Harryburgundy
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What was the BIN before it went?
Red Hot (NOS 1996)
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Harryburgundy
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Well...I couldn't go that high when you factor in shipping and duty etc and $600 is what I paid for my IF with IF forks.
He will ship to the UK for $100
Good luck chaps
He will ship to the UK for $100
Good luck chaps
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Who made the 96?
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It says Altitude in 1997, in fact it's the same workshop picture 
http://www.konaretro.com/articles/catal ... Page03.jpg
and also say Altitude in the 1996 one P5 last paragraph.
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2/mai ... 3183c2bc87
Wonder how close the frame number is to this one
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... sc&start=0
http://www.konaretro.com/articles/catal ... Page03.jpg
and also say Altitude in the 1996 one P5 last paragraph.
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2/mai ... 3183c2bc87
Wonder how close the frame number is to this one
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... sc&start=0
I think Jeff Lindsay formed Altitude out of the ashes of Mountain Goat which closed in 1995. However it failed to meet his business aspirations (I don’t know who he expected to make 12,000 frames for!) and went out of business towards the end of 1996. I haven’t heard whether it was voluntary or he had no choice, but I picked up a sense that there were still raw nerves over it in Chico. He went back to making artistic glassware I believe.
We heard that a completely new company called Enigma Design and Fabrication was formed late in 1996 and was given a contract to build Hots and Kus. That doesn’t necessarily contradict what it says in the 1997 Kona catalogue. That catalogue would have been produced early in 1996, long before the decision was taken to close Altitude. And you would assume that most if not all of the production for the 1997 model year was completed before Altitude closed down. Enigma may have just been responsible for the 98 model year frames, which were the last Hots and Kus to be made.
We heard that a completely new company called Enigma Design and Fabrication was formed late in 1996 and was given a contract to build Hots and Kus. That doesn’t necessarily contradict what it says in the 1997 Kona catalogue. That catalogue would have been produced early in 1996, long before the decision was taken to close Altitude. And you would assume that most if not all of the production for the 1997 model year was completed before Altitude closed down. Enigma may have just been responsible for the 98 model year frames, which were the last Hots and Kus to be made.
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