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The point of swapping chains early is to keep all parts of a drivetrain (chain, chainring, cassette teeth) at a similar level of wear so that force is evenly applied to the contact points of teeth and chain. Each part wears out at different rates because of differences in material, usage, dirt...

Re: Re: That's the thing! Is it retro or not? Does it need its own thread or forum? Does this style even have a name? Retro-nostalgia? Faux-retro? Or is this the real "retrobike" and everything else should properly be called "vintage"? :o "The future is already here - it's just not evenly...

Re: Retro bikes I saw........ Compliments of Tokyo, hence the variety: high zoot, weird, mundane and retro-nostalgia.

Re: I did look in to that, but in this neck of the woods (Australia), retro mtb is not that big and the cheapest adaptor I could find was one quarter the price of the whole bike. I've still got the other half if you want it :lol:

Finally got my hands on a smaller sized retro Kona for the shorter members of the family. I forgot to take a "before" photo, but it was original spec in barely rideable condition. Long story short, I've torn her down and "modernised" her to 1X8 speed, short stem and v-brakes. I also upgraded a...

Looking for a short (less than 80mm) stem to fit a 1 1/8" steerer tube. Shorter is better. Don't care what the rise is like. This is to fit a threaded Kona P2 fork. Alternatively, a quill to ahead converter for 1 1/8 is good too! Happy to swap or pay, I have a couple of stems that will fit...

Klein mission control handlebar or Charlie Cunningham stem for innovation, badass-ness and won't-look-right-on-another-bike individuality.

Can't find a link, but Columbia used to make a great 3/4 length pants out of ripstop nylon under the GRT label. Covers your knees, but stays out of the chain. Unfortunately, not waterproof though. Combine with some removable lycra leggings and you're warm(er) and not too embarrassing! Lately...

Kilauea and Smoke/Darts have provisionally been sold!

Re: elpedro666, I don't think the tyres are folding (I could be wrong), so I have not even bothered checking the price!

Hi Steve, the best I can find is somewhere between $40~70 for shipping bike and tyres, depending on the size of the bike box, which I will have to chase up. I used http://www.interparcel.com.au for the quote. If you can find cheaper, I'm happy to use them.

Re: More pics as promised.

Take yourself back to the halcyon days of the mid-nineties with this mint time machine! This baby is dialled to mid-nineties period perfection, when big rings were on the front, not the back and only Konas (yes, ok and a few other Canadian frames) had long top tubes! 20 years on and this bike is...

Good to see all the Konas going strong! Current ride, '95 Explosif, non period correct, very utilitarian. It came with period correct P2 forks, but the longer (410mm?) fork improves the handling IMO. This is the replacement after my '98 cracked at the bottom of the seat tube after almost 15...