1991 Kona Explosif DX

[jimo746]

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Zip ties have gone now replaced by a couple of stick on hose guides, not very elegant, but what can you do?

The Maguras and Gripshift are not the typical fare for a '91 Explosif (most builds seem to be canti brakes and thumbshifters) but both were available at that time, sometimes it's good to be different.

 

[jimo746]

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Few photos from a couple of days ago, I've been using the Explosif to go to & from work so fitted some Schwalbe City Jet tyres, makes it much quicker on the Tarmac, the 28/38/48 chainset doesn't seem quite so bad now!

 

[jonthefish]

Cool pics of a cracking bike. Nice.

 

[prezza]

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Very nice looking build. Be good to see the left side and those cable guides you’ve used...

 

[Y282]

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Lovely looking bike


Are those Citijets skinwall or Camberwell? Just ordered a set of skins for mine and thought they'd look lighter.

 

[jimo746]

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Are those Citijets skinwall or Camberwell? Just ordered a set of skins for mine and thought they'd look lighter.

I thought they only did Blackwall or Tan/Amber Wall? I don't remember, but these are definately a darker colour, more like an Amber wall tbb.

Just rotated the Biopace chainrings round slightly, will see how it feels on tomorrow's ride to work.

 

[jimo746]

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Very nice looking build. Be good to see the left side and those cable guides you’ve used...

Trying to tame an unruly Magura brake hose is no easy task.
I guess fitting a brand new hose might iron out the kinks and bends, but that's not going to happen anytime soon
I wonder what they did BITD? On my Orange I drilled out the cable stops, but there's not even a rear cable stop on this!

Anyway, this has become my go to bike for the short trip to work, its not the fastest or lightest, but can handle tarmac and a bit off off-road even with the slick tyres.

 

[Graham_hkr]

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Cracking build...

 

[enc]

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That is bloody lovely Deffo going black on my new Kona project.
can i ask what the powder coat cost?

 

[one_bad_mofo]

Willing to be shot down in flames here, but are you sure you've got those brake booster mounted correctly? I would have thought they should be mounted under the heads of the bolts in the canti mounts - the idea being they stop the bosses from spreading when the brakes are applied hard.