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    Pretty in Pink - 1991 Kona Hahanna.

    Another 1991 explosif no nipple.
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    Made up Schwalbe tyre names and intended use

    Distancing Dan - Arbitrarily spaced tyre block pattern based on dubious evidence and inflated statistical analysis.
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    Cassette speed clarification

    Re: Re: Disappointment and regret?
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    Can I convert my Alpinestars to single speed hollowtech

    Easy tiger! You will still need a Crank and a BB. here's the photos...I thought I had a shifter lying around, but I do have one lying around unused on another bike. https://imgur.com/gallery/P5ju4dd
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    Cassette speed clarification

    Just ask sheldon https://www.sheldonbrown.com/k7.html
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    Can I convert my Alpinestars to single speed hollowtech

    OP... if you're interested I've got a 1x10 drive train I was going to put up some time this week alas I've put the XT cranks on another bike XT shifter XTmech with the ONE UP RAD cage, and Ceramic jockeys, SRAM PG1070 with ONE UP 42 ring making it 11-42t and a Race Face 34 narrow wide I was...
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    Trek Elite 9.7/PACE RC41-C-Type/Hope SP-XC-6 ZTR Crest

    Re: Wheelset is not boost compatible :shock:
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    Disc brake noob here...which brake for a Storck Rebel Carbon

    Great frame...always loved the Storck stuff very top end bike porn! This is what I was running back in that era...super light wheelset. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=412259 I was XTR M970-972 and using Avid Elixirs they were just epic brakes for the time. briefly I ran Hopes but...(Hope it fits, Hope...
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    What has the bicycle done to make people so angry?

    pffft fat man a bike???....he not even wearing Rapha, or riding a Pinarello, or checking his Strava thinking he's disgraced drug cheat mr wiggins riding round Richmond park.
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    What Year is this Kona

    You've got yourself a very nice bike. If that's the kind of thing you find for scrap you must have a very very lucky streak...therefore, one might consider getting a lottery ticket. It's a common saying, it just means you're very lucky
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    Mavic calls in the receivers

    No, Trek only buys companies they can steal from and then kill... Mavic haven't really brought anything to the table recently and have already folded :-) It's a real shame though, I almost feel guilty for spending £350 on those 1300g Chinese 50mm carbon clinchers that have just been blindingly...
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    What Year is this Kona

    Picking up for scraps? You need to buy a lottery ticket on the way home!
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    pulstar hubs

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    ** Enigma Ego Ti 29er - Now Splitting **

    Re: Holy crap niner forks £225! I've got two of those unforgiving beasts in boxes. I would have thought the going rate would be paying the buyer £25 + shipping...funky color though
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    And today I did......

    I refuse to mention knees (touch wood) as a 44yo still riding 34/17 Single speed 29er...according to all known mountain bike magazines I couldn't have ridden up any hills since 2003 and my knees should have imploded.
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    Trek Elite 9.7/PACE RC41-C-Type/Hope SP-XC-6 ZTR Crest

    Still available.. someone wants the wheelset so forks are good to go... pm and i'll give you more pics info wtc
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    And today I did......

    It's just frustrating things like taking off the old cassette or thinking about putting the headset in.... Suddenly becomes very frustrating, I hate being broken and have spent a fortune on ebay buying retro bikes now all this years racing has been cancelled... two weeks in now and i'm mostly...
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    And today I did......

    Took it back to metal, added a few layers of clear coat allowed those to fully go off, put the decals on and then have applied more clear coat, i'll add a few more coats and then when they have fully hardened off with sart the rebuild. (this was not all done today! I just did the decals and...
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    And today I did......

    Re: Decals and clear coat on my 1991 Explosif. Very slow progress as I broke my shoulder a couples of weeks. A bit of history...during the stripping process I discovered gorgeous brass braze ons...instantly solving the problem of the color scheme (I wasn't a fan of the purple/black...left it...
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    Giant carbon thing - girvin forks vector 2 £50

    Trawling for 1993 kona rocking horse poo saw this... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Giant-Cadex- ... Sw86dexRFK looks pretty interesting and very cheap.
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