The lower Cane Creek headset cup logo not being centered in the middle would drive my OCD to insane levels.

Nice vid fella, great build,just wish there is a bike shop just like this in London UK, I think not 😏.

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Kona makes great bikes. I have a '23 Mahuna XL and it's awesome.

@3:14 OUCH!

27.5?

Why don't you use an ultrasonic cleaner?

What an awesome bike!

Cool bike. Question, what do you clean your frames with. 🤔

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Kona bikes are so wicked cool they are one of my dream bikes to build but in my area they are very hard to find. If you do find one they want an arm and a leg for a clapped out bike. But someday I will find one. Great build it turned out beautiful. Keep up the great work and stay safe out there.

Remind me with what is going on with Organic Transit with their ELF velomobile the original owner/inventor just bought the company back from the buyer who only managed to have 2 units built for research purposes (I was one of the people on the team to help build the final 2 using the original production) Enjoy your videos a lot being a certified e-bike tech. Would you ever wanna restore older adult trikes like Miami Sun Trikes or Classic Schwinns?

Super vudeo

I love the vibe in your videos I remember mountain biking from the early days we have come so far. I have a couple of modern up to date mountain bikes but still love the old stuff. I have a real old pace with some of the very first hope discs on and Shimano XT thump shifters I still have a lot of love for the stuff that started this amazing sport. Keep up the great work❤.😊

You did a great service, restoring a wonderful rigid bike. May it get many more trail years.

i love YOUR work. It inspired me to build a few myself. I Did a 90's Brigestone that I kept the Canti breaks and a 90's GT Arette I welded on disk mounts and made a gravel bike. Now I have a 93 Kona Lava Dome just like this one and cannot decide which way to go on it. I have to ask, Where do you get your decals. When I do my work I want to do it rite and it has been a struggle to find the correct decals.

Thank you for this amazing build Oldshovel! It is a dreambuild for me too. :- ))) And KONA... I love it!!

Your bike coop gets the *best* bikes.

Awesome build .

Awesome resto

No Oury grips and no Flite saddle make me question if this is the real Old Shovel... LOL

I built my bike up from a frame many years ago. Still have it, but now converted into a torque sensing ebike

Lovely bike I would love a ride on that. Kona's are great I love my Kula.

I need a rear wheel like that.. Or the hub!

When I built my first mountain bike and put on a suspension fork, I didn’t understand about bearing races, set up my fork just like that-no race. I rode it for a year and sold it that way. Makes me cringe now, but I was 16…

My first Kona was a stinky

The thing, or missing thing on the fork is cool:) The Restauration is awsome.

11:45 what’s that white stuff?

Awesome,looks really unique in the suade green leather but the right side Flite stencil doesn't look as good as the left side.💯👌🏻✌🏻🚴‍♂️

Molto bene, sempre il numero 1🤙🤙👋👋👋

Lol im dying swag not schwag

I have a 96 lava dome. I love it,but I can't run big wide tires on the rear....any advice??

it's amazing how metal responds to love

I liked the old school crank brothers stem!

Cheers from China, it's an honor to see the original founder get the brand again. I do not have a kona yet, but it's good to get one.

"Dentist bike" 😁 In Germany we call it the same.

"I am so stoked that Kona bikes is here for the long run. Back in the hands of the co-founders of the company, the company they started back in 1988." -- OH GOSH thats great news. I just did read the non-good-looking news about them , and am so relieved. They made so cultish bikes since the early 90s. And the Freeride-bikes that the guys in "New world disorder" and "Cranked" rode.... 😁

I like Kona bikes too...I was lucky to pick up a used Kona Raijin (Ti frame made by Lynskey) a few years ago and have slowly fixed it up to be a great trail hardtail. Thanks for the video.

Theres not many things I enjoy more than watching a peaceful Old Shovel re build. In a world that can often be stressful and worrying, your videos are a source of positivity and relaxation. Thank you

Single speeds are fantastic they are so much about preserving momentum and reading the trail, great build.

The Kona brand bicycle is very amazing, although it would look much better if you installed the speed sprockets and the suspension fork. Best regards from here in Venezuela.

The tubing would not have been custom as their bicycles have always been made for them by Pacific Cycle and Giant . They don't own factories , nor does Trek .

Kent are now complaining that the original owners didn't give them the amount they wanted after the buy back .

Awesome cranks

Great idea…Could you run through how to convert the 8speed cassette to a seven speed pls? Thanks

That's a tribute!! And it's pure, no shiftin', no suspension, only ridin. I hope, Kona will return, and maybe one day with another steelframe like the old explosif??

kona good price better merida

Ahaaaa... Sir.. since first c19 outbreak, ur channel that makes me spend my isolation by modernize old bike.. thank you sir

That’s great news about Kona, I used to have a Cinder Cone but sadly the frame broke and I went over to Trek because that’s what my local bike shop stocks and they’re great too, I found the handling between Trek and Kona is very similar but Kona definitely have way better paint options including this one you’ve just restored, that orange metallic is just the best colour 👍🏻🙂

Nice job, but will be better to use some cheap hydraulic brakes (mt401 or 501 shimano) instead these you used.