1988 Kona Fire Mountain - finished!
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Hello there, welcome to the forum
Saw this on Ebay myself, It's looking nice! And the paint seems way better than mine was by the looks of things.
If you read my thread all I did was touch up the paint with enamel (easy with the bike being black in the main) and then giving a good go with some Auto Glym Super Resin Polish. Just follow the directions with this and it will give good results. I find this to be less harsh than T-Cut and gives a nice shiny finish.
The components on mine were mostly shot, so the bike was perfect for a little upgrade. Again this one doesn't seem as bad by the images, so a good cleanup of them might do the job. I would suggest new cassette and chain for reliability, and definitely new cables, outers and brake blocks. Note that U brakes will destroy tyres if the blocks are too worn, as the arms will drag closer towards the tyre sidewall.
Hope this all helps. There's plenty of advice available on here so don't be afraid to post any q's on the MTB chat section
firemountain":2cg2ruah said:
Hello there, welcome to the forum
Saw this on Ebay myself, It's looking nice! And the paint seems way better than mine was by the looks of things.
If you read my thread all I did was touch up the paint with enamel (easy with the bike being black in the main) and then giving a good go with some Auto Glym Super Resin Polish. Just follow the directions with this and it will give good results. I find this to be less harsh than T-Cut and gives a nice shiny finish.
The components on mine were mostly shot, so the bike was perfect for a little upgrade. Again this one doesn't seem as bad by the images, so a good cleanup of them might do the job. I would suggest new cassette and chain for reliability, and definitely new cables, outers and brake blocks. Note that U brakes will destroy tyres if the blocks are too worn, as the arms will drag closer towards the tyre sidewall.
Hope this all helps. There's plenty of advice available on here so don't be afraid to post any q's on the MTB chat section
firemountain
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what was the stack hight of the head set
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Apologies, meant to answer this ages ago...
Can't recall the stack height of the original headset, but the headset I replaced it with was a Stronglight A9, with a couple of washers to take up the stack height.
The lower cup didn't fit well so it needed dremelling down a little, but it worked fine once in place
firemountain":1i4zcunr said:
Apologies, meant to answer this ages ago...
Can't recall the stack height of the original headset, but the headset I replaced it with was a Stronglight A9, with a couple of washers to take up the stack height.
The lower cup didn't fit well so it needed dremelling down a little, but it worked fine once in place
firemountain
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Re: Need help with U Brakes
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And in the meantime here’s a link which may help viewtopic.php?f=9&t=99760
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I have one too, complete with curved Project Two, except mine is a different colour scheme.
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=362314&p=2699602#p2699602
Mine is the same colour as most Explosifs of 1988/89. Your splatter ones seem to be the same as the Explosifs of 1989/90?
I have one too, complete with curved Project Two, except mine is a different colour scheme.
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=362314&p=2699602#p2699602
Mine is the same colour as most Explosifs of 1988/89. Your splatter ones seem to be the same as the Explosifs of 1989/90?
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1988 Kona Fire Mountain
new seatclamp on the fire mountain
new seatclamp on the fire mountain
firemountain
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1988 Kona Fire Mountain
work so far on the fire mountain
work so far on the fire mountain
