Hi guys,
I will be doing a write up of a small project. No idea if it's any good But it might come in usefully for some people.
First of all…. I ride a 2012 Kona Unit which I bought in 2013 as a late model.
Over the years I changed quite a lot:
Thomson handlebar, stem & seatpost + clamp
Stans crest SS wheelset
XT cranks with 33T e.thirteen chainring
Chris King 18T stainless steel for
Tubeless mounted Maxxis Icon 2.2 tires
DT Swiss 470 carbon rigid fork
Actually, only the frame and the Avid BB7 brakes are still the same.
The bike comes weight is 9.5kg (21lbs).
I absolutely adore this bike. Done so many miles on it and I just don't want to get rid of it. But the paint is coming off in a couple of places and since it's a steel bike, I should be doing something about that.
So I decided I want the frame powder coated.
In the meantime I won't have a single speed and that's kind of disturbing. The solution: I bought a BXT Chinese carbon frame with fork that I'm going to build up with the parts from my Kona.
The initial idea is to use it as a temporary bike… but who knows, maybe the chinese frame will surprise me.
So why the BXT frame:
Cheap as hell. €285 for frame, fork and seatpost (+€70 on import tax)
Frame can be convert to 135mm quick release since that's what my current rear wheel is
Carbon fork can be bought as quick release since that's what my current front wheel is
Bottom bracket BB76 since that's what my current t bottom bracket is.
And did I mention that is cheap as hell?
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I will be doing a write up of a small project. No idea if it's any good But it might come in usefully for some people.
First of all…. I ride a 2012 Kona Unit which I bought in 2013 as a late model.
Over the years I changed quite a lot:
Thomson handlebar, stem & seatpost + clamp
Stans crest SS wheelset
XT cranks with 33T e.thirteen chainring
Chris King 18T stainless steel for
Tubeless mounted Maxxis Icon 2.2 tires
DT Swiss 470 carbon rigid fork
Actually, only the frame and the Avid BB7 brakes are still the same.
The bike comes weight is 9.5kg (21lbs).
I absolutely adore this bike. Done so many miles on it and I just don't want to get rid of it. But the paint is coming off in a couple of places and since it's a steel bike, I should be doing something about that.
So I decided I want the frame powder coated.
In the meantime I won't have a single speed and that's kind of disturbing. The solution: I bought a BXT Chinese carbon frame with fork that I'm going to build up with the parts from my Kona.
The initial idea is to use it as a temporary bike… but who knows, maybe the chinese frame will surprise me.
So why the BXT frame:
Cheap as hell. €285 for frame, fork and seatpost (+€70 on import tax)
Frame can be convert to 135mm quick release since that's what my current rear wheel is
Carbon fork can be bought as quick release since that's what my current front wheel is
Bottom bracket BB76 since that's what my current t bottom bracket is.
And did I mention that is cheap as hell?
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