The bikes I have ridden in the past is Marin's and a Cannondale which I still own since 1999, but always have liked Kona's but never got round buying one for myself until I joined this website and seeing alot of old Kona's that have be build back to his former glory, I have bought 2 old Kona's from ebay recently and started to work on them, it's more expensive that I thought! lol but it's fun and interesting project for me.
Today I have been busy working on the 1995 Kona Hahanna after getting the frame power coated this week, as I have been working them I noticed some good points and some bad points on them.
The good points
1. you can get an old Kona and put any colour you fancy and it will still looked good.
2. the steel tubes and the sliding top tube, P2 forks are good looking and very durable/strong
The bad points
1. easy, the clamp on the seatpost that run the cable through for the rear canti brakes, as it's aluminium which it's soft, the cable can make the hole bigger after alot movements, they are very hard to find if you need a new one, Kona should have a canti fitting on the frame for it.
2. the Kona headset, old type for threaded P2, at the bottom, there is big gap where you can see the ball bearings easily, I dont think it will be good if you keep getting mud and water in there, should they have a bigger round plate on the P2 to stop mud and water getting in?
Overall, I do think Kona's are cool bikes especially in the 90's years, the Hahanna is 50% finished, hope it will be completed next week, so far I am pleased what I have done, will post some pics when finished.
Does anyone agree with my views, feel free to comment...
Today I have been busy working on the 1995 Kona Hahanna after getting the frame power coated this week, as I have been working them I noticed some good points and some bad points on them.
The good points
1. you can get an old Kona and put any colour you fancy and it will still looked good.
2. the steel tubes and the sliding top tube, P2 forks are good looking and very durable/strong
The bad points
1. easy, the clamp on the seatpost that run the cable through for the rear canti brakes, as it's aluminium which it's soft, the cable can make the hole bigger after alot movements, they are very hard to find if you need a new one, Kona should have a canti fitting on the frame for it.
2. the Kona headset, old type for threaded P2, at the bottom, there is big gap where you can see the ball bearings easily, I dont think it will be good if you keep getting mud and water in there, should they have a bigger round plate on the P2 to stop mud and water getting in?
Overall, I do think Kona's are cool bikes especially in the 90's years, the Hahanna is 50% finished, hope it will be completed next week, so far I am pleased what I have done, will post some pics when finished.
Does anyone agree with my views, feel free to comment...
