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Now that's special. Beautiful and those welds are bad-boy. Thanks for sharing!
Now that's special. Beautiful and those welds are bad-boy. Thanks for sharing!
romanrinos":1abcdutk said:That’s a fabulous find and a real beauty Al. Congrats. Looks like an 19” frame? Looking forward to see that built.
mkone":2j0ybc3x said:Sounds really nice, but i still havent seen it, could someone re post a pic of the bike or pm me one please as sky is still blocking imageshack :?
cheers
Mark
caemis":1lrlgs5e said:
mkone":78uisi0e said:I know there is already lots of info on tubeset etc but when did they start using the 853? and is it full 853?
al-onestare":35spivyw said:mkone":35spivyw said:I know there is already lots of info on tubeset etc but when did they start using the 853? and is it full 853?
A great question - it was the first one I was going to ask the forum when I had the frame in my hands I'd love to know from the greater good who still read this site!
I'm no tubing expert but I was going to check diameters, etc. I've searched and I can't find anything concrete that says for sure or not whether they were 100% 853. I'll stick my neck out and say that if Kona decided to have a 100% Max Explosif for 1997 at a presumably crazy cost or deal, then I reckon they did the same here.
That said, there has to be a caveat that because it's Altitude built, it could be anything