🔥Kona Cinder Cone 1991 restore and disc conversion

[Ride_Revive]

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

Thank you, yes this one is definitely living a very different second life haha

 

[Ride_Revive]

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

I believe this one to be 395mm axel to crown. It might be that it is a touch long but I don’t mind the impact that has on the geo.

Funnily enough, I’ve had some success in converting older non disc forks to run disc brakes. I weld a concaved plate onto the fork first, then the tab to the plate. I find this helps spread the load

 

[Ride_Revive]

More pics from last nights ride:

 

[bikeworkshop]

Rule of thumb is you can go +-20mm without spoiling a mtb frame handling. I think the original Forks for this were 380, so these these ones should ride ok and look good with the larger tyre

 

[minor_LEGEND]

I enjoyed reading & looking at this. I have one of these 91 Cinders' in my stable. One of my fave bikes from bitd. Just something about this colour & it's really cool to see you found a decent modern match.

 

[Ride_Revive]

I enjoyed reading & looking at this. I have one of these 91 Cinders' in my stable. One of my fave bikes from bitd. Just something about this colour & it's really cool to see you found a decent modern match.

Thank you! The colour match was honestly a fluke, but came out so close, I thought it was going to be more like the golden colour but in daylight there is definitely a hint of green.