daswolfgang
Dirt Disciple
Guys,
I've brought a 2007 Kona Cinder Cone to compliment my original 1992 Cinder Cone that I have had from new. Despite a few issues with headset bearings and Star Fangled washers failing, I'm really happy with it.
However, the geometry isn't quite right for what in used to. This is my old and trusty 1992 bike that I have been using recently to work and back.
The ride it's aggressive in terms of the riding position, but it's what I'm used to. My second hand (new to me) 2007 model is the same size frame (18") . But with the front suspension, and the down hill bars on the highest Aheadset position, it seems very different from my old trusty steed.
So, I'm messing around with all that can be adjusted and just want some feedback to reassure me that I'm on the right path. I feel that the bars need doing a considerable amount to make me feel like it's not so sit up and beg. I've shifted all of the spacer elements to the point where I'm pretty much losing 3 of them to lower. I think you can cut the rock shocks tube down so there isn't as much on the top? I've also flipped the stem so it's dropped down instead of upwards. This makes the stem almost perfectly horizontal, instead of raising the bars. You can see the new bike in its current arrangement here:
These are what I've modified and lost from the previous set-up.
From the above is my new star fangled washer yet to be fitted. Bottom are two spacers along with the spacer I've used to set the gap for the sawing down of the suspension fork tube (and the sawn off aluminum section next to it).
I guess my question is, Is this all acceptable practice. Inverting the stem, and modifying the forks etc?
I've brought a 2007 Kona Cinder Cone to compliment my original 1992 Cinder Cone that I have had from new. Despite a few issues with headset bearings and Star Fangled washers failing, I'm really happy with it.
However, the geometry isn't quite right for what in used to. This is my old and trusty 1992 bike that I have been using recently to work and back.
The ride it's aggressive in terms of the riding position, but it's what I'm used to. My second hand (new to me) 2007 model is the same size frame (18") . But with the front suspension, and the down hill bars on the highest Aheadset position, it seems very different from my old trusty steed.
So, I'm messing around with all that can be adjusted and just want some feedback to reassure me that I'm on the right path. I feel that the bars need doing a considerable amount to make me feel like it's not so sit up and beg. I've shifted all of the spacer elements to the point where I'm pretty much losing 3 of them to lower. I think you can cut the rock shocks tube down so there isn't as much on the top? I've also flipped the stem so it's dropped down instead of upwards. This makes the stem almost perfectly horizontal, instead of raising the bars. You can see the new bike in its current arrangement here:
These are what I've modified and lost from the previous set-up.
From the above is my new star fangled washer yet to be fitted. Bottom are two spacers along with the spacer I've used to set the gap for the sawing down of the suspension fork tube (and the sawn off aluminum section next to it).
I guess my question is, Is this all acceptable practice. Inverting the stem, and modifying the forks etc?
