Mid 90s Gold Kona Kula

[Motown79]

Hi there,

I've got a nice conditon Kona Kula that I think I'm gonna sell - maybe just frame only +BB and Headset - any idea what it's worth - pretty clean condition. Bit of a mark on chain-stay that's about all. I'll post some pics tomorrow if anybody's interested?

Cheers

Motown

 

[Motown79]

V. SOrry thought this was going in the "whats my MTB worth" Section - Did somthing wrong - not sure what.

I'll repost if this get deleted like the header said.

Cheers

 

[Geoff]

To post in that thread, go into it and hit 'Reply', not 'Post new topic' and you'll be alright.

Nice bike...[/code]

 

[dyna-ti]

Lovely colour,its not a shade they use these days

 

[magas]

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[Anthony]

That is a 1996 Kula, size 19. Made of fairly radically double-butted Easton Elite tubing, quoting Kona "wall thickness is as follows: Top - 1.3/.9/1.3, Down - 2.2/1.0/1.5, Seat - 2.4/1.0/1.7". Exactly the same tubeset as they used on the US-built Ku, and about as good as aluminium could get at that time. I suppose the only weakness is the lack of a replaceable dropout.

We're not supposed to give valuations in this part of the forum, and I won't break that rule, but in fact it would be quite difficult as late 90s Kulas are surprisingly rare, both here and on eBay. I say surprisingly because you see far more Explosifs, and yet it was at this point that Kulas started outselling Explosifs by a large margin, even over here and especially in the US. I have heard it said that maybe the lack of the replaceable dropout accounts for there being so few of them visible now, but I don't know if there's any evidence for that.

This is a super example though, great colour and looks in very good condition too.