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Thought it time to set up a feedback thread. I have had good dealings with captaincowelly and MR OX so far.

Re: This is my ride to work bike. It gets mudguards in winter along with fatter knobbly tyres. I currently have it with flat bars and with a 1 x 10 set up Cross Check Surlys are pretty versatile.

Re: Very nice!

Re: Would you consider selling me the Blue Groove tyre. I have one and would like to match it up? Cheers, Jim

Re: Yes that's it. I was speaking to jinjrich today. I work with him and we were saying how you don't see many of the 93 Cinder Cones.

Re: Its ok guys, I managed to identify my frame. It is a 1993 Cinder Cone. I found some green paint in the nooks and crannies around the rear mech hanger. Same frame as mk ones, just different colour scheme.

Re: My 1999 Lava Dome.

I spent a couple of hours rubbing the paint off, paint stripper is not as good as it used to be, Had a breakthrough when cleaning around the rear mech hanger and found evidence of the old colour. It had remains of a dark green, so it does appear to be a Cinder Cone. How I aim to get the bike...

Re: I have been advised it is a 1993 by the serial number. Built at the Fairly factory in Taiwan.

Nice. I have a liking of these bikes as I had a M800 Beast of the East which despite the odd rear dropouts was a great bike.

Re: Thank you mk one, the more I have read and heard, I have come to the same thinking,

Re: This cable stop has been added at some time. 1993, 5lbs, 19", oval on lower part of seat tube, originally ran canti brakes. I think it should have a two tone fade paint scheme originally. Seat tube internally is 26.6mm and headset 1" 1/8th (would this of been threaded back in...

Thanks for that FluffyChicken. I scoured the forum and found it was a 1993. Could be a Fire Mountain or CinderCone. I got back to the frame which is at work and checked it will be a 26.6mm seatpost. The rear cable stop to make it v brake compatible is an added one. Would of been canti...

Hi there mk one, I have a unidentified Kona frame that looks the same as yours, would you be able to post the weight of the bare frame as it looks now less the forks and clamp? Cheers, Jim

Hi folks. I just bought my second Kona frame! It had been repainted and Kona Explosif stickers fitted. I don't think it's an explosif, but it was cheap. So what is it? Well it's probably too heavy at 5lbs. It has gear cable stops on the downtube and v brake cable stops on the top tube and I...

I had a Beast of the East M800. Originally the dark purple, though I had Argos make it red. Very light fully rigid and a harsh ride. It did climb very well due to the low weight. Loved the oversize downtube and Pepperoni forks. http://imgur.com/gallery/VRMv0da

Re: Thanks. Yes the clutch is off in the pic. I went with a 1 x10 set up, partly due to cost and we had a cassette in stock at work and a friend gave me a dodgy shifter which needed some loctite. It is an 11/42. The chainring is a Hope 38t withthe original outer chainring ground down to make a...

Hi. I thought I would post a picture of my recently finished Kona. I have been on here a couple of months and only used the Wanted section, looking for rims and other bits. https://imgur.com/a/reyP9JC

Re: rims Hi captaincowelly. I will take you up on that. If your rims are identical (I have seen stickers that differ). I will take them. My email is jim.croft@outlook.com Regards, Jim

Re: Mavic rims swap/sell Hi. I am looking for a silver 36h Mavic xm317 non disc rim. Prefer NOS or very good used. I have a new 32h xm317 I could sell or swap. £25 for my rim plus postage if sold.