1990 16" Kona Cinder Cone. Mixture of fun parts.

[albash82]

i like this lots matey, very individual & not just your average white kona... (although there are some very nice ones out there and i toyed with the idea of spraying mine white....)
I had a big problem with brake judder on my lava dome with my onza canti's. i've helped it a lot by using a fork-mounted cable stop rather than the one on the stem... but this doesn't really help you does it?
when i was using my lava dome back in't day, i did put some original xt v's on but didn't have an issue with judder. is there much play between the arms on the mounts?

 

[Skeelsie]

Cheers .

A lot of the judder went, the crown race on the fork had another 1mm to drop and did so after a bit of persuasion and problem solved.

The Tektro V's have quite a bit of play in them so it was amplified when the headset was on the cack.



The only changes I might make are removing the purple from the bars and get her indoors to give the cooker a once over.

 

[MCsanandreas]

thats a tidy looking bike,well done!

 

[Skeelsie]

Gave the purple bars the oven cleaner, 400 grit, 800 grit and some T Cut to give them a near mirror finish.

 

[captain8track]

re:

I must say I quite like it. the cable routing could probarly be done in another way, but it's probarly functional. I like the fact of taking old bikes and make them actually rideable...

 

[Skeelsie]

Update.

I've ditched the Tekro Brakes in favour of the NOS LX cantilevers that have been floating about since V-brakes became a must have.

Found some tatty Dia-Compe PC-5's in the shed that I'd got in a swap for something with a bloke at school about 17 years ago. Polished them up and made some new decals for them in Illustrator.

Fitted a zoom cable hanger that I had hanging around and gave the Icon stem a mirror finish with wet and dry and T-Cut original.

 

[Skeelsie]

Other pictures

 

[Mr Panda]

Nice unique bike you have there - there should be more of this




..........in fact get it in for BOTM

 

[mikesnowdon]

Really like this bike!

But please do something about the rear mech and cranks.

 

[Skeelsie]

I'd do something about them if they didn't shift perfectly, instantly and didn't weigh much.

I jumped out of bed on Thursday and had to ride it before even taking a shower and brushing my teeth, that's what its all about, reliving a period that should be appreciated.

I've got an 1991 Alivio chainset a 95 STX chainset and did buy an XT M739 chainset but thought nah, if it's not broke don't fix it. I don't remember shifting ever being quite this slick.

Today I got a red ano crud claw and and some white heat-shrink to stop cable rub on the top tube. Fitted and it looks like a brand new bike with the exception of the black on the rims having worn through slightly.

I love the thing, properly solid and quick despite the mud/rock only tyres.