(Yet) another early 2Ks Kona Stuff

[mamadirt]

This one's a tiny 13" 2005 model which has been stripped of its original beige paint and polished pretty nicely.




Plan is to remove the rough replacement decals and re-polish. I have a set of original 2003 decals and I'm tempted to respray the front end neon orange at some time in the future, leaving the rear polished so, for now, I have photocopied the decal set and vinyl coated the copies (retouched with orange accents), just to get my orange fix




Picked up a set of early 2K Marzocchi Flylight Air forks and have a few other bits and pieces on the way.

 

[mamadirt]

Naked!


. . . and I may change my mind about the orange front as it has polished up so well Still a little beige paint left around the dropouts and disc mount though - maybe an orange rear end

 

[TorrRides]

This one's a tiny 13" 2005 model which has been stripped of its original beige paint and polished pretty nicely.

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Plan is to remove the rough replacement decals and re-polish. I have a set of original 2003 decals and I'm tempted to respray the front end neon orange at some time in the future, leaving the rear polished so, for now, I have photocopied the decal set and vinyl coated the copies (retouched with orange accents), just to get my orange fix

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Picked up a set of early 2K Marzocchi Flylight Air forks and have a few other bits and pieces on the way.

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Oh this is gonna be one tight build! Are you going gears or single?

Gotta love a 00’s Stuff! I built mine and sprained my ankle so can’t ride it for a bit

 

[mamadirt]

It'll definitely be singlespeed to start with as I'm impatient to get it up and running - hoping to find a magic ratio to save the extra expense of a chain tensioner. Been playing away on a BMX for a while too so happy to do without the complication of gears. My old '03 Roast happily ran (I think) 36/18 without a tensioner although this build will have 24" wheels and a 32T front ring so I need to do a few calculations to make it work and find a suitable ratio.

https://ep1.pinkbike.org/p4pb334755/p4pb334755.jpg

 

[TorrRides]

It'll definitely be singlespeed to start with as I'm impatient to get it up and running - hoping to find a magic ratio to save the extra expense of a chain tensioner. Been playing away on a BMX for a while too so happy to do without the complication of gears. My old '03 Roast happily ran (I think) 36/18 without a tensioner although this build will have 24" wheels and a 32T front ring so I need to do a few calculations to make it work and find a suitable ratio.

https://ep1.pinkbike.org/p4pb334755/p4pb334755.jpg

Oh amazing! Another dirt jumper

The Kona 2003 Roast i remember lusting after

I do believe @arseface (the guy with the original recent 2003 stuff thread) has an excelSpreadsheet for working out equivalent ratios of different crank lengths, wheel sizes and chain rings if needed

 

[mamadirt]

Cool - that's good to know I've been looking at https://eehouse.org/fixin/formfmu - keeping everything crossed that 32/14 will work

 

[bignick]

Fixed this one up for my father inlaw. Everything was a little rough when I got it but some used parts, parts bin saved and some choice nee parts and i think it turned out pretty cool.

Very nice frames.

 

[mamadirt]

Looks good @bignick

Parts are slowly accumulating here. Next job is to rebuild my cheapo rear wheel with a disc hub and poach what parts I can off papadirt's '05 Hoss



Quick mock up with the paper decals - it's a cute little thing . . .

 

[bignick]

Thanks @mamadirt

They’re a really great looking frame. Yours is turning out nice. Very smart.

I’ve saved the old 24seven cranks, cleaned them up, bought new bearings for the bottom bracket and got a renthal chainring. Going to fit them to my Uber V I’m resurrecting as a spare bike…. Ltwoo aliexpress drivetrain for the win…..

 

[TorrRides]

Looks good @bignick

Parts are slowly accumulating here. Next job is to rebuild my cheapo rear wheel with a disc hub and poach what parts I can off papadirt's '05 Hoss

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Quick mock up with the paper decals - it's a cute little thing . . .

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This is looking smart! Very here for the colour scheme