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The Kona has been on my wish-list for years and I was very lucky to get one in my size - none were imported into the UK and this one came from Denmark a couple of owners back. The frame is Columbus Genius and it’s really really light! It was re-painted about 10 years ago with 1998 decals and there’s a few touch ups - so I was thinking of getting it re-re-painted by Bob Jackson — Partly to check under the paint for corrosion- as it wouldn’t take long for rust to eat through the thin tubes.
The Gazelle is 531c tubing and while light, it definitely feels a couple of hundred grams heavier than the kona (not a bad thing for stiffness & durability though). Race number thingy is still present and the original paint is in good shape - but certainly patina’ed
Gazelle is a hair longer (54 TT) than the kona (53 cm) but the headtube is back achingly short at 10cm ... the Kona has a much more friendly 12cm length - more my standard.
So which should I keep?