building your own bike

Roddy
Roddy Posts: 22
edited May 2008 in MTB general
I have been given a Kona Cinder Cone frame, and i was going to build a XC bike around this. Is this a good frame to use for this? is it light enough? and does it warrant using XT components all round?

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  • Jimbob_no5
    Jimbob_no5 Posts: 1,568
    it warrants whatever you want to put on it, what year frame is it? it'll do XC no probs but have a look on www.konaworld.com for more info
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  • Megatron-UK
    Megatron-UK Posts: 91
    XT bits and lightweight wheels and it'll make a great bike.

    The steel Kona frames are really good; I've got a really old Lava Dome myself and despite it's age, the geometry and performance of the frame is fantastic.
    The frames themselves are lightweight; but to prevent the bikes from being too expensive, Kona has traditionally stuck less than steller components on them. They fully deserve better parts IMO.
    Kona Dawg Deluxe ('07)
    Kona Lava Dome ('95)

    Losing weight and (slowly) getting fitter...
  • BlackSpur
    BlackSpur Posts: 4,228
    It'll be a cracker with a set of these on it
    http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/?fn=product&productId=1070&categoryId=18
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