21" Kona Hot $250 Seattle Craigslist

[sancho]

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/bik/1568539407.html

 

[GearlessinSeattle]

I will post picks when I pick it up next week.
It is a 93 TET.

 

[sancho]

Cool. I immediately thought of you when I posted this.

 

[GearlessinSeattle]

LOL.
For $250 I could not pass this one up.
Please don't tell the wife or I am out on the street.
It is a little dusty but should clean up fine.
Here is a better photo.
Cheers.

 

[Anthony]

I will post picks when I pick it up next week.
It is a 93 TET.

It's earlier than 93, I think 92 rather than 91. If it has Tange Ultimate tubes as stated, that would suggest 92 as the catalogue for that year shows that Teesdale used them a year before they were first used on the Explosif in 93. The 91 Hot was made just of Tange Concept, no Ultimate.

 

[GearlessinSeattle]

Oops, sorry, I meant to type 92 not 93.
It looks just like the one in the 92 catalog.
http://www.konaretro.com/articles/catal ... 2Page6.jpg

 

[SF Klein]

Will that Kona fit you? If it does, then surely the Nightstorm Attitude must be too small and needs another home.

 

[Agency_Scum]

$250?! Well done you lucky bugger!

 

[Harryburgundy]

$250?! Well done you lucky bugger!

Think its time for a trip to the States with a half container booked to ship all these cheap bikes back to the UK....$250 :shock: Nice pick up.

 

[Anthony]

Will that Kona fit you?

I think the size remains to be determined, and it may not be quite as big as one might think. For a start, if the seat tube measures 20.75" c-t then that is a size 20, even though many owners would assume that it was a 21. Secondly I believe the 92 Konas were shorter than later years, so say it was a size 20 it would be the same length as a 1994 size 19. Combine that with what looks like a 17cm head tube there, pick a shorter stem and you might have a nice comfortable size for anybody size 19ish (i.e., 5-9 to 6-3) who likes the bars at a reasonable height. Which is most of us, as we grow older faster than the bikes do.