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BUILD 006

Kona

Year
1995
Size
53 cm
Status
archive
A gold Kona with drop bars and knobby tan-wall tyres, standing on frosted grass with a weeping birch and conifers behind it.

The story

Champagne gold, which sounds terrible and looks superb in low winter light. Kona built these to be ridden into the ground, and this one very nearly had been.

New drivetrain, new wheels, same frame. It has at least another twenty years in it.

Specs

Frame

Material
Cro-moly steel, lugged
Year
1995
Size
53 cm

Fork

Type
Original rigid
Steerer
1 in threaded

Drivetrain

Shifters
Shimano, 2 x 9 speed
Cassette
11 to 34 tooth
Crankset
46 / 30 tooth

Brakes

Type
Cantilever
Levers
Integrated

Wheels

Rims
26 in, double wall
Hubs
Sealed cartridge

Tyres

Front
26 x 2.0 in, tan wall
Rear
26 x 2.0 in, tan wall

Cockpit

Bar
Drop, 46 cm flared
Stem
70 mm
Tape
Cork