1989 TBG Kona Fire mountain ...... Splatterlicous

[retrobikeguy]

Wanted one of these for a while, its been a slow attic build, not classed as a bike as it has no wheels......... honest luv :| well she broke her ankle dead on new year and hasn't been able to climb the stairs to the attic, so the wheels were dragged out of the eaves and put on just for tonight

finally, she has gone out to a friends house and I drag it downstairs for a quick spin

Looking better than I expected

Wheels are exage on matching weinman/bontrager rims were from a chap at the york cycle rally, £10 the pair with cassette, tyres are a more modern yet amber walled slick.

Turbo Lite saddle, Great on top and sides, little untidy at the rear but for £2........ bargain!

Exage STi in better condition than the ones I had originally thanks to LGF, and foam grips finish it off period wise... £1.30 delivered, and front and rear mech from the parts bin of the recycle cycle lot...£3.00

Nice 300LX chainset again thanks to LGF, getting very hard to find this low end stuff in nice condition.

Paint and decals are in great condition

I'm chuffed

RBG

 

[Spanky22b]

Oooh splatter paint Kona Fire Mountain
Cracking job you've done there with the build,it looks in lovely condition.

There's something so right about the blue and the white splatter on these it just go's perfect together,i can't wait to get mine built up now after seeing yours.

 

[longun]

look sweet dude

 

[Ghosty]

Nice, that's super clean. City Jets are an ok tyre, they ride well and certainly worth the money. I don't personally like the weird shape of them, but that's subjective.

 

[JonTom]

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Tremendous!

 

[al-onestare]

That frame looks very much like the one I had and sold...is that a Croydon decal on the downtube? Has it got a CRO postcode stamped? That said, the splatters look different.

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[firedfromthecircus]

I'm chuffed

RBG

I would be too. Cracking looking bike you've got there.

 

[retrobikeguy]

That frame looks very much like the one I had and sold...is that a Croydon decal on the downtube? Has it got a CRO postcode stamped? That said, the splatters look different.

It does have that decal, worn in different areas to yours , I did check your build thread as I remembered that detail ........... I would say this is its long lost twin!

Bought from GG on ebay but on here as a frame/forks/h-set/u-brake combo, everything else is sourced bit by bit, I got what I wanted......something exactly like yours

RBG

 

[al-onestare]

That frame looks very much like the one I had and sold...is that a Croydon decal on the downtube? Has it got a CRO postcode stamped? That said, the splatters look different.

It does have that decal, worn in different areas to yours , I did check your build thread as I remembered that detail ........... I would say this is its long lost twin!

Bought from GG on ebay but on here as a frame/forks/h-set/u-brake combo, everything else is sourced bit by bit, I got what I wanted......something exactly like yours

RBG

Wow! That really would be something

 

[Splatter Paint]

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Nice. The Fire Mountain just looks great in those colours, in fact it is the nicest colour scheme in all 26 years of production.

SP