Hi all
My love for Kona's started with my 1998 Hahanna which I sadly outgrew as I got to my later teens so I had to sell it on. Now after having a couple of modern treks I’ve sold them on to relive the memory.
I decided I’d like another 1998 model as I love the jungle graphics and wanted to try the midrange double butted frame and really like the green the lava dome comes in so with that decision made the search began.
A slightly scruffier one came up so I snapped it up and here it is. Some standard parts still on it and a debatable bar and stem set up.
Plans are
Strip down and clean then sort out rust scabs etc on the frame
Clean and lube standard drive and brakes for now but upgrade to full XTR m952 maybe raceface turbine/forged chainset? later on just need to sort cables to get it going..... Done
Loose the planet x stem and jumpy bars replace with Easton carbon bar and stem in old 25.4 size….. Done
Change forks to Kona project 2's or simualar rigid fork.....DONE
Easton carbon seatpost with Hope seat clamp ....Half DONE
Fit my gold Hope headset I have tucked away......Done
Gold frame bolts….DONE
Lighter Retro Wheelset
So here’s pics of the story so far.
Delvery day its like christmas has come early so exited
unpacked woo hoo
Built it up for a test ride, had to be done the rear wheel was a bit buckled so it had some bad tyre rub and gears very sticky so it was a round the block job but still i really enjoyed it.
Next it was on to check if the bb was seazed in the frame turned out to be in there hand tight as was the cassette lol. The old bb had seen better days but luckly in amoungst my stash a good spare.
How the bike was after its first evening with me
next evening even less
On to cleaning up the parts. They came up really well and silky smooth too after a degrease, blast out with hose, blow out with airline and relube. also swapped the pads of the rears as they were shot due to the buckled wheel.
On to sorting the frames rust scabs and scrapes dremmel time. The new paint will never be an exact match as the paintshop UV scanned it and it appears to be a 3 stage candy paint job so cant be replicated with a single coat. So just got as close as possible with a tweaked Skoda ralle green.
I know some wont approve of this but i wanted it protected and it will be polished back and blended in.
Prep
Thats all for now hope you like it.
My love for Kona's started with my 1998 Hahanna which I sadly outgrew as I got to my later teens so I had to sell it on. Now after having a couple of modern treks I’ve sold them on to relive the memory.
I decided I’d like another 1998 model as I love the jungle graphics and wanted to try the midrange double butted frame and really like the green the lava dome comes in so with that decision made the search began.
A slightly scruffier one came up so I snapped it up and here it is. Some standard parts still on it and a debatable bar and stem set up.
Plans are
Strip down and clean then sort out rust scabs etc on the frame
Clean and lube standard drive and brakes for now but upgrade to full XTR m952 maybe raceface turbine/forged chainset? later on just need to sort cables to get it going..... Done
Loose the planet x stem and jumpy bars replace with Easton carbon bar and stem in old 25.4 size….. Done
Change forks to Kona project 2's or simualar rigid fork.....DONE
Easton carbon seatpost with Hope seat clamp ....Half DONE
Fit my gold Hope headset I have tucked away......Done
Gold frame bolts….DONE
Lighter Retro Wheelset
So here’s pics of the story so far.
Delvery day its like christmas has come early so exited
unpacked woo hoo
Built it up for a test ride, had to be done the rear wheel was a bit buckled so it had some bad tyre rub and gears very sticky so it was a round the block job but still i really enjoyed it.
Next it was on to check if the bb was seazed in the frame turned out to be in there hand tight as was the cassette lol. The old bb had seen better days but luckly in amoungst my stash a good spare.
How the bike was after its first evening with me
next evening even less
On to cleaning up the parts. They came up really well and silky smooth too after a degrease, blast out with hose, blow out with airline and relube. also swapped the pads of the rears as they were shot due to the buckled wheel.
On to sorting the frames rust scabs and scrapes dremmel time. The new paint will never be an exact match as the paintshop UV scanned it and it appears to be a 3 stage candy paint job so cant be replicated with a single coat. So just got as close as possible with a tweaked Skoda ralle green.
I know some wont approve of this but i wanted it protected and it will be polished back and blended in.
Prep
Thats all for now hope you like it.
