Pipmeister
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I recently said very publicly on here that I couldn’t fit any more bikes in my little palace. This was inspired by Ernie who outed a mint 1997 Kilauea SE. It was listed on U.S. e-Bay for piffling $370 BIN. It was then reduced still lower when it didn’t sell. The problem was that the seller wouldn’t ship, and it was residing way up into the Rocky Mountains in Colorado.
There are obviously ways around getting hold of a bike when the seller will not ship, but I made the lame excuse that I didn’t have room, so I passed on taking things further…. this despite the efforts of both Ernie and al-onestare who were “encouraging” me to go for it.
Within a fortnight, Al was on the case again. I received a P.M. late one evening saying, “Red alert, literally!”
This time it was a 1998 Kona Hot frame residing in Florida. I was still regretting not pursuing the Kilauea SE, so this time I did the sensible thing and decided to decommission one of my current bikes, with a view to replacing it with a Hot. The axe fell on my 2000 Kula, which to be realistic was not a bike that I had planned on owning. At that time I was looking for a 2000 Explosif, and found a hardly ridden example in North Wales. Curiously, the seller listed a 2000 Explosif and a 2000 Kula together in one sale, and would not sell them separately…..so I ended up with both.
Anyway, that is a bit of background, and in retrospect, it does seem unforgiveable that I have never owned a Hot. Al did all the work with arranging the sale and organising the method of shipping as the frame was on Facebook, and I am not a member.
The frame arrived at my work today and all was well, although by the time I had got home this evening the light was fading, so better pictures to follow.
Pip.
There are obviously ways around getting hold of a bike when the seller will not ship, but I made the lame excuse that I didn’t have room, so I passed on taking things further…. this despite the efforts of both Ernie and al-onestare who were “encouraging” me to go for it.
Within a fortnight, Al was on the case again. I received a P.M. late one evening saying, “Red alert, literally!”
This time it was a 1998 Kona Hot frame residing in Florida. I was still regretting not pursuing the Kilauea SE, so this time I did the sensible thing and decided to decommission one of my current bikes, with a view to replacing it with a Hot. The axe fell on my 2000 Kula, which to be realistic was not a bike that I had planned on owning. At that time I was looking for a 2000 Explosif, and found a hardly ridden example in North Wales. Curiously, the seller listed a 2000 Explosif and a 2000 Kula together in one sale, and would not sell them separately…..so I ended up with both.
Anyway, that is a bit of background, and in retrospect, it does seem unforgiveable that I have never owned a Hot. Al did all the work with arranging the sale and organising the method of shipping as the frame was on Facebook, and I am not a member.
The frame arrived at my work today and all was well, although by the time I had got home this evening the light was fading, so better pictures to follow.
Pip.
very nice, what tubeset is it out of interest? looks like a 17" or in other words, my size 
