Make: Kona
Model: Buffer
Description: Bombproof large sized hardtail steel 26er mountain bike frame, designed for a 120mm travel suspension fork with clearance for 26 x 2.3″ tyres and full length cable routing. A rare, early ‘hardcore hardtail’ model that Kona designed exclusively for the UK market and our country’s often wet riding conditions (see final photo) with an RRP of £1,200 in 2010.
Condition: Excellent
Age: c.2010
Country: Made in Taiwan (though Kona are a Canadian brand)
Size: 20″ (c-t)
Wheel size: 26″ (559mm)
Material: Steel
Tubing: Butted cro-mo
OLD: Standard 135mm QR rear
Headset / Fork: requires a straight 1 1/8″ threadless 120mm travel suspension fork, ideally with bolt-thru axle. New M:Part cartridge bearing headset supplied.
Bottom Bracket: 68mm BSC threaded
Drivetrain: ideal for 1x, double, triple or singlespeed (with a chain tensioner)
Mech Hanger: standard M10 x 1.0mm
Brake type: disc only
Braze-ons: 2x bottle cages (bolts supplied) + rear mudguard eyelets and full length cable routing guides
Notes: I have been so tempted to build this up for myself since I bought it as a frame only a few years ago. Forks are not easy to find as a long steerer is required, but they are out there! Original seatpost clamp supplied.
PRICE IS FOR COLLECTION FROM SOUTH MANCHESTER, NO POSTAGE OPTION IS AVAILABLE FOR FRAMES
