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Re: Lovely condition for the age of the bike. Didn't know they marketed the Verlicchi/Marzocchi frame under the Lapierre brand. Think this should be a keeper.

Re: Best bike I have ridden is still is my 94 Kona Kilauea which I still ride to this day. Love the nicely setup geometry which seem to be the case of all the Kona bikes I have owned. Worst MTB ridden was a Giant Wrap 3 one of the first breed of affordable dual suspension bikes - heavy and...

Re: Thanks shinobi glad you like it. It's actually a normal 26" first generation Smoke frame. I think they later changed to bigger wheels a few year later. I was quite surprised with the more performance parts (especially the Mavic 221 rim/XT hub wheels) it's as light as my 94 Kilauea. Specs...

After acquiring a 96 Kona Kula with a cracked frame few months ago from local fellow Retrobiker Jon Tom and failing to find a replacement I decided to reincarnate my Kona Smoke bike into a bum up head down 90's style racer with most of the running gear from the Kula. Added a Sugino Mighty 900...

Re: I recall back in the 80's there was a US craze using bikes like yours to go downhill racing down windy roads clad with body amour and full face helmets. A number of well known BMX brands made them with the aero type sloping tubes and wheel covers.

Re: It isn't pretty but it works and the canti's have pretty good slowing power and feedback. NOTE: slowing not stopping as canti's weren't ever that good compared to V brakes. Saw the Marzocchi brake attachment thingy on Ebay but crikey they wanted what it cost me half the price I paid for the...

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1984-Cook-Br ... 33a4151c7a Massive discount from massive original asking price.......

Re: I recently managed to get hold of some Marzocchi XC700 forks in pretty good working condition complete with newish seals at a reasonable cost from an European Ebayer. They must be the last production run of their original style XC forks as they have been date stamped 98. Perfect to do the...

Re: A co worker and me were brainstorming about the artist and name of the song and unfortunately I found it and it's been etched into my cranium since..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w4Xulsjo5I

Re: JonTom I was looking at the very same Kona on Gumtree and thought about buying it as well. You got yourself a bargain even through the frame might be catcus! I reckon the steel framed Cone in gold paint with period decals and all the decent gear would look pretty smart.

Re: Stopped watching TG years ago. Format just getting so tiresome and getting boring. Must admit the three of them made the show and Clarkson was pretty funny at times - they tried an Oz version and by crikey it was crap. Prefer Fifth Gear - more about the cars ( instead of just boof heads...

Re: I'm in mourning as I have discovered that my Kona Dee Lux has life ending cracks around it's head tube. Me thinks all that stress of lugging the 5 kilo Monster T forks along with all that jumping and heavy landings has finally taken it's toll. Unfortunately the bike has now been relegated...

Re: Ooops :facepalm: - try this link... http://www.vitalmtb.com/videos/member/F ... tlights%29

http://feeds.vitalmtb.com/~r/VitalMt.../iceman2058,94 Here's a classic showing 80's mountain bikers doing their "thing". Forgotten we had such classy safety kit back then and mullet haircuts.....

Re: Saw a classic recently on Gumtree advertising a 1998 Kona Uhu selling for 170 bucks. Hardly used and advertised with a flat tire and obviously the owner either didn't know much about bikes or just needed to off load it quick smart. Took a couple of weeks to sell and a few days later the...

Re: I think so. The camera feels pretty solid and the picture quality is very very good. The only thing I'm finding difficult to get my head around the many settings you can customise within the camera menu - it's like a SLR. My other digital cameras are like 6 years old and very basic by...

Re: I spoiled myself with a new (well secondhand Ebay) Fujifilm X20 digital camera for Christmas. Styled like a vintage rangefinder camera but packed with some interesting features and takes nice sharp pics. Took some snaps on my Christmas Day ride on my 80's Centurion sporting some shiny...

Funny I also have the exact same Russian Fed camera as yours Ritz but now sits on my brothers book shelf as a prop after the focusing went a bit wacky.

Re: Have a look at Fujifilm cameras. Some great retro styled rangefinder digital cameras with quality features and images. Looks of a Leica without the price but not the cheapest neither. http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digita ... lm_x_pro1/ http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digita ...

Re: I was using a pair of 2003 Marzocchi Super T's (now fitted to my Kona Stinky) before I fitted the Monsters. They had the same amount of travel as the original spec Monsters at 170mm compared to 200mm on later version. Darn sight lighter with smaller diameter stanchions and rode quite well...