon some old photos from my old work and it reminded me of the indignation I felt at the time when I read the words written by a certain cheesy idiot.
You think you're such a big-shot, wading in with your opinion when you knew utterly nothing about the situation. All you had to go on was the OP's side of the story and yet that was enough for you to declare the bike shop of being "a bit rubbish".
At the time, being the mechanic working on that bike, it would have been unprofessional of me to reply on here; now, with some years since the event and my career moving onwards & upwards, I can tell you, foot-cheese-fellow, exactly what a short-sighted plonker you are.
Firstly: it is a very good bike shop, whose mechanics truly go out of their way to help people & their bikes. There's a good stock of old parts to keep bikes going without having to upgrade a whole groupset because of today's planned obsolescence. Rubbish, they are not.
Obviously, I'm using a throwaway account here, because I don't want to taint my main for a post that's mostly about (justifiably) insulting another user, but if you knew me, you'd know that I adore '90s Konas, so I was very happy to work on this customer's (the OP's) Hahanna. Here are some of the headset parts I played with in order to find something that helps them out:
It was a long job, pressing in and trying different headset combinations, but I enjoyed it because it would keep a retro Kona on the road. It was very satisfying to find the exact selection of headset parts which worked with the crown race seat and, crucially, the very short steerer. I was proud of what I'd done: the customer had brought in a bike with a headset that was mostly rust & pitted to death, and I'd made the steering as smooth as glass.
...then they came in to pick up the bike and told me to my face that they didn't like the headset because it "wasn't in keeping with the bike". I mean, just look at the cranks they already had on the thing:
To my retro-mind, those ugly black Shimano cranks are far more egregious than a different headset.
I was already disappointed, but then I saw that they'd come on here to ask for help and (in a now deleted post) agreed that I'd been a bit rubbish:
Anyway, it's all long in the past now. I hope the customer has given their bike to someone who deserves it, and I hope you, the smelliest cheesy 'end who ever was, will maybe think before you speak in future. You'll probably never read this; it doesn't matter though. I suspect that deep down inside yourself you already know that you're not big & clever; you're a sad little keyboard warrior who is scared of the real world and the people who out there who try to help others.
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Do you need a hug?
Its a public forum, many people here have worked in or are working in or even run their own bike shops and we all have experience which often leads to opinions (certain members here are even the ones who invented the term 'mountain bike'!)
Now, if you are still so angry after nearly four years because somebody thought it was 'a bit rubbish' that a bike couldnt be repaired, maybe you should be asking yourself why are you still angry. Why bring attention to yourself? What to you expect to gain? Are you from Bournemouth by any chance?
Now, wipe those tears away and that snot off your face, go ride a bicycle whilst I dry sob in my emotional support shed
Do you need a hug?
Its a public forum, many people here have worked in or are working in or even run their own bike shops and we all have experience which often leads to opinions (certain members here are even the ones who invented the term 'mountain bike'!)
Now, if you are still so angry after nearly four years because somebody thought it was 'a bit rubbish' that a bike couldnt be repaired, maybe you should be asking yourself why are you still angry. Why bring attention to yourself? What to you expect to gain? Are you from Bournemouth by any chance?
Now, wipe those tears away and that snot off your face, go ride a bicycle whilst I dry sob in my emotional support shed
Lhatch4
Fat Chance Fan
This is why "follow you passion" is horrible carrier advice for most people. If you aren't Tom Ritchey or similar, working on bikes for a living is tough. I love it too. It's a great hobby. Imagine being so resentful that years later you can't sleep so you go searching the internet to find an old post about an unhappy customer. You read the nearly 4 year old post and become enraged. You spend time creating an anonymous burner account. You go digging through old photographs, now 3 & 1/2 years old to help make your point in your diatribe. You spend a good hour or 3 carefully making your retort. Then it turns out that no one really cares. It's old news. You could have left it alone and found something productive to do. Instead you decided to show us how thin skinned you are. Thanks for this. If nothing else, I found it amusing.
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