The trails here were too sloppy to ride this weekend, so instead I cleaned up my old 1994 cromo Kona hardtail, removed the worthless Rock Shox Quadra 21 fork, installed the original rigid fork and took it for a spin around town. I haven't ridden this baby for several years and man, what a difference from my 575!
I bought this bike new in 1994 and rode it exclusively until late 2002. It was a great bike for riding Missouri singletrack, but after 3 seasons out here in CO, my body couldn't take it any more and I had to go full suspension. Since then, I think I've ridden the Kona a total of 3 times, all on the road. Although, after Saturdays ride, I'm seriously thinking about dropping some money into this bike and re-inventing it as a 1x9 lean mean street bike.
Don't you love the brake brace? When I upgraded from canti to v-brake (circa 1996/7 I think), I had to install the brace because the seat stays are so flexy that I had absolutely no stopping power in back.
I've kept the original fork around, just in case I wanted to rebuild it as a street machine. I'm finding it kind of difficult to find an affordable threaded 1-1/8 headset (no, I'm not paying $125 for a King threaded), so if I have to get threadless, I'll probably end up getting a Surly 1x1 rigid fork.
I bought this bike new in 1994 and rode it exclusively until late 2002. It was a great bike for riding Missouri singletrack, but after 3 seasons out here in CO, my body couldn't take it any more and I had to go full suspension. Since then, I think I've ridden the Kona a total of 3 times, all on the road. Although, after Saturdays ride, I'm seriously thinking about dropping some money into this bike and re-inventing it as a 1x9 lean mean street bike.
Don't you love the brake brace? When I upgraded from canti to v-brake (circa 1996/7 I think), I had to install the brace because the seat stays are so flexy that I had absolutely no stopping power in back.
I've kept the original fork around, just in case I wanted to rebuild it as a street machine. I'm finding it kind of difficult to find an affordable threaded 1-1/8 headset (no, I'm not paying $125 for a King threaded), so if I have to get threadless, I'll probably end up getting a Surly 1x1 rigid fork.
