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The word is out. "Save the Whales" bumper stickers will be replaced with "Save the Norco's"

Amen

Bar end discussion is blowing up on RetroBike. I think I caught the bug... I'm going to replace the fuzzy dice hanging from my trucks rear view mirror with an old set of bar ends!

How about a guy who ran a marathon in them?

Bar ends are Crocs for bikes. Ask anyone who wears Crocs, why they wear Crocs and the same answer will be applicable to bar ends

Fair enough. I'll happily do a voodoo dance around a bike carcass

I love Voodoo's. I always have my eye out for a 1996 Bizango but they are rarely seen in on the southwest coast of BC. eBay, Pinkbike and FB listings pop up pretty often in California. That's a nice bike. The orange Bomber Z1 alone would tempt me to negotiate

These guys do good work and custom jobs for a reasonable price https://thelifemachine.com/

Thanks, Dr Dave, its my "daily driver". 30 speeds, crisp braking and a fun rider. I'm really happy how the Kooka's turned out. Only change I'll make is I'll probably have to mount my SimWorks Homage tires soon for some more corner gripping over the fall leaves and soupy muck and throw on the...

Wait and see what tomorrow brings

26 x 2.15 No clearance issues at all

90's Ninja's 1995 Kona Cinder Cone Build thread: https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/1995-kona-cinder-cone-restomod-build-thread.482558/#post-3611244

Thank you. I like where you are going with this build. SimWorks MowMow would be my vote. That MowMow has a clean and sleak profile for a riser bar that won't take away from the 90's Kona aesthetic. Although built by Nitto, their designs under the SimWorks brand is a level up in the cool factor...

How much time do you want to spend on the frame? There is nothing wrong with just scraping as much rust from the chips as you can with a metal pick or dental tool, cleaning with rubbing alcohol and building up a couple coats with enamel based touch up paint or nail polish (lacquer), both of...

Yes and no. SimWorks is its own company that designs and outsources the manufacturing to Nitto and other companies depending on the component

I'm not sure there would be an easy way to put a super curvy handlebar like the Surly Open bar in a velocity stem without some serious bending open of the clamp. 31.8mm 2 bolt clamp stems give you a ton of choices for "alt" handlebars with nice backsweep, rise or even going with moto style bars...

The owner reading the bombardment of messages:

Thanks Matti. I know that a mid tier, mid school Kona will never hold a candle to a titanium Merlin or a titanium rektek but its nice to hear that there is appreciation for my mid school-modern mix builds. Great ride yesterday. Fall is in the air

Parts list - 19" frame - Thomson elite seatpost - Selle Italia Flite saddle - Nitto b903 bullmoose handlebar - Nitto quill to threadless adapter - Kona Impact headset - Odi Vans x Cult grips - MicroShift thumb shifters - Velo Orange shifter and brake cable set - Paul Love brake levers - Shimano...

Besides quality and the Nitto brand, it was the only 1 1/8 threaded to 1 1/8 threadless adapter I could find at the time