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Lanyon Quoit ;) Very still, barely a breeze from the east apparently. Cool 11 degrees, solid cloud. Peaceful up top before the drop back to the coast.

Oct-24 New Seeds broadcast live from Bloop London studios with 2 hours of fresh down to mid-tempo electronica with all the feels 👍 👌 🙏 https://www.mixcloud.com/blooplondon/new-seeds-w-amc-281024/ Public service announcement: if you like what you heard please support the artist and buy...

Also worth delving into the Ku, Ti, and Hot SN list threads for nuggets of info: https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/kona-ku-serial-number-list-update-29-10-24.446754/ https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/kona-titanium-serial-number-list-update-08-06-23.464733/...

Well then, a 98 Ku, and at #519, the second to last produced or second youngest Ku on record to date. It has the same subtle metallic flake as the others in this era. Another duck-egg blue too 👍 H9A00519 16" 1998 Eggshell Blue sparkle - Hodaka, 1999, Control Code A, October, 0519...

Ooooo! We defo need to see some pic's of this if you can! Such a highly sought after frame and for good reason, especially if there's 2! #168 put's it firmly in the 18" frames that don't exist ;) ;) For now added to the list as: KS18168 - Verbal on RB

As mentioned, these would have been estimates based off previous years or fingers in the air...with a little reality. This is the UK/Europe mid-season mailout as well, not the "official" catalogue either so it's reasonable to factor in human (typo) error. We are looking at information that's...

Crap innit? Roll on spring!

Sunday morning ride, with a recovering achilles, proper good simple stretch. Great autumn vibes before the rain returned 👍

Hello 2017 me. You can take these off the list 🤗👌

Have you seen Harry Metcalfs (Harry's Garage) one?

Wednesday night ride, Bristol to Bath and back on route #4, the old railway line. I've run a portion of it but with my achilles healing and decent weather, I took Simone with me instead of my trainers. In the dark it was ace so I can only imagine during the day it's pretty good too with some...

CX and BX for me

The only differences between an Explosif and Explosif Pro were the components and colour (black) but even the colour was a red herring because you could have any 1992 Kona model in black :LOL:

Essentially custom "new" tubing vs. XC pedigree tubing

A great, similar recurring question that diving into this site's history, reveals that some did and some didn't, spanning Hots and Explosifs 🤣 https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/94-kona-explosif-owners.226335/post-1703692 https://1994explosif.wordpress.com/ But did they use the same tubing...

New column added to the master spreadsheet and from the notes I have, defo 3 Ultrastongs (ribbed) and 2 others that had the decal but no notes if the downtube was ribbed. They span 3 production years: 3 confirmed: 1305 1373 1882 2 unconfirmed: 769 1111

Couple of updates: The earliest known production Altitude Hot to date, no actual picture of the SN as yet, but it's reported as HT0101. Resprayed around 1998 with period correct decals and currently for sale...

Before anyone gets twisted, this is my opinion. We've all got them ;) Even with the quality of the respray and period correct decals, it's not original. If originality if your thing, then those buyers will look elsewhere. I do think that impacts the price, but not quite as much as more recent...

It's an early 1996 Altitude model. The tell-tale apart from the SN are the goat-head drop-outs. To be clear, 96's didn't come with canti-bridges as standard. If that's the genuine SN it makes it the earliest recorded production Altitude Hot on record. Remember, all the Hot details are here...

Saturday morning ride, fairly clear skies before the cloud, wind and rain swept in. Misty out on the sea. Pleasant 10-12 SW breeze. Just before the drop into Mousehole 👍