Kona Explosif 1995 Help with colour to go for page 5
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mikesnowdon
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My 97 Cinder Cone has a 27.0 post but my old 95 Cinder Cone had a USE post in a 27.2 shim. I remember the 27.2 being a little tight because the top part of the seatube was pinched in a bit (that or its the internal butting of the tube). My gut feeling is that a 27.2 should fit any of the mid 90's steel Konas if the top part of the seatube is opened up a little.
There is no reason why Konas with different seat tubes should all take the same size post.
A 97 Cinder Cone seat tube has a 0.7mm wall thickness, so it isn't going to be able to take a 27.2 post unless it has been over-reamed (which is not unheard of).
The 95 Explosif actually uses a Columbus Max seat tube I believe, the only Kona ever to use that tube. The 96 and 97 Explosifs used round Columbus seat tubes, perhaps because low-band mechs were on their way (or maybe Columbus had run out of Max seat tubes, wouldn't surprise me). Either way, it was a 0.9/0.6/1.3 tube, the butting to 1.3 being external, hence the ED rising from 28.6 to 30.0. 28.6 less twice 0.6 = 27.4, so a 27.0 will fit easily and a 27.2 may fit.
Kona fitted 27.0 posts as standard, but sometimes they take some serious clamping to make them stay put in a 0.6 tube. Using copperslip rather than grease may help.
A 97 Cinder Cone seat tube has a 0.7mm wall thickness, so it isn't going to be able to take a 27.2 post unless it has been over-reamed (which is not unheard of).
The 95 Explosif actually uses a Columbus Max seat tube I believe, the only Kona ever to use that tube. The 96 and 97 Explosifs used round Columbus seat tubes, perhaps because low-band mechs were on their way (or maybe Columbus had run out of Max seat tubes, wouldn't surprise me). Either way, it was a 0.9/0.6/1.3 tube, the butting to 1.3 being external, hence the ED rising from 28.6 to 30.0. 28.6 less twice 0.6 = 27.4, so a 27.0 will fit easily and a 27.2 may fit.
Kona fitted 27.0 posts as standard, but sometimes they take some serious clamping to make them stay put in a 0.6 tube. Using copperslip rather than grease may help.
i reckon you could find the colour or one very close in a ral chart your local industrial paint supplier will have one either that or send me some better pics and i'll check mine.
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if you want to get it resprayed i'll give ya a quote check out my klein here
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=106888
mikesnowdon
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No but there seems to be a grey area as to what the actual size is with people being able to run 27.2 posts on frames that apparently are supposed to take 27.0 posts. From what I have read on here time and time again there is some uncertainty in most cases.
Re: Seatpost size
Irritating isn't it
My 1992 Explosif is 27.0mm and 1992 Cinder Cone is 26.4mm from memory. 2001 Lava Dome is 27.2 as is I think the 1988 Cinder Cone.
Think we need a RetroBike table of Kona seatpost sizes for different years/models
Who's volunteering for that then ?
shedobits":e6po7wzj said:
Irritating isn't it
My 1992 Explosif is 27.0mm and 1992 Cinder Cone is 26.4mm from memory. 2001 Lava Dome is 27.2 as is I think the 1988 Cinder Cone.
Think we need a RetroBike table of Kona seatpost sizes for different years/models
Who's volunteering for that then ?
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