2000 Kona King Kahuna – do they exist?

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Ok here we go. Frame tested was actually 1999 version but review does provide details of the 2000 model. I like the Ritchey - steel is real.

 

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Well well well, how very interesting. Firstly, thank you very much for posting up the scans of What Mountain Bike Magazine. You mentioned Summer 2000; was that the cover date?

Secondly, those reviews back then were really excellent; something that I (we) can actually relate to, and a generation away from what I read today.

Finally, sadly still no 2000 King Kahuna!

The bike on review seems to be an early 1997 model :shock: . It has a down Tube Rear Mech routing, seen on the early 1997 King Kahuna.

It has a 1998/9 Seat Tube Decal, the 1998 Top Tube and Down Tube Decals, but it does have a 2000 Head Tube Decal. Sadly for my (re)search, is that it has no factory fitted Disc Tabs as seen in the "artist's impression" in the 2000 Catalogue.

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2/v/M ... 4.JPG.html

The search continues.

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