Kona Explosif 1996 [Max OR tubing]

Have you considered selling the frame and purchasing a newer one? Geo would be right for your carbon fork and it would have a disc tab.

Meh. Might, but not gonna give up on it so quickly.

I'd wait for that on-one fork to be in stock and get a disc tab brazed from coldharbour/talbot frameworks; the frame (IF max) is worth it esp if you are thinking a paintjob ..

Some inspiration:
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Great video! I am currently talking to local framebuilder Patrick Uijl (http://www.tailored-bikes.nl/) to see what he can do for me.

The included Bottom Bracket is press fit by the looks of things. You'd need a new external GXP bottom bracket. And then you'd need to get the frame faced / squared. And after all that sram cranks are a bit underwhelming and tricky to adjust for clearance.

I'd look for used period square taper / octolink cranks like synchros / middleburn etc

Gonna look for a Middleburn Uno.

I've rode a 1995 Koa(aluminium) for years,
heard countless times the "shopper" handling argument.
Ran it with a Psylo (125mm),
when all the fast ones in my club,
had been for years on disks breaks and dual suspensions,
few were those I couldn't match for speed downhill.

Tried singlespeeding with it, never looked back.

I've still got the steel 1" / edit sorry 1"1/8 / original fork,
and a steel On One non suspension corrected,
if interested.

So the ride was still great even with longer forks? Also, could you PM me a pic of your original fork? Cheers!