Kona Explosif - 1996 - Halesowen

[Trebz]

Ruined with the usual top tube cancer:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kona-Explosi ... 3042643759

May be good as a work bike but way too expensive.

 

[magas]

Ouch, that Explosif had had a hard life, agree that price is ambitious.

 

[66 triumph daytona]

Re:

L&M cranks .

 

[ianfoot]

Ruined with the usual top tube cancer:

What's the issue with the top tube? Is it a problem particular to Konas?

Thanks.

 

[jimo746]

Ruined with the usual top tube cancer:

What's the issue with the top tube? Is it a problem particular to Konas?

Thanks.

Well there's a dent in it for starters, probably caused by a crash /the handlebars spinning around and hitting the top tube.
Then there's the plethora of scratches, scrapes and flakey paint, often caused ftom leaning the bike against something Eg bike rack/lamp post /railings, and/or locking it up.
I don't know if Kona paint is particularly bad, not in my experience anyway.

If it were me, I'd be looking to buy with a view to filling the dent and repainting /powder coating the frame, and bid accordingly.

 

[ianfoot]

Re:

Thanks, I see.

 

[Tricky1977]

Hmm... the kit looks decent might be a good “stripper”?
I lost out on an explosive frame at £75....
I wonder what the forks and cranks might go for
(Gets out my calculator)

 

[FluffyChicken]

Re:

With that tubing it's quite common as it a bit fragile around there. It transitioning from the ovals ends and so not quite round in the first place (it's MaxOR tubing).

I've got one that's been a bit squished and probably filled and them painted at some point , still it been hammered and ridden a lot and not faltered.
Many RetroBike have seen me riding it.

Best to have a look if you ACN to see if the tube is straight*, Thant the important bit


*Annoyingly can be hard to tell with a tube that's constantly changing it shape along the length.

 

[al-onestare]

There are bikes and then there are walk-away bikes. This is one of those.

 

[Tricky1977]

Lol