1991 Kona Lava Dome - dusting it off
Konahed
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What things should I upgrade on it to bring it up to date? It hasnt been touched for years and years.
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Give it a service, and replace what doesn't work.
You will never fully bring it up to 'date' as it is on aold bike with no disc mounts, 1 inch steerer, narrow drop outs. Keep it as a classic!0 -
I just fitted a set of V brakes and risers to mine. Oh and took the gears off.
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Cool, I might get some V-brakes for mine. Are they easy to fit?0
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supersonic wrote:Give it a service, and replace what doesn't work.
You will never fully bring it up to 'date' as it is on aold bike with no disc mounts, 1 inch steerer, narrow drop outs. Keep it as a classic!
Are you sure it's a 1 inch headtube? My Marin from around the same year had a 1⅛.
Sizing was split between 1", 1⅛" and some 1¼".
1¼". fell out of favour as well for some reason.
Apparently not all frames designed for cantilever brakes get on with v-brakes. Well a LBS said so anyway. They reckoned the bosses are not always spaced right. But I fitted them to an old frame with no probs, I just needed to swap the spacers around to get the V arms to sit at the correct angle0 -
Most probably - the one I worked on early 90s was a inch threaded ;-)
But of course check if replacing parts.0 -
Most probably - the one I worked on early 90s was a inch threaded ;-)
But of course check if replacing parts.0 -
Actually it's a 91 Lava Dome, and I'm pretty certain it's a 1 1/8" headset.
What is important about the headset though?0 -
If it was an inch headset, forks are hard to find for them.0
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Oh yeah, I have noticed that forks and stems these days connect differently. The stem claps round the top of the fork rather than having that chunky (heavy) insert bit. I think the stem is the thing i like least about the Lava Dome, it's very heavy iirc. I like the forks though.0
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Check out www.retrobike.co.uk for lots of info, there are some serious Kona loons on there!
IMHO keep it as original as poss, very easy to blow a load of cash into a bike that as Supersonic says will never be up to date, but it will make a nice interesting bike and probably be worth more if you keep it as original as poss!0 -
Another site to check out is http://www.konaretro.com/
Here's a link to the catalogue for your '91 Lava Dome - proper old skool Kona owner!!
http://www.konaretro.com/articles/catalogues/1991/91Inner2.jpg[/url]
Pretty sure its a 1" steerer, that's what's on my '95 Kona.. Also, for fitting the V-brakes, you'll need to fit a cable 'stop' to the top bar at the seat tube end - the old Konas have a cable guide that won't work with v-brakes but I remember there being an after market part you could get back around '96 when V's first came out. Oh the memories..0 -
Excellent, thanks for the links.0
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Saw a totally original Muddy Fox Courier from the early 80s for £80 at the weekend. Have to say I was tempted...
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How do I fit a cable stop to the seat tube? Can you buy them?0
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They are available as a friend had this problem when he put V-Brakes on his Kona. Had a quick look online and couldn't see any though.I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.0
