Nah I think I'll keep it. Although it's heavy, it's pretty fast. I got to work in an hour. It's takes about an hour 15 mins on a MTB with 2.4" knobbly tyres on, so this is a decent improvement. Didn't push myself on the climbs at all either, as I'm unfit and don't want to ruin myself.
I ran the tyres really firm, at 50/55psi. There's a short, off-road rocky descent down to the village I work in. That was tasty with those pressures!
Nah I think I'll keep it. Although it's heavy, it's pretty fast. I got to work in an hour. It's takes about an hour 15 mins on a MTB with 2.4" knobbly tyres on, so this is a decent improvement. Didn't push myself on the climbs at all either, as I'm unfit and don't want to ruin myself.
I ran the tyres really firm, at 50/55psi. There's a short, off-road rocky descent down to the village I work in. That was tasty with those pressures!
Heavy might make the climbs a wee bit more punishing, but the descents oh-so-much better. Bet the rocky bit was interesting with those pressures, at that point you may as well replace the wheels with springs
Really really like this bike.
Faffed with setup a fair bit. Controls are sorted. Saddle angle not so much. Might be too "nose down" now.
Now it's pretty dry, the tyres kind of work in the woods even!
I've fitted my shotgun seat to it now, so it's a complete dad wagon.
I've had the shotgun seat on my tallboy up until now. There's a handlebar attachment I use on that, but the brace on the mx bar should do nicely. I swung by to see some mates at the bike shop I used to work at and they had some offcuts of swanky bartape, so I'll wrap up the brace for his little mitts.
Jack of all trades that. I remember my dad welding his own bizarre shotgun seat on his old bike when I was a wee one, didn't have the comfort of an actual bicycle saddle, more like a metal basket.
Some years back, I had converted this to an ebike using a rear wheel drive kit. Used it to commute for a few years and saved myself a lot on fuel... Even had a long period without a car!
But I missed it being a real bike!
The big Moto bar wasn't too comfy for me, so decided to run a high rise burgtec bar I was given. I'm trying it with a 70mm stem and since I don't particularly like the back sweep of Burgtec bars, I've rolled it forwards slightly... Not sure about that tbh, probably find another renthal, or, now I think about it, the chromag bars I had some years back were comfy.
One day I'll get the right size BB for it.
I have a little dropper post for it, which I'd like to fit, but it's a remote, and I want to convert it to an under-seat "grab yer crotch" lever.
Been getting the commute miles in on this. Also joined a mate on a quick road spin out Sunday morning. Don't need curly bars
My bro reckons I'm a heathen for not running a P2, but I reckon it works. Visually, it's very different to most konas without the straight blades... I kind of love the fact it's a bit of an oddball ugly duckling. I bought the frame already modified with the disc mount, so I've never had any desire to run it as a retro MTB.
I think that ship sailed as soon as the welder went anywhere near it...
I have, however, seen a P2 on eBay, it's disc mount and the listing says is 400mm a-c (ish). Although it's a more modern fork, so I'm dubious it's that short so wouldn't suit this frame.
The main reason I stumbled across this Condor fork I'm running was that it's the correct (395mm) a-c for a '92 Kona.
So do I have a P2 dabble?
Or just forget about it, since this fork works and I like it....? The Condor is even Tange infinity tubing, so that works with being same stable tubeset as the frame... As well as having a gold Tange decal to match the frame!
Think I've just convinced myself, but feel free to disagree.
That was the outcome I was hoping for. Looking forward to more pictures of the beast in the woods
