Kona Caldera

[guybe]

Hello

I been offered a 2003 19" Kona Caldera frame and forks for £150, just wondered if that is a good price?

any help will be appricated, thanks

 

[Huntso]

Nothing special unless they are very good forks.
Just a bog standard alu frame

 

[guybe]

Nothing special unless they are very good forks.
Just a bog standard alu frame

It's double butted steel tubing frame with project2 forks

 

[Huntso]

That's a 98, had one myself.
Not a bad price, about right for the age. If you like the Kona type geometry should be just the job

 

[Huntso]

Yes it does look tacky, but it was nearly ten years ago. New it was £799 with RS Indy forks

 

[guybe]

That's strange, he said his is from the 2003 year, I dont know much about Kona but after seeing a few of them in the thin tubing steel frames, it caught my eye and fancy one for myself.

 

[Huntso]

Last steel Caldera was from 99, had one of those too

 

[Chris]

Whats with that chain tensioning device?

Never seen one like that before

 

[guybe]

Whats with that chain tensioning device?

Never seen one like that before

Me too, here is the link and info as listed below:-

http://www.domtbforum.proboards19.com/i ... 1142090420

 

[Anthony]

It's definitely a nice frame, with the advantage of butted stays as well as double-butted main tubes - i.e., it was one up on the Cinder Cone that had plain-gauge stays. Made of generic 4130 though, so not quite as valuable as a Kilauea which was made of Reynolds 631 that year.

I wouldn't pay £150 - I'm not sure those black P2s (assuming you even want them) are triple-butted, and if not they're only worth c£15 (they're quite heavy and nothing like as good as the tb ones). I reckon the frame itself is worth in the region of £100, depending on precise condition.

A 97 Kilauea frame sold for £85 on eBay last week, and that included a Pace RC36, LX cranks, an unspecified bottom bracket and some not very good wheels. OK, that seems too cheap (bloody missed it!), but I reckon that package was worth more than a 98 Caldera plus P2s.

HTH

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