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Thank you very much for the pictures of your Hot frame. I will add it to the Kona Hot Serial Number List, when I have confirmed a couple of details: I can say that it is a 1993 frame built by Tom Teesdale, but I am not very good at figuring out a size from a picture of a frame only, but I have...

Yeah get out there and push those peddles round Captain - it's 6.8 °C here, with a wind chill of 4.3 °C, but the sun has got its' hat on ;) . Pip

The frame is 2005 Kona Kikapu, and would be best listed in the "eBay & Marketplace Watch 1998 -->" section. Pip

With regards to the tubing used for the 1997 Caldera, we have it documented in the Catalogue that "Altitude" Heat Treated Cromoly tubing was used. MDS's has the a Serial number of a 1997 Hot built in July 1996: H0 9607032, Different blue, 19". This would indicate that it is Reynolds 853 Butted...

Yes the Blue colour of MDS is a good representation of the picture (Artist's Impression / not a photograph) of the 1997 Catalogue Blue. mrdryskull: H0 9607032: Just to confuse matters, the Catalogue documents Poopsy Blue & Molotov Red on the Spec Listing page :rolleyes:. Any road up...

Rightyho. I have slightly tweaked the 1st post, to help it resemble the other Hot, Ku & Titanium Frame Lists. A point of interest, would be to discuss the three different prefixes for these frames: H0, CA & K0 mrdryskull's, with H0 9607032 is in keeping with the the 1997 Hot frames. I believe...

🧐^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^🧐 Ah yes, a very good point that I perhaps didn't emphasise enough in the Post - 1997 Kona Custom only. Thank you Alasdair. Pip

1997 Caldera Frame Serial Numbers: Hand made in USA by Altitude Cycle Technologies. Featured in the 1997 catalogue, but some say never sold to the public, although I think this is a bit of poetic licence. Kona says approximately 50 were built in (Poopsy) Blue and 50 in (Molotov) Red. Made from...

Sorry Mark, I didn't pop these pictures up of what is allegedly Trish Sinclair's Team frame. I've listed it as a 17" 1994 Orange TET 1681. Very close to the Orange of the bike that Max Jones is seen riding in the 1996 catalogue: I have a few more if you wanted some other detail: Pip

Ah, is that what is on Ryder Hesjeda's 1997 Kula here? I have that same Font on other Team Issue bikes: Pip

Cheers Matti, I'm familiar with "Inside Sales Representative" Paddy White who as far as I am aware, is still with the company now. Paddy White second from right: Yeah I am very interested to identify Max's bike there with race number 135 - it looks like the 1994 "Kona Custom" Decal along...

Thank you very much chaps. I have a vast amount of documentation and pictures on all things Kona filed away in my computer - I was saying to Alasdair, if I don't share it now on here, then there seems little point in storing it away all this time :D . With regards to the Team colour, it...

Edit / Update: Alasdair just pointed this out to me, and it definitely needs to be added here. The 1996 Team Issue Orange Kapu that he acquired. Once again the Nemo version of Columbus Nivacrom tubing, and with mention of a "Team Issue Mustard" colour on the Fork Steerer :cool: . Maybe this was...

Good morning, There are a couple of separate stories here that are related, but I'll try to stick to the use of the Orange Team Colour. I first noticed that there were a few incidental pictures of Team Riders in the 1995, 1996 and 1997 catalogue, who were riding Orange bikes. Those catalogues...

Thank you for the picture of the Serial Number of your Ku, which I have added to my records. Don't get too excited about the use and the name of the colour, and I hope that it's not over-egging it too much. However, it is currently approaching my bed time now, but I will cobble something...

Hello and welcome to Retrobike. Thank you for posting the pictures of your 1996 Kona Ku. I have entered it on the Serial Number List, and have called the colour Team Orange. There is a bit of a story behind why that was documented, and I can always alter the listing if we conclude that the...

Yes, in a previous post for TET 18 90KH0827C, the 18 after the TET has been discussed whether is could be referring to a size 18". On the Hot Serial Number List, it was me who listed the TET 18 90KH0827C as 19" after reading through the discussion, but that may be wrong, and I can adjust...

Okay, a bit of a turn up here with almost identical Serial Numbers. Retro Newbie Shah, from Singapore has posted a picture of a very early Kona Hot, with the paint now stripped raw. I couldn't see the full serial numbers before when it had some paint on it, but now all is revealed. There is a...

Vern and I had been exchanging Private Messages for a good while now - in the somewhat unique way that people can when they share an illness and its treatment :rolleyes:. Crikey, this brings my situation all a bit closer, although it would appear that I still have something left in the tank...

THM: I watched plenty of videos on Youtube, regarding setting up a guitar to get some difference of opinion. You'll soon have some suggestions on leveling the frets posted on the right hand side of your YouTube page. There are a few characters who you will get to know, so pick who you think is...