BoTM BoTM May 2022 nominations - Kona Special, dedicated to the memory of @pipmeister

[ClassicDodo]

Well, that's my dream bike snuck in at the end

 

[Spanky22b]

Lovely 96 Explosif one of the best colours they done, all we need is a 95 and a 97 and we have the full set of them

 

[2manyoranges]

Ok, here you go; my:

@magas 1996 Kona Explosif





owned by me from new. During all that years it had some kit on it until I decided to bring it back to OE-spec. some years ago. Somewhere at RB there are pics. of the rebuild but I could not find them.

I'm not into BoTM but for the memory of Pip this is a must for me.

For me, the splatter paint CinderCone is the essence of the early gen trail-smashing steel rigs…whereas this is the ‘feel’ of the really hard-charging days of the late 90s…that colourway is particularly redolent of that blossoming time….

…I remember a day (I‘m saying that a lot now) when Chris was tanking down the bridleway into Alfriston, flints everywhere, a canopy of damp trees above, and we heard him cursing and blinding at the top of his voice, behind us. He’d just built a rig which was almost exactly as the green one here, and a flint had come up off the front wheel and really whanged the bottom bracket shell. He was furious. Really furious. Calm down boy, sh+t happens…..

 

[JimBob22]

Probably a dopey question BUT,,How do you vote on this??

 

[Once A Hero]

Probably a dopey question BUT,,How do you vote on this??

This is just the thread for applying to be in the poll.
A few days after the end of the month @raidan73 will create a separate thread, collating all the entrants, with a poll giving you the ability to vote on your favourite

 

[JimBob22]

Cheers

 

[My_Teenage_Self]

C'mon guys, I know there are even more Konas out there!!

Some absolute stunners so far, but I can still think of a few we haven't seen in this thread yet....

 

[Spanky22b]

C'mon guys, I know there are even more Konas out there!!

Some absolute stunners so far, but I can still think of a few we haven't seen in this thread yet....

A 92 and 93 Kilauea would be good to see, 90 Cindercone, 89 Fire Mountain, if you've got them get them on

 

[Once A Hero]

Almost missed the deadline!

Once A Hero’s ‘Campag’ Kona Explosif

1990 Kona Explosif - Finished! see Page 4

One of the next on the work stand for me is this 1990 Kona Explosif. Bit of a poster bike for me at the time, but I joined the mountain biking scene a bit too late, and other kit was more affordable for me so I never pursued actually buying one. I did flirt with one around ‘92, by having a...

www.retrobike.co.uk

 

[My_Teenage_Self]

1993 was the best year for Konas - Everyone knows that!

Moar 1993's!!