Hmmm, and what kind of rear brakes did that Explosif have, I wonder?Max P":16mth4vx said:Other ads only list the three (then current '89) models - Fire, Cinder, Explosif.
Hmmm, and what kind of rear brakes did that Explosif have, I wonder?Max P":16mth4vx said:Other ads only list the three (then current '89) models - Fire, Cinder, Explosif.
Hmm, I do see your point, but essentially you're saying that there were no 1988 Konas and that all the people who think they have 88 Konas are wrong. And all the people who think they have 89 Explosifs with no U-brake are wrong.Max P":1j1ti89o said:U brake, seatstay mounted.
you're saying that there were no 1988 Konas and that all the people who think they have 88 Konas are wrong. And all the people who think they have 89 Explosifs with no U-brake are wrong.
Anthony":190ktt81 said:Hmm, I do see your point, but essentially you're saying that there were no 1988 Konas and that all the people who think they have 88 Konas are wrong. And all the people who think they have 89 Explosifs with no U-brake are wrong.Max P":190ktt81 said:U brake, seatstay mounted.
Also, if there were no 1989 Lava Domes, then all four of the following must be 1990 Lava Domes. And I find it hard to believe that TBG (of all people) would be so extravagant as to offer a budget bike in four different colour schemes in one model year.
I expect you're right from the sound of it, and the bikes that first came out in the US in 1988 were what we should perhaps call the 88/89 model range. If so, there is no such thing as an '88 Kona' as distinct from an 89 Kona. And similarly KonaPaul's brochure is perhaps best regarded as the 88/89 brochure and the only one to be issued before the better-known 1990 brochure.Max P":bii8wux7 said:I don't know, I'm no Kona expert! All I do know is that in '89 I was sent that flyer with the three models by the UK distributor and it states that the Explosif has a seat stay mounted U-brake.
I'm not saying anything about:I'm out of this topic now.you're saying that there were no 1988 Konas and that all the people who think they have 88 Konas are wrong. And all the people who think they have 89 Explosifs with no U-brake are wrong.
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