Old Konas – sizing help

Give I ride a large Singular, On-one or Planet X or an 18″ Orange, what size of 90s Kona would be roughly equivalent?

19″?
Medium?
Large?

And yes I appreciate this might be a bit of a “piece of string” question.

Many thanks

Any of the above. Bear in mind that it will have been designed with a much longer stem in mind than in normal now, i.e 100-130mm so what will suit now will depend on whether you are planning to stick with that or go shorter.
I ride large frames typically now (6ft tall) and used to ride an 18″ Kona way back.

6′ on a good day here, 5’11” on a bad one, so 18″ sounds right.

Thanks

18 inch will do you well friend.

5ft 10, had 18inch Kona with 110mm stem. In fact got rid of a 19inch as felt too large.

So I reckon a 19 might be right.

I had 17 inch kona Cindercone and came up slightly too small with flat bars and no suspension fork. I am 5 10 tall.

Until quite recently, I had a 17″ 1998 Kona Hei Hei. I’m 5’8″, with disproportionately long legs, and it fitted me perfectly, but I do prefer small frames so I can adjust the fit through the seatpost height and stem length.

IIRC, pre-94 an 18″ will have a 22.5″ ETT, 94 on will be 23″. Adjust up or down by 0.5″ ETT for each 1″ of seat tube. ISTR sometime at the end of the decade it went a little squiffy.

I’m a shade under six foot with a 32″ inside leg measurement. I rode a 19″ frame (a Kilauea) and it was perfect for me. It was also one of the finest handling bikes I’ve owned.

18″ should do you fine. I was trying to scan this, but then I discovered someone’s already done it:
1997 Kona Catalogue

6′ tall near 34″ inside leg – still ride my 1995 19″Kona Cindercone. I think it fits me like a glove but
I do have monkey arms…! As said though they were designed around a longer stem. If you intend to go short stem and wide bars I would go up a size to make that work for you. Unless you have short legs the standover should be excellent anyway due to the sloping top tube.

Whatever you go for – enjoy it, they are without doubt some of the best XC bikes ever!

Got one. ’93 Hahanna so entry level, but nigh on spotless (for a 20 year old bike) – £50.

Rides beautifully.

Great buy! I’ve had my cinder cone since new, 1996! Has aged far better than me and I ride it just as often as my modern Stumpjumper FSR. Got a set of Fox Rl 80’s with a front disc brake and shorter stem and it rides great 🙂