🔥Kona Cinder Cone 1991 restore and disc conversion

[Ride_Revive]

That looks really good. I like the way you have kept the spirit of the original. It's like a modern, pumped up version of mine. Good work!

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Thank you! Indeed I always wanted it to keep looking somehow similar to its original form - looking at yours it certainly does remain some of its charm. And you are right - our bikes are super similar!

 

[Ride_Revive]

Love this modern and classic al at the same tie. Very Well done.

Many thanks, glad it’s been well received - such a classic bike, I have tried to be sympathetic to its origins with component choices

 

[Lostcause]

Looks amazing, I bet you can't go in and out of a bike shop in less than half an hour with that lol. You've done a really nice tasteful job

 

[Ride_Revive]

Looks amazing, I bet you can't go in and out of a bike shop in less than half an hour with that lol. You've done a really nice tasteful job

Thanks mate, I’m delighted with how it’s turned out. That said I’m going to extend the steerer a bit to bring the front end up a touch more to suit me a little better.

 

[Ride_Revive]

After a bit of bother with the cranks on this I finally got around to swapping them to a set of SRAM GXP’s. Not sure I’ll keep them on this, but needs must so I could ride it.

Also managed to get the steerer extended so I could have a bit of a higher front end. The results of which have made it much better suited to the type of riding I built the bike for.

Here’s a reel from tonight’s spin into the city:

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[Ride_Revive]

And another picture for good measure

 

[moonlite]

It looks good -- nice to see an old warhorse gussied up and ready to ride.

 

[Ride_Revive]

Another vid of a recent ride:

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[georges1]

very nice build

 

[bikeworkshop]

That fork is a great find - I thought by the time kona p2 had disc mount only the length was getting a bit long for the rigid-era frames, and I wouldn't want to put a disc tab on a pre- disc (quality) fork the braking forces are too different