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Needs to lean towards XC speed, but still have singletrack thrashing fun in mind...I'm currently running 4" travel...
From the Cotic website on product development of the Soul:
Mid 2001: Had an old school steel Kona converted with long (100mm!) forks and short stem/big bars was fun but needed improvements. No one was making a frame anything like what I wanted so started sketching a hardtail design in Reynolds 853 to take long forks properly, disc brakes, huge tyres.
So I'd say a Cotic Soul...
HTH
Yeah, or a Charge Duster... they have that skinny tubing now.
New old school.
Or a Joe Murray-designed Voodoo maybe.
cove handjob or chromag sakura
Inbred?
From the On One website:
"Uses a proven old school geometry not a million miles from Joe Murray's classic Kona's these frames ride really well with 80-100mm travel forks although we've seen plenty with upto 140mm."
HTH
I did exactly this when I retired my old (1992) Kona 7 years ago.
I bought a Cotic Soul.
To be fair, you'll struggle to match an old steel Kona. There's a reason they sell for such good money these days. 🙂
Voodoo…
Closest thing to a Classic Kona currently on the market (in my opinion) other than of course the re-launched Kona steel HTs they did last year (at exorbitant prices), still I reckon Voodoo is the way to go… you may have to deal with Halfords Staff though, just be patient...
On One, Cotic etc make good bikes but they still seem a little more focused on the big forks/fat tyres brigade than the sensible 4” forked versatile Steel HT…
Wanga wasn't as good at sucking stuff up as my explosif was, although I liked the geometry better. Reckon you would be looking at a Bizango, and I would be tempted if I saw a frame at a good price.