Pictures of your pre 2000 Kona please.

As above, 97 Cindercone, why do my pictures disappear after a couple of days?

Trevor.

1989 Fire Mountain that I’m renovating for a friend

thorpie – That Cindercone is magnificent. I loved the matt blue colour that year, with the new graphics.

Why don’t they make the new bikes look as good?

Thanks GlitterGary, certainly is a minter. It was up for sale cause I need the money but I think I will keep it now, took me a while to settle on some forks but I love the look of the PACE RC30s that fit in with the black and silver theme. They are not as lively as P2s, probably because they are db compared to tb P2s but are direct and compliant. The rest of the build was quite easy, mainly XT with period correct sugino mighty 900 chainset, even managed to get some nos Kona tyres!

Trevor.

No pics yet, but I have a 1998 Hei Hei Ti with the original, but by now trashed, groupset. I was going to sell the frame as I have new Ti hardtail on the way, then I thought ‘no way I’m selling this’, so I’m re-building it with a newish s/h XT groupset (inc V-brakes) and rigid P2s.

’95 Cindercone leading 47 retro-riders through the Surrey Hills a couple of weeks back….

Ace!

I’ve got a Aha cruiser (stars n bars ) but wouldn’t have the foggiest how to post a picture of it !

oops

97 Kilauea daily commute

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kona kilaeua[/url] by martindc5th[/url], on Flickr

ooops bear with me

1996 Killy ridden from new..JOGLE, Malin to Mizen, Lhasa- KTM blah blah welded twice

Lava Dome

My LD 1996

My 1994 Kilauea:

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And the resprayed frame, again by Mercian Cycles, no built up pics:

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Ace pic woodsman!

Old kona’s are bloody great. I had a 99 explosif and I flippin sold it! Only bike I regret selling.

Arrgh! My picture has disappeared again even though it is on a public photo hosting site? Any way here is a link to the full build thread along with loads more photos.

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=156266&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15

Trevor.

i used to really want one of these

Not mine, but I used to think these looked badass. Even better with some Z1 Duals.

1995 (I think) Cindercone – although not the usual colour as it was bought frame only. Snapped the chainstay around 2002 – welded it and have used it as a commuter since. Sometimes get tempted to convert it back to a mtb.

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Getting lost on the commute[/url] by Stuart Marshall[/url], on Flickr

1995 Kilauea (with a bit of a slack chain):

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And a similar vintage work in progress:

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which has accumulated a few more bits since that picture was taken but is nowhere near being an actual bicycle yet 🙂

what year did kona start using aloy for cindercones ? i thought i bought mine in 97 but the one above in blue was steel,mine was blue too but is made from DB 7005 aluminium, ive still got the frame its hangin on the bedroom wall.. 🙂

Grizzer, I think alloy Cindercones came in around 99-2000. I think. 😉

Looks like it was 99 model,iam thinkin of gettin it respraid and would like to know what you retro guys think as it seems that if aint steel it aint reel 😉 worth it or not ?

Fantastic thread,I have to ride one to make sure I still feel the lust!

Grizzer…your call

But personally I’d not waste my time..

I ride the old Konas because they work for me, ive never been swayed by the fashions, and are fixable if they break.

See if my pictures stay put this time!

Trevor.

my 95 explosif

Great thread! I have a 94 or 95 Cinder Cone (must take photos), it used to be my commuter but I now have a ~50 mile round trip which is a bit much for that 🙂 When I got it through Ebay the only thing that wasn’t original was the saddle, since then I’ve changed tyres, pedals, brake pads, and a new BB.

(Dumb) Question – the brakes have always terrified me at speed in the rain with panniers (and I’m too fat), I know they were never that good but would new cables help? Even in the dry it’s hard to stop and the levers feel very tight.

yep – new inners & outers – properly set up they should be absolutely fine.

I was out on my ’95 Kilauea this morning 🙂

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Apologies for quality, it was taken on my mobile in a hurry but I love this bike. Rides great with lots of steel spring. Always puts a grin on my face.

i have seen a lovely classic kona explosif at bradford on avon canal towpath a few times just like this one :-)i totally agree about modern kona’s not being what they used to be (and i’d like to add marin as well to that 😉 edit my charge skinny duster is a lot like the classic steel kona’s 🙂 (as i never was lucky enough to be able to afford a kona back in the day)

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My ’97 Explosif, owned from new..

racefaceec90 – My brother used to have that exact same Kona, it even looks the same size.

I used to take it for a ride on the sly when he was out, it absolutely flew, and it was fun bunny hopping with his spd shoes that were 3 sizes too big. 😀

99 I think. Sold on when I bought my first FS. Shame as it’d be awesome around the FoD
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Kona Caldera – May 03 – July 05[/url] by Alex Leigh[/url], on Flickr

And a 92/93. Also sold on as it looked lovely but was never really ridden.
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Kona Kilauea[/url] by Alex Leigh[/url], on Flickr

Plenty of Kona’s on link:

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19592

Enjoy

a lot of the new 29ers seem to echo the classic looks of old Kona frames

What frame material were the gold Explosif’s?

Used to love mine!

have a look here 😉 http://www.konaretro.com/showarticle.php?path=articles/catalogues/ EDIT i really wish i could have got a kona.i actually was going to get a cinder cone (splatter paint job one) but for some stupid reason,i never ended up going for one DOH!

My old Hahanna about ’97, sold it for £50 to fund my current bike (2001 Lava Dome £150 – funds were tight)

Looking back I wish I could have kept hold of it – the frame was spotless and it was virtually original apart from the Maxxis rear tyre