Livin’ the dream.
Original KORE bars and stem.
Nothing a bit of WD40 won’t fix lol.
Brake booster even!
She’ll buff right out!
Oh sheeeeiiii. I really need to stay off FB Marketplace…
I’ve finally gotten quite comfortable with being in lycra, but getting back out on the trails was always inevitable. That small taste of gravel on my newly acquired Kona Jake the Snake instantly took me back to riding a rigid 90’s hardtail. I was looking for vintage brake boosters on eBay last night then this popped up on Marketplace today for $120 AUD.
Looking at the listing photos it looked like a small (15″). I messaged the seller and asked them to measure the centre of the top tube to the BB and BAM! It was a 15 inch! I offered $100 AUD cash and if he accepted I could pick it up right now. He accepted and welp, now it’s mine.
If this was a car it would have a rats nest in the engine bay. The bike is in pretty rough shape, but these things don’t break and man I’m so excited to strip it down and start polishing the frame.
Weight if anyone is interested is 12.98kg’s. Having done a full restoration on my 80’s steel Paino road bike, then eventually turning that into a weight weenie build I think I’ll skip the full resto job on this, leave some patina and go for style points with a sprinkling of weenie. We’ll see!