I picked up this "Kona Kula" very cheap in rough shape. I suspected it had been resprayed since the flat grey colour doesn't match any Kona Kula I can find.
When I got it home and started to strip it I am beginning to doubt if it is a Kula although I am confident that the frame is a Kona, it very much matches the pattern of Kona of around 97. It has clealy been left outside for a while and the rust is pretty bad in places but fortunately the frame doesn't suffer from that.
I doubt if the components will give too many clues because it looks a bit of a mismash. It came with 7 speed XT rear mech and shifters that work nicely, an LX front mech and crank and pretty ordinary looking Shimano v brakes. The stem and bars are not standard and pretty rough but the seat post is Kona.
The wheel are newish basic Shimano and the tyres are newish Mountain Kings which are nice.
The main reason a bought it was that it came with P2 with a long steerer for the 20 inch frame and I have now checked and they are triple butted but BIG disappointment that instead of the 235mm steererI had hoped for to put on my Explosif, it has an extender and the steerer is only 155mm . But the bike cost less than those forks are asking on eBay.
So my question is do any of the Kona experts have any thoughts.
The serial number is SF20211578 which is supposed to mean either 1992 or 2002 I thought but it is clearly neither of those.
I have attached various photos to help.
Thanks
John
When I got it home and started to strip it I am beginning to doubt if it is a Kula although I am confident that the frame is a Kona, it very much matches the pattern of Kona of around 97. It has clealy been left outside for a while and the rust is pretty bad in places but fortunately the frame doesn't suffer from that.
I doubt if the components will give too many clues because it looks a bit of a mismash. It came with 7 speed XT rear mech and shifters that work nicely, an LX front mech and crank and pretty ordinary looking Shimano v brakes. The stem and bars are not standard and pretty rough but the seat post is Kona.
The wheel are newish basic Shimano and the tyres are newish Mountain Kings which are nice.
The main reason a bought it was that it came with P2 with a long steerer for the 20 inch frame and I have now checked and they are triple butted but BIG disappointment that instead of the 235mm steererI had hoped for to put on my Explosif, it has an extender and the steerer is only 155mm . But the bike cost less than those forks are asking on eBay.
So my question is do any of the Kona experts have any thoughts.
The serial number is SF20211578 which is supposed to mean either 1992 or 2002 I thought but it is clearly neither of those.
I have attached various photos to help.
Thanks
John
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