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Kona Fire Mountain
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That's a particularly interesting auction Guy. Note how well-preserved the bike is and note particularly the rear U-brakes. The Fire Mountain was the base model in the Kona range for 1990 and the only one that sported a rear U-brake. The only photo I have of an earlier U-brake equipped Kona is this Fire Mountain with an unknown (to me at any rate) fork and said by its owner to be a 1988 Fire Mountain.
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Actually had an identical Kona briefly in 1992, got it cheap from someone who had left it out in the rain for months, hated the splatter at the time and had it resprayed in the two tone style they were using that year (maybe early 93 actually), sold it shortly after to help fund a certain fat aluminum internally cabled frame...............
Had forgotten all about it till i saw this thread, must add it to my bike list, love the splatter Konas now of course, with age comes wisdom.........
Had forgotten all about it till i saw this thread, must add it to my bike list, love the splatter Konas now of course, with age comes wisdom.........
Funny really, this is the bike my riding buddy had when new, and is also responsible for my lack of fondness for the K brand.
To me, this was a heavy and uninspiring ride with a riding position that did not suit. My 88 rockhopper was so much nicer in so many ways to ride (and look at
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Sure this pretty much bottom of the range, £330 retail bike will fetch silly money for what it is though.
This comes with 300LX gruppo and crappy first gen push-push shifters and four finger lever combo as std. A time when Shimano were on their 'if you want a Shimano mech, you must buy the whole group' OEM trip.
To me, this was a heavy and uninspiring ride with a riding position that did not suit. My 88 rockhopper was so much nicer in so many ways to ride (and look at
)Sure this pretty much bottom of the range, £330 retail bike will fetch silly money for what it is though.
This comes with 300LX gruppo and crappy first gen push-push shifters and four finger lever combo as std. A time when Shimano were on their 'if you want a Shimano mech, you must buy the whole group' OEM trip.
gump":3k69leeg said:Funny really, this is the bike my riding buddy had when new, and is also responsible for my lack of fondness for the K brand.
To me, this was a heavy and uninspiring ride with a riding position that did not suit. My 88 rockhopper was so much nicer in so many ways to ride (and look at
Sure this pretty much bottom of the range, £330 retail bike will fetch silly money for what it is though.
This comes with 300LX gruppo and crappy first gen push-push shifters and four finger lever combo as std. A time when Shimano were on their 'if you want a Shimano mech, you must buy the whole group' OEM trip.
Yes, but the people are rarely wrong. This will sell for a lot more than an 88 Rockhopper and there must be some substance to the reason why, surely?
The thing that surprises me is that there are so many more old Konas on eBay than old Specialized. At the time, Specialized sales volumes were many times higher than K, so what happened to all those old Specialized bikes? It can only be that a very large proportion of them have either been scrapped or left to rust in sheds, in either case because their owners don't think they're worth anything.
I once saw on Ebay an absolutely pristine 1993 Rockhopper Comp frame plus triple-butted forks going for £20 with five minutes to go. I didn't want it but it seemed ridiculous, so I bid £26 and got it. I built it into a commuter for a friend at work and he reckoned it took half an hour off his journey time (compared to a Raleigh!) and he has now done over 10,000 miles on it. Still pretty good condition too. But why did it only cost me £26?
Yeah, yeah!gump":24y47gzv said:
That Rockhopper Comp was literally one lady owner and had hardly been used at all for the first ten years of its life. Quite a nice bike to ride with d-b frame and t-b forks and as you say very nice looking, but solid and stable compared to say a Lava Dome, which I would say is much racier.
My fire mountain is identical to that and in the same if not better condition. They're nice bikes. I only use mine as a commuter, though it will be going off road soon (MM 
) I've got the 300LX groupset in a bag in the garage and swapped it out for M735 XT/XC-Pro mix. I like the irony of a top groupset on a bottom of the range frame.
Snooks has one aswell... Isn't the pic above Heathys bike?
) I've got the 300LX groupset in a bag in the garage and swapped it out for M735 XT/XC-Pro mix. I like the irony of a top groupset on a bottom of the range frame. Snooks has one aswell... Isn't the pic above Heathys bike?
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