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Hi chaps
I have just bought a Kona Lava Dome frame for my next project but i'm a tad confused about it.
The frame has sliding dropouts but every other lava dome i have looked at doesn't seem to have them.
Are there any Kona experts here that can clear up the confusion.
Seller says the frame is early 2000's but i think its a bit later than that.
Pics of the frame
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Cheers
Darran
those dropouts look bodged on
Explosif or unit with geared dropouts,
Although could be an import lava dome but doubt it.
100% all Original Kona.
does it say chromo on the seat tube?
the 2004 unit was that colour but true temper ox
Thanks for the replies.
Just been doing a bit of googling and came across another lava dome that the guy describes as 2005 with sliding dropouts..
Wonder if it is an import - certainly not many around
This is the pic i found on retrobike - frame seems exactly the same.
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Looks very similar to the 2005 explosif I used to have, brilliant bike and high on the list of bikes I wish I never sold.
I've seen one of those, a friend had one, about 2005, steel Lava Dome, sliding dropouts, grey paint.