Current Projects chat and miscellany

This sounds like you've already given up on the Kona and are looking for its replacement, in which case you're probably right to reject spending a total of £50 to sort out both the brakes and the reach issue with a shorter stem.

Ive kinda given up on it, and I am not only too cheap to spend £50 on it, but I am not spending any more money on bikes for a long time. I will force myself to ride it and get my moneys worth. More or less as it is, or with parts I arleady own.