The Kili is back!

[gibbleking]

the red one is lovely ...can i have it? the lgf one...

 

[legrandefromage]

the red one is lovely ...can i have it? the lgf one...

ask clockworkgazz

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=129696

 

[gibbleking]

pss lend us a few quid before i ask im...cheers mate...illsee y a roight i wills..

 

[sinnerman]

It looks nice and the colour is particularly smashing

But.. it's a little generic looking loose the fussy graphics - get some of the traditional block Saracen ones on it and put the pierced top tube/seat cluster back on. if your going to trade on your glory days do it proper.

As i see it, it's a very nice bike with a nice steel frame but not stand out special.

mmmmm, thats a very good point that i had forgotten, the pierced top tube, that would have been sumthing, they should have given serious consideration too, it was almost a signature of there bikes in the beginning, (in a similar way to gt), and even though it has the gorgeous fillet brazing, which harks back to the days of handbuilders, like "overburys, roberts, lloyd, yates, zinn", the pierced top tube would have been very nice to see...and it would have really made it stand out too, as you have said..!!!!!!!!!!

 

[sinnerman]

'proper' Kili:

a bit generic:

lgf, thats a nice frame, in 853, and the later design with the wishbone looks stunning too, and ive always been a fan of that style of dropouts too...!!!!!!!

i still feel, i prefer the earlier models though without the wishbone, the e-stay killis looked just awesum..., i had a real sweet spot for the square box section conquest model too....!!!!!

werent the 853 models, around this year made in the far east to saracen specs though , much in the same way as cotic 853, and the cheaper brand On -One, unlike the earlier late 80s early 90s models...? im not 100% sure,i could be miles out, but i thought at this point in time, the were far east manufactured and "assembled by hand" in the uk, much like the oranges that wernt made in halifax, but overseas, by manufacturers like a-pro and the like...? can anyone shed any light on this....????????

 

[sinnerman]

And another - the wishbone makes 'em I reckon!

thats a nice pic, why does it remind me of a dekerf..???...certainly a fan of 853, and i do love the way that wishbone is made, and that breeze-style dropout is a favorite type too...!!!! very nice.

 

[oldave]

Thank you! Bit shaming that a check on bikejournal reveals that it's done just 328 miles this year!

 

[mikeekim89]

I like Kili's.. I've never rode one though.. Never rode a Saracen TBH..

Someday..

 

[dyna-ti]

the wishbone makes 'em I reckon

Without a doubt.Its one of the nicest wishbone seatstays i've seen

 

[superstu]

I absolutely love this. Looks really tidy and a good reincarnation of a classic.

I don't think its that much for the money when you consider what you are getting. I also think its worth it for something a bit different rather than the same old same old.