Show me your KHS.

[retrobikeguy]

Re:

May as well pop these here

Just brought this back together with a bit of love, KHS Descent.

need to clear some room so sold it straight off, nice riding bike to be honest.

And this was a KHS montana pro... gave the frame new powder coat ages ago and then popped it into the pile of frames and forgot it was there.... so I dug it out, fitted some random parts to it and then moved it through.

2 bikes gone in 2 days, missus well impressed ......but suspicious :?

This cull thing is great

 

[zdaarman]

Anybody could identify what kind of KHS (i suppose that it is khs by the "race proven in usa" text on chainstay) however i have no clue what the model could be and if the fork is original or aftermarket upgrade. Thanks!

 

[troje]

Looks like a ‘93 Montana Pro

 

[ishay]

Hmmm, it appears to be the blue of the 1993 Montana Comp or Team, but without the pink downtube. The 1993 Pro was Purple and this looks blue. There are no internal eyelets on the seat stays, which suggests Team or Pro, but it has the DX derailleurs of the Comp.

What's the sticker where the seat tube meets the top tube: AVR or OX? If AVR it's a Comp frame, if it's OX it's a Pro or a Team, but whatever it is, I think it's a bit of a mix (cockpit is all nonstandard, cranks are older, v-brakes newer)

 

[moonlite]

Took a punt on this, listed on local Gumtree. I'd missed one last year so was quite keen despite some obvious issues. The previous owner didn't even wash it before boxing it up! The size is right though -- 19" -- and there are some nice bits on it: Thomson seat collar, Rockshox SIDs, Easton seatpost (27.0mm).

The elastomer seems to be functional, but there are lots of things that need fixing -- not to mention the Specialized stem and flatties, or the single Spot chainring and crankset.

Thoughts?

 

[failure]

Anybody could identify what kind of KHS (i suppose that it is khs by the "race proven in usa" text on chainstay) however i have no clue what the model could be and if the fork is original or aftermarket upgrade. Thanks! View attachment 533657View attachment 533658

It's a Chattanooga. KHS produced the frame for this label.

 

[moonlite]

Some more pics of the new acquisition.

 

[ishay]

Took a punt on this, listed on local Gumtree. I'd missed one last year so was quite keen despite some obvious issues. The previous owner didn't even wash it before boxing it up! The size is right though -- 19" -- and there are some nice bits on it: Thomson seat collar, Rockshox SIDs, Easton seatpost (27.0mm).

The elastomer seems to be functional, but there are lots of things that need fixing -- not to mention the Specialized stem and flatties, or the single Spot chainring and crankset.

Thoughts?

Don't know a huge amount about these, but for a KHS with the Team title I'm guessing some of the groupset has been downgraded over time? In 1993 the Team was XTR M900. I think it did slide down a bit to XT in 94/95. They were clearly still using the OX tubing which is nice, be interesting to know how the softtail rides

 

[ishay]

It's a Chattanooga. KHS produced the frame for this label.

That explains a lot. Didn't know that...

 

[ishay]

Guess this is good opportunity to post a family picture of KHS bikes from 93 and 94, right to left

1993 Blue/Pink Montana Team Replica
- - ridden regularly now
- - Comp frame until I can find a Blue/Pink Team that doesn't need respraying
- - XTR/Magura/Manitou/USE
- - wide bars/short stem for modern handling
1994 Titanium painted Montana Comp
- - ridden, but infrequently due to other/better options
- - with upgrades to the 1993 Comp's Groupset from above as prefer the DX/LX to the LX/STX
- - wide bars/short stem for modern handling
1993 Blue/Pink Montana Comp
- - the one that started it, bought new in 1993 by me, fully FULLY restored last year
- - garage queen now
- - may re-respray it at some point because the Team replica shows me how wrong I remembered the paint colour and spray.bike isn't great either
1994 Montana Team Frame - bare metal
- - bought to be the Team replica at the top, because it has Ox tubing
- - but in the end painting it and still knowing it didn't have the '93 oval downtime seemed worse than using a Comp frame (on which the stickers can easily revert - they were bought for this respray)
- - currently has no purpose other than to get some primer on to stop it rusting