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Re: Re: Thanks although after a few short rides my back is begging me to fit a riser bar.

WOW, that looks amazing! Quick question, is the clearcoat sprayed on or is it clear powdercoated?

Very nice. Lovely bike you have there.

Last few pics. Hope you enjoy!

After a few nights of cleaning and building this is the final result. I am super happy with the result. She isn't truly period correct, a few parts are a few years newer but I think the essence is there.

Okay guys. The story is nearly complete. While the single speed was fun for a while but I found I didnt really use it much and felt like I had lost touch with the reason I initially wanted to buy a 95 steel Kona, because of sentimental feelings for my original Cinder Cone. A few weeks ago I...

Re: The disc conversion in my previous post was done late last year. Shortly afterwards I got a modern Trek Roscoe trail bike and the Explosif wasn't being used much. I decided to try mix things up a bit and try it as a single speed.

Re: Re: Yeah, its not pretty but was effective while I had it on the bike. Made it from aluminium and think it weighed around 130g which I think is pretty reasonable.

I rode the bike like this for a few months until towards the end of last year the "Mullet" brake set up (Disc/V Brake Combo) annoyed me and I decided I to do something about putting a disc on the back. I didnt want to weld a tab on the frame. I have always had this feeling that one day I would...

Eventually the bike evolved into full on trail bike mode. I made a 1x9 conversion using a 11-40 sunrace cassette and surprisingly the original M900 8 speed derailleur seemed fine with just a longer b-tensiion screw. A shorter 60mm stem with 780mm bars were added and the fork travel extended to...

Re: A few more pics. After riding the bike a few times I realized that this bike was to become my main ride. With this in mind I decided I defintely wanted to build her up as a Retro-Mod sort of bike to take advantage of modern technology but retain the Old School feel. Fork upgraded to a...

Thanks, your point is so true and will be proved later when I post pics of the current build.

:shock: Yes, bought it November 2015. You from PE?

Please share. I am aware of the retro discussions on The HUB but these are pretty much only road bike related. Otherwise I found a few Facebook groups but they are pretty much dead. Also doesnt help that I am based in Port Elizabeth.

After my first ride I wasn't disappointed. The Explosif definitely had that same "something" that made my old Cinder Cone special. She is a bit small for me but that didnt bother me. I think I have freakishly short arms as i have always favored small bike with long seatposts. Here she is in her...

Once I got home with the bike I didnt really know what to do with it. She was pretty much unridable and I had a few options: 1 - Restore to original spec This would be basically impossible. As already mentioned there is pretty much no market for used retro parts in South Africa. It had taken me...

Hi Everyone, new member here from South Africa. Thought you guys might like to see my 95 Kona Explosif. I have had her for a few years now and she has been through a few different builds so I'll spread the pictures out over a few posts. I have been mountain biking since 1994. Over the years I...