Flat pedals - Cindercone tourshopper

Recently moved into a new flat. This one has a garden and, even better, a shed. The holy grail. I can finally own more than one bike.

Pretty tired of doing the weekly Lidl visit in cleats tbh, so any new one was always going to be a flat pedals utility vehicle that I can lock up outside without suffering heart palpitations.

I have treated myself to a 92 Kona Cindercone in size 20". It's black, with great 90s green and white graphics. Planned components mostly in silver to bring a little class.

I have a p2 fork on order with the ability to run a front disk. Playing with the idea of running it fixed. However, will probably end up going with a 1x set up.

Budget is £400 for everything.

First on the agenda: headset, forks, seat post (27.0) and wheelz. Open to all ideas and offers if there are components out there that need new homes.

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Good start. Following with interest.

I’ve done similair with my Kiluaea,
I’ll post a pic later

Never seen a black Cinder Cone before, looks awesome.

Lovely - my kind of project!
I've got a blue hope threadless headset and a red king (both 1 1/8th) if interested?

Very tempting, but I'll hold off on colour on the frame itself I think, and then maybe indulge with some red hubs if budget allows.

Inspo: @Sam_Doman 's Straggler

I have some Alpkit bars at home that I'm planning to polish up in the same way.

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Abandoning gumwalls as the colour never lasts in the london muck. Got these 2.0" tyres are in the post:

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I’ve got a set of ergotec moon cruiser bars with mega sweep for cheap if you want them, say a fiver?
PM'd about other bits as well!

Slight delay to proceedings caused by "the event", but things are finally starting to come together. Opted for a 26" surly troll fork to provide a bit of additional utility, and an un-imaginative but solid LX/xt groupset to give a greater range of gears over the planned 1x. (A few heavy shops with stuffed panniers reminded me the importance of tiny chainrings.)

Hope to get the headset fitted tomorrow.

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These troll forks on a retro mtb are an instant win. you keep it rim brake ?

I thiiink I'll stick with rim, if only to keep a lid on cost.

I've got a cheap front disc setup if you are interested

Cheers - will bear in mind. Picking up from lbs in the week and will try out some V's first.

Triples are the new 1x!

Final build taking place this evening. Serious cruiser vibes coming from this one!

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What bars are those? Looks great!

This looks great. For clarity, if this is a 20" frame, how tall are you?

Soma Dream 31.8. 780mm wide with just enough sweep back.

6'1" - seatpost hasn't been set to my height yet, just popped in for a photo. Does make me look like I'm a giant.

Ah cheers! My wrists haven't been too happy with my ~8 degree sweep back bars lately, 25 seems a far better figure, the Jones bars at 45 seemed a bit much. Where did you order them? Soma always seems impossible to source for me.

sjs cycles has some, and not too steep a price either.

All out of stock. :\

Ahh that sucks. Fun 4 simworks bars are pretty similar, but Freshtripe seem to be the only UK retailer, and they just hiked the price up to £70 and are asking for an additional £9 for postage which put me right off. Maybe email sjs and they'll get some more in for ya?

Unsatisfying evening as my the "final build up" turned into a "2hr hunt for my huge stash of cable outers" which have somehow gone missing in a 3m2 shed. Took another photo to make myself feel better.

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