Kona Kilauea "Hard tail" ....with rigid forks

[JohnH]

Ummm... :?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/KONA-KILAUEA-Race ... 0329966079

 

[KeepItSteel]

why the 'ummm'?

 

[GoldenEraMTB]

the bmx levers and v-brakes are horrible on this bike.

 

[Drapoon]

If I snag it I'll shipping those out for the m952's I have sat here ;-)

have no fear

 

[Geoff]

Yum. Swap the brakes and levers (yes I run DX V's on mine, but it looks alright on a white frame), chuck some rapidfire on, ditch the bar ends and that is a sweet machine.

 

[JohnH]

why the 'ummm'?

I can't work out why someone would describe a bike with rigid forks as a 'hard tail'.

It's a bit like describing a detached property as 'semi-detached' because you only want to talk about the left hand side of the house.

 

[GoldenEraMTB]

why the 'ummm'?

I can't work out why someone would describe a bike with rigid forks as a 'hard tail'.

It's a bit like describing a detached property as 'semi-detached' because you only want to talk about the left hand side of the house.

ha, true...it's a bit redundant to advertise it as rigid and hartail...but you never know there might be a rear suspension bike out there with a rigid fork

 

[JohnH]

...but you never know there might be a rear suspension bike out there with a rigid fork

GoldenEra, I'd never have thought of that....

 

[GoldenEraMTB]

...but you never know there might be a rear suspension bike out there with a rigid fork

GoldenEra, I'd never have thought of that....

though, even if it was that, I would still have to agree with your original statement of "Ummm..."

 

[Xesh]

...but you never know there might be a rear suspension bike out there with a rigid fork

Klein Mantra comes to mind. IIrc they actually tested one with a rigid fork to see if the rear suspension worked correctly although they never went on sale like that.