Alasdair’s Retro Builds: Part 5 – 1997 Kona Explosif Team Edition
My all-time favorite Kona is Roland Green’s 1997 Hei Hei in “rasta flames”. It’s the perfect race...
Tag: Retro Kona
Alasdair’s Retro Builds: Part 4 – 1997 Kona Hot
The Kona Hot was the ultimate steel hardtail. Introduced in 1991, through to the start of 1996 it...
Alasdair’s Retro Builds: Part 3 – 1997 Kona Caldera
The story surrounding the 1997 Kona Caldera provides insight into the mountain bike design changes...
Alasdair’s Retro Builds: Part 2 – 1997 Kona Manomano
In 1996, the Atlanta Olympic Games featured XC mountain biking as a sport for the first time....
Alasdair’s Retro Builds: Part 1 – 1997 Kona A’ha
Hello, my name is Alasdair. I grew up in the late 80s and 90s when mountain biking exploded into a...
Kona Dream Builds: Sandor’s 1993 Tom Teesdale Built Kona Hot
This bike belongs to Sándor Ambrus in the UK, it completes a trio of amazing retro Kona hardtails,...
