90 Cindercone is now up and running first ride revealed the rear hub needs servicing so it's now got the wheels off the 93 Cindercone to check everything is working properly.
What Kona to do next
What Kona to do next
Konas, lots of Konas.
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Today is a very good day regarding the Peaty race bike, i'm buzzing 
I thought with Steve Peat being really busy running the Santa Cruz team these days it would be very hard to get in contact with him for info about it so why not get in contact with Andy Manterfield instead after all he was giving the bike by Peaty. So i done some hunting on Facebook for Andy Manterfields and one popped up where i thought it has to be him,lives in Sheffield and on his friends list is Steve Peats brothers then further down the man himself.
I decided i had nothing to lose so sent him a nice message regarding the bike and if he could help.
So message sent and have just been waiting hoping he read it, well just checked my phone and he did read it and kindly replied back confirming it is his race bike and will now ask Peaty for more info on it. Honestly i'm on cloud nine at this moment lol to think i've finally got to own my favourite riders actual race bike which i used to look at in the magazines and dream of owning.
As i'm writing this it's giving me an idea for a separate build thread with Peatys bike and my original 93 Lavadome (Lazarus) and possibly the 93 Explosif for a cameo appearance because they're all interlinked in a way. One bike and person led to the other 93 Explosif which led to me owning and heavily modifying a 93 Lavadome.
Sometimes dreams do come true
I thought with Steve Peat being really busy running the Santa Cruz team these days it would be very hard to get in contact with him for info about it so why not get in contact with Andy Manterfield instead after all he was giving the bike by Peaty. So i done some hunting on Facebook for Andy Manterfields and one popped up where i thought it has to be him,lives in Sheffield and on his friends list is Steve Peats brothers then further down the man himself.
I decided i had nothing to lose so sent him a nice message regarding the bike and if he could help.
So message sent and have just been waiting hoping he read it, well just checked my phone and he did read it and kindly replied back confirming it is his race bike and will now ask Peaty for more info on it. Honestly i'm on cloud nine at this moment lol to think i've finally got to own my favourite riders actual race bike which i used to look at in the magazines and dream of owning.
As i'm writing this it's giving me an idea for a separate build thread with Peatys bike and my original 93 Lavadome (Lazarus) and possibly the 93 Explosif for a cameo appearance because they're all interlinked in a way. One bike and person led to the other 93 Explosif which led to me owning and heavily modifying a 93 Lavadome.
Sometimes dreams do come true
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Picking this time warp 93 Firemountain up on Wednesday, these are the bikes i love where they're all original. It was really local to me so i had to go for it plus i'll retire the 93 Explosif for servicing and a clean up and use this as the training bike. All i need is a 93 Hahanna and a 93 Kilauea in a 19" then i've got the full set 
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I'm now waiting for some parts for the 92 Lavadome so there's not much more i can do so with being off work i headed to the cave for therapy
Sitting there pondering on what to sell and what to build the forgotten 93 Explosif frameset is just hanging there looking sorry for itself.
This frameset gives me a headache everytime i think what to do with it since i got the other original one but now no more.
I'm looking at the Cindercone and it clicked
Konas had Marzocchi's why not make this one front suspension and then you've got the best of both worlds and now it's not going to waste.
Next step take it to the powder coaters and get it resprayed, more to follow :
Oh and can the eagle eyed amongst you spot the difference between the reproduction stickers and the factory ones on the Explosifs, it's not the stem because that's an original 93 Velocity so no repros on that.
Sitting there pondering on what to sell and what to build the forgotten 93 Explosif frameset is just hanging there looking sorry for itself.
This frameset gives me a headache everytime i think what to do with it since i got the other original one but now no more.
I'm looking at the Cindercone and it clicked
Konas had Marzocchi's why not make this one front suspension and then you've got the best of both worlds and now it's not going to waste.Next step take it to the powder coaters and get it resprayed, more to follow :
Oh and can the eagle eyed amongst you spot the difference between the reproduction stickers and the factory ones on the Explosifs, it's not the stem because that's an original 93 Velocity so no repros on that.
