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Time to give this its own thread - mostly to keep me motivated.
I’m re-building a rare Kona road bike from 1995 - The “Kapu”.
The Kapu model marked Kona’s second foray into the world of road bikes - it’s first being the staggeringly rare Haole … a Titanium bike with rather more traditional road geometry.
The Kapu was likely a way to capture the road crowd at a lower price point (being steel, rather than Ti) Not cheap though; the list price in 1995 was $1499 - on par with the Explosif.
However, the Kapu looks much more radical than the Haole in terms of geometry; using the sloping top-tube and extended seat tube deployed in their hard tail MTBs up to that point. In short, it looks like a Kona.
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