jonthefish
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What's the verdict on the right length of fork for this?
And keep the green
And keep the green
1993 Kona Hot
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HuskyDinoBomber
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So fork is triple butted with a 395 A-C measurement. Mine is currently grey in colour but that will change. Could use some help deciding on colour. Vote colour match frame, champagne or black. Also have a black velocity stem as well as champagne coloured one.
I think all three options would look good
While still looking good colour matching the fork green would be my third choice, black fork/stem second with Champagne fork/stem my 1st choice.
In 93 is was a great color scheme which works with many frame colors IMHO.
I came across this great read of another Hot build which uses the Champagne fork/stem with a great black/red fade on the frame
https://cog.konaworld.com/kona-dream-builds-sandors-1993-tom-teesdale-built-kona-hot/
I guess I'm a bit bias as well, I love the look of my 93' Kilauea which also uses a Champagne fork/stem
HuskyDinoBomber
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Here’s a snapshot of the parts Ive accumulated so far. Surprised at how much beefier the black stem is to the champagne one.
jonthefish
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If you are going for the yellow and white decals on the fork then the grey stem with yellow and white decals is another option and might match. Right year too possibly? And yes, the early black stems are heavy old things.
Just looking at the drop outs on the project two forks,have you checked on the steerer tube which look like a 95 fork to see if it's stamped up cm/tb if it's not on they may not be triple butted.
They caught my attention because on my 94 Firemountain the drop outs are different and they're triple butted.
Here's a couple of photos of the 94 bike for reference,one of the forks and one of the steerer tube with the stampings.
They caught my attention because on my 94 Firemountain the drop outs are different and they're triple butted.
Here's a couple of photos of the 94 bike for reference,one of the forks and one of the steerer tube with the stampings.
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HuskyDinoBomber
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If anyone is interested in a trade I have the threadless fork and RaceFace headset available for a threaded triple but fork champagne and black Impact headset.
So what is the colour exactly? Gold Champagne, colour code?
So what is the colour exactly? Gold Champagne, colour code?
Reading that a bit caught my eye, it's say the Hot has a 27.2mm seatube which may possibly mean the Hot has different tubing to a 93 Explosif which has a 27.0mm seatube what's the measurement on the Hot you have Husky?
HuskyDinoBomber
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Seat tube is 27.2mm
