Here's my mate Phil on his Fire Mountain in about 1996:
And the same bike about 1998 (first pay check 
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He still has it and still rides it, and it's only had one recent respray. Quite a few bits changed and im not sure about his choice of forks
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90's Steely Kona's- Retro Content
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Here's me on my old Kona Sex One (ok it's alloy and boingy!!) in about 1998...
Wish i could find a pic of my 96 Cinder Cone, it was a sight to behold! As you can see, i used to like my coloured components
If i find a pic i'll post it up- you might need sunglasses!
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This is my one getting fat air in 1995 (I don't think phat air had been invented yet)
(note the buffalo jacket(!) and Hope mechanical discs...)
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/\ Nice phat air
Excuse this if its already been mentioned - I have just looked at the pics
Thanks for the advice- im going to try/ bodge (delete as appropriate
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Nice bike! My Kona isn't quite that retro (2002 lava dome)but still keeps that classic shape/profile. Funnily enough, it still rides great even when compared to my 'other' bike
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Wish i could find a pic of my 96 Cinder Cone, it was a sight to behold!
Here's one- i would say 'binning it in style' but i think the fashion police were after me
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'97 Cinder Cone.
Waiting on some Project 2 forks and some flat bars coming my way
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here's my old Hahanna - let it go for £50 on ebay a few years ago - wish I'd never sold it
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£50
criminal! Posted 1 year ago # -
Crikey,prob get near that for the frame only on Retro Bike
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The post in my '92 Fire Mountain is 26.8.
I can run a Panaracer in 1.95 in the back, but nothing more.
Upto '91 the seat-post collar was part of the frame (did I read that up the page somewhere too?)This was at less than a month old ...
(It's still got it's F&R reflectors on, threaded forks and quill stem too, none of that fancy new threadless headset malarkey).Since then it's been raced, toured on, had suspension, got through several wheelsets and untold component upgrades and is now set up with disc only 29er project 2's but with a 26" front wheel (with a Bonty 2.35) and it rides brilliantly.
The next stage in it's evolution is to give it the same front end as my Swift; so it'll be getting loop-bars, and a set of Salsa Enabler forks, but sticking with a 26" 135mm OLN front wheel (rather than a 29er like the Swift has), and there is a WI screw-on freewheel somewhere in it's future too.
Yeah yeah, so the garden has overgrown a little bit in the 20 years between the pictures ...
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Hypothetically speaking, what would a 93 cinder cone frame & forks be worth these days.
I'm considering combining two of my bikes which would mean getting rid of this.
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Might just buy a NOS Explosif frame today
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what steels are the different models made from?
anyone any idea on the top tube length on a 16" Kona 90's steely?
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My Explosif, owned by me since new and still in regular use offroad as SS or fixed.
Dropouts replaced by local framebuilder Charlie Ralph at Alves after the chainstay snapped, I also got him to do a rear V-brake cable stop... the paint, dents, and all the other cable stops I left as evidence our time together (and coz I was skint at the time).
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My mates got my 94 Kilauea (19 inch) with near original spec that he might be willing to sell if anyone is interested. he's based in Cornwall (Bodmin).
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oooooooooh - i've just purchased a complete 16" Hahanna off ebay for £60, not too old as ahead, i think its gonna get the WI SS treatment, ....now i just need to collect it and inform the wife that it may not actually be for her :/
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Rossi46- Your friend has good taste, I've got a DX v-brake on the back of my Lava Dome and a disc up front. Love this thread!
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messiah, just how long have you had a hoes pipe ban?
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You look at a 90s Trek and you just want to put it in a skip. All these bikes just want me to put them in my front room so I can look at them.
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Your friend has good taste, I've got a DX v-brake on the back of my Lava Dome
That DX v brake is mine
i lent it to him years ago, i might have to wrestle it back off him in exchange for some Avids. I have the other DX's on the front of the Cinder Cone (to go with the red Sid's).Thanks Donk for the rear v brake adaptor- its made the bike look all tidy
Still trying to scrape £30 for a seatpost and collar before i can go ride
Think it's 26.8, but my friends calipers are broke too.More pretty scenic pics to follow when i can go ride
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I've just bought myself this!
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My '97 Lava Dome with 2000 X-Vert Supers. Sold my Project 2's a few years ago like an idiot - got £50 for them though iirc
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I havn't read if you found the v-brake collar, but what I did was to use the existing collar, that I see you still have. I replaced the bolt with an old barrel adjuster from a rear mech, turned the collar 90 degrees and ran the cable through it.
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oooooooooh - i've just purchased a complete 16" Hahanna off ebay for £60, not too old as ahead, i think its gonna get the WI SS treatment, ....now i just need to collect it and inform the wife that it may not actually be for her :/
Turned out to be pretty tatty and its 21.5"ett too short for me so the Mrs gets it!
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heres my erm... mint 97 hei hei pictured tihs weekend...
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my '92 Cinder cone
Which has now been replaced by a '94 Kilauea
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Very nice Kilauea...
My 92 Lava Dome recently rebuilt into 7 speed guise (using almost all the old components) with uber practical mudguards for child trailer towing duties.
20 years old this year..!
'Scuse the shonky phone photo - just back from a shakedown run. Seven speed shifts so well..!
(Driveway, weeds, garage door paint etc. I know)
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*High 5's 7 speed buddy*
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i love the old steel konas.i always wanted one,but alas alak i never did buy one (although i was close to buying a lava dome 1989-90? like this one
i have seen a lovely explosif (the old copper coloured one) on the k & a canal near bradford on avon.
i suppose my charge duster is the nearest i will get to riding one of those konas (it is pretty similar looking to the kona frames also tange prestige tubing Posted 1 year ago # -
heres my erm... mint 97 hei hei pictured tihs weekend...
Proper
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mine`s a 97 cindercone ,Mr lee off of retrobike gave it me
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IMG_3493 by PeterPoddy, on FlickrMy rather trick (trick as in the original term for bling) 1993 Explosif. Just resprayed and covered in some rather drool worthy componentry. Maguras, Mavi ceramics on Goldtec hubs, Royce BB, Middleburns, XT drivetrain with gripshift. It's basically a minter and will get its first ride on the Retrobike southern ride at Leith Hill very soon
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PP - you need a plinth in your lounge
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Yeah. I'm scared to ride it! But it WILL be used albeit sunny summer trail rides only. That paint cost a fekkin FORTUNE!
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