Nice Kona Cindercone £130 in Bath

[retrokona]

Nice red 1992 Cindercone looks like a 19". It's a shame it's been stripped of the XC Ltd thumbies etc.

http://bath.gumtree.com/bath/38/66744938.html

 

[Major22]

Really nice

I think the frame does look larger than 19" though...?

 

[Anthony]

It can be difficult to size the earlyish ones on sight, because both the seat tubes and the head tubes were longer than in later years.

The owner says it's a size 21, not an unreasonable deduction from the seat tube c-t being 53.5cm. However I think it means that it's a size 20 (the length of the seat tube itself, not measured from the centre of the bb).

Size 20 would also be consistent with the length of the head tube, which appears to be 17cm (up to 1992, the head tubes were 2cm longer than in later years).

 

[Major22]

I got curious so I asked the seller how he has measured the seat tube, and he said center of bb to the top of the seat tube. I guess 21" was the largest Kona frame at the time?

 

[Anthony]

Yes size 21 was the biggest, but I expect size 21 had a 19cm head tube.