2009 Kona Blast Deluxe

MarkDon

Bought this as a christmas present for myself, added a few bits to it and took it for its first proper ride, 27 miles around Kielder Water.

Spec...

09 Kona Blast Deluxe
Easton Monkey Light bars
DMR Swarm Stem
Ritchey Pro Carbon Seatpost
WTB Shaddow Saddle (bloody terrible to use, especially for 27miles!)
V12 Pedals
DMR Grips
Lizard skins chainstay protector
Crud Catchers







Also got some panaracers in the shed, a front mavic xc717 with xt hub to go on.

To buy - some new shocks ideally reba race or similar, a rear xc717 wheel with pro2 hub, new saddle.

Need to have a look at the gearchange, its a bit notchy sometimes.

Thats it for now!

mark.

mr-brightside

that looks nice 8) i bought a kona a couple of weeks ago couldnt decide between the blast , cinder cone or caldera ? decided on the cinder cone in the end .

MarkDon

Cheers fella, i was the same, went for the Blast as it was on special

MarkDon

Just bought some of these...



8)

Hoping to get them fitted next weekend.

-liam-

Is that steerer long enough on the new forks ?

MarkDon

Yeh, just going to ditch some of the spacers (got quite a few on there for some reason, new stem is alot slimmer than the old one.

thel33ter

I saw those Rebas , they was really tempting but probably too short, they will make a huge difference to the ride.

MarkDon

How she looks with new forks, tyres and rotors...

sarm34

Those tyres really set it off now, panaracers?

MarkDon

Correct. They feel so much better than the maxxis that were on, save about 150g per tyre too. Got alot more confidence with these on.