Kona Cindercone 1988 Build thread

[winjohn]

I bought this yesterday through the ads here and it is a very nice example with a couple of issues.
The good:
It's a one owner 1988 Kona Cindecome with splatter paint for £50
It has a fair share of original parts.
The paint is in pretty good condition.

The bad:
The seatpost is stuck
The stem is stuck

Here it is before I started to take it apart this morning.

 

[winjohn]

Ta dah! Amazing what brute force and WD40 will do.
The seatpost was relatively straightforward, soaked in WD40 from the top and bottom (through a bottle cage hole). Left overnight, then frame stripped and seatpost held in bench vice while using the frame as leverage. Easy peasy.

The stem was more stubborn and I was beginning to worry since the option of dissolving or cutting out were not really on for a cromo stem. Again liberal dousing with WD40 from top and bottom and hefty blows with a soft mallet eventually showed progress with it starting to rotate so the seal was broken. Then it was a repeat of stem in vice and using frame as leverage and bingo! Stem is a little battered though but thats a loss I can take.

I haven't tried the BB yet though

So far so good!

 

[widowmaker]

Nice one

How is bike reduction process going ?

 

[slackboy]

Oh, thats brilliant luck. Looking forward to seeing progress

 

[winjohn]

Nice one

How is bike reduction process going ?

I'm hoping for a result this weekend.