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That's a lovely scheme, simple and classy.

Very cool! I seem to recall a "Team" Hot (I think a 94/95 bike) in a similar colour (orange to yellow fade) but with out the blue zig-zag. Maybe this is an evolution of those early team colours. As I mentioned I have a Ku needing paint so maybe this is some inspiration for that.

Never seen a '96 rasta flames frame, but @al-onestare 's Hot is the only one I've seen that mixes flames and the 96 decals. And boy does it look good!

This is the closest I've seen to the reverse colourway. Not sure how much I like it, especially the yellow decals on yellow but it might look better with the blue '96 graphics.

Very nice. It looks very much like the '96 catalogue, although there are a few differences in the colour of the flowers, and I believe the catalogue shot is just an image rather than an actual bike. Looks like someone saw it and said "I'll have one of those please!".

@nadge123* overpriced for a frame only and (admittedly very good) repro decals, but this one has just arrived on ebay ... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/276735298747

I remember seeing one (a Kona, but not a Hot) a few years back that had different colours and different years on each side. Can't remember the colours, but one side I think was the '93/94 square font decals and the other was the earlier '91/92 'K' decals. Nice idea and well executed, if a little...

This thread has some reasonable close-ups of some yellow/green flames.

Different colours, but there are lot's of good images in @al-onestare Hot thread, and that has the '96 decals so might be more appropriate for your frame. I have two frames (a Ku and Hot) that need painting (one is paint-less and the other a really awful powder coat) and I would also really...

That's lovely, there can not be many Hot's built for U-brakes.

The paint scheme discussion on the Ku thread reminded me of this rather "unique" creation, which is apparently the original paint (not mine). I think it is a 16" Teesdale Hot S/N TET 799, so it is a new one for the list (although how do you describe it in the list?). I'm sure there can't be any...

Maybe it was the fatter tubes giving a larger canvas to go wild on! Having said that I have a picture of an old Teesdale Hot with an apparently original paint scheme that was just plain weird. I'll try an root it out and post it on the Hot thread, not sure there is a S/N for it though.

The decals are a work in progress, here you can see the problem (and the unfortunate damage to the bottle cage bosses) of removing the glitter which feels like it is welded on, without affecting the originals. I'd love it if anyone has any suggestions?

Not wanting to derail this thread, but I have posted pics of the frames I mentioned in the Caldera, Ku and Ti serial number threads.

As mentioned by @al-onestare here is my '96 Ku, although it is blue lightning rather than flames! I am almost certain that it is the original paint from the factory. Where there is a bit of damage to the paint there is no sign of any other colours below, and the decals are an exact match with...

Hi, as @al-onestare mentioned, I have a 19" red Caldera. Here are a few pics, apologies for the poor lighting, no sun here today! I've tried to get the S/N, it's not really clear but it is CA9609126 as mentioned above. Frame is in pretty good condition except for the down tube bottle mounts...

As mentioned on the Hot serial number thread here is a '94 Haole, factory painted in a one-off scheme. The pictures do not really do the colours justice, sorry about that (and the rusty bolt, the frame is just out of storage and that will be corrected before the weekend is out!). It is a rich...

I have seen some reports that said that the team riders did not like the Columbus (a team sponsor at the time) tubed Explosif's so rode Hei Hei's painted in the rasta flames team colours to match them. An alternative report was that Columbus could not supply enough of the tubing to make the...

That is amazing! I've got some pretty cool Kona's but a Rasta flame bike is still a dream, and there's two of them! The S/N indicates that it was made in Jan '98 which, judging by the list, puts it in between the two batches of Enigma frames from '97 and '98. I wonder if that backs up the...

I love that frame, even with all it's patina, part of it's history! This Peter Wedge team bike was posted on Facebook earlier, labelled as an Explosif, but clearly a Ti frame. It was also on here a few years ago (link). Shame there doesn't appear to be a S/N for it. It's also wearing the lime...