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There's a sub forum for exactly that 😉

To offset the cloud shouters ;) ;) 😘 there are some fantastic accounts on IG. If you've a specific theme or thing you're interested in, it's there. Sometimes you do need to dig a bit to find them, but that's half the fun. Personally I've found YT too much miss, not enough hit. Paul...

Yep, yellow orange was the team colour those years, or just a single orange colour.

Here we go, this is what I'd go with. The paint scheme did exist but unsurprisingly, this is the only picture I've ever seen. I'm confident it isn't a Hot. The tubing is too big, it's more likely a specially painted Kula given the seat-tube decal. Could it be a Ku? But that's not the point...

Ugh, all behind a pay-wall but great to see Pip's Ku get more media attention 👍

If you can hold fire till Thursday when I'm back home I'll take a picture 👍

Final post for today. If I had a blank canvas 1997 Hot to paint, today, I'd go with something I've never seen in the flesh but must have existed. In the edition of BIKE magazine I've often referenced for the Misser Replica build, is a competition to win a Kona "dual-slalom" frame the Misser...

Ah, memories. Such a great bike I'm super blessed to have.

Okay, so prepare for a geek out. This is one of my favourite pictures in recent times. In the background you have a 1997 Altitude built, Velographics painted Hot. In the foreground you have a 1998 Hodaka built, Enigma painted Hot. Can you spot the differences? Cable stops on the top tube and...

As discussed here: https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/kona-ku-serial-number-list-update-04-11-24.446754/post-3625184 It's been up for sale a while now. If you're thinking of buying, I strongly recommend you see it in-person given the fragility of the frames.

I'd say that's more on the more bargain side these days. There're not as common as they used to be 10 years ago where you'd have a few come up every 2-3 months, found in lofts and such. TB always command a higher price as well, so £80-90 is a fairer representation, even more in tip-top condition...

We can actually take it all the way back to the dawn of music publishing. Well worth a read (as are all of Bob's books).

Bandcamp for me. All the others are hopelessly terrible at remunerating artists.

Pedant alert. This is a thread about best inventions, not what came first or earliest...otherwise nothing here would make the list 🤣 ;)

To be clear, I listed Cheese Moments. The greatest snack of all time.

Volunteer. I work with a bunch for the NT and whilst their humour is questionable ;) the effort and commitment is second to none. Plus it involves proper hard work.

100% agree. Rather than try and re-create a classic look that will indefinitely not look quite as good as the original, going in a different direction with something unique is more true to the nature of the Hot. This is the thread to read of course ;)

Those Process paint jobs were incredible. The attention to detail was top-notch. I wonder where the frames live now?

Hmmmm, excluding the bike: - Not an invention, but discovering and creating "easy" methods to create fire has got to be up there - The wheel - Controlled animal breeding - Penicillin - The radio, or the means of communicating long distance - Composing / "formal" music theory - Cheese Moments

Cross posting alert. I'm toying with the idea of producing a weekly IG post of new editions to the list, should there be any in that given week. The post would contain a picture (not the SN) with a brief summary of what it is, calling out any oddities, differences or historical points of note...