what's the best year of the kona explosif

[Peterpoddy]

I think the best year is subjective really, but I do agree that is lovely pete!....

Agreed, and, err, agreed!!

 

[Peterpoddy]

Mmm-deffo '93 with that fluted downtube

Mine has a silver front/blue rear though!

See? I was right!

Mine's been sprayed, but that's as close to the OE colour as I could find. UK ones were silver/colour fade but that's a USA spec frame, and was originally green with champagne colour forks and stem.

 

[jonnyboy666]

have to go with 92

my first kona, and it was an Explosif built with xtr (paid for completely by me out of paper rounds) and i won my first race on it, by 3 1/2 minutes and i bought it back a couple of years ago off the guy i sold it to in 1995

here she is now

 

[BerthaPog]

Slight bias for '94 here.

 

[ndaand]

Here is the recent poll for favorite year Kona:
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=182437

 

[jonnyboy666]

that poll says 97!! talk about sitting on the retro fence!!

 

[Yetidh9]

I would also say 97. But even though I am totally into the feeling of the thinwalled columbus max tubes I find the fitting of the top tube and seat rube to be a little unfinished... That could have been done better... but besides that the 97 in the golden colour does it for me!

 

[al-onestare]

97 all the way!

 

[aerius]

For me it's a coin flip between the 94 and 97.