Hello Kona Nut From England! Well, you're in the right place if you don't speak Spanish. In any case, I imagine you're living in Spain at the moment. So where do you live? What are you doing in these parts? Where do you go riding? Have you got a Kona bike? There are some good places to go riding around here. I live in Madrid and today I went to La Casa de Campo and then to El Pardo. Actually they're pretty spectacular places and you can ride your bike there, or get there by the Tube, really nice.
Hi there I am in England in Devon , I am thinking of taking a trip over to Spain in the future and was going to try take my bike with me. So was wondering of where is best to ride. Kona wise I have Kona sex one 1995 Kona sex too 1995 Kona sex three 1996 Kona explosif 1995 Kona explosif 1996 Kona ti hei hei 1997
You have all those bikes!? And that's just Kona-wise. So how many bikes have you got in all? There are loads of great places to go riding in Spain, but really I'm just familiar with some of them in the Madrid area. There's probably a lot of info on the Internet, but I'm not sure where to steer you off the top of my head. Do you know where in Spain you might go?
Those are the only bikes I have , I like my oldschool konas. What bikes you got ?? Not sure which part I am going to yet, I have been to Madrid and Barca before lovely places.
Pretty much every part of Spain has good mountain biking. Do you want to go with a holiday company? Do you want to be based in one place or travel around? Up North? Down South? Near an airport? By the beach? etc etc
Would like to go somewhere near Barcelona be nice, love that place. Is there other members on here with old bikes konas etc??
I've got a 1996 Orange P7 - I've got a 2010 model too, my 2002 P7 was stolen - I like P7s. As for Barcelona, dont really know the riding round there persoanlly but my ride guide recommends Monceny national park near there. I live in the Basque country and there's lots of good riding here, have a look at my friends business ... www.basquemtb.com
Hi Kona collector!. I see, nuts about Konas. Do you and one of your Kona bicycles dare to really ride in Spain? :boom The St. James Way. El Camino de Santiago. http://www.goxploring.com/camino/info.htm#food There is tons of information on the internet. http://www.caminodesantiago.me.uk/camino-directory/ Check it out!.
Cool will check it out. I only have the one bike built at moment and another part built. Would you guys be interested in a pic?
Of course we are. Feel free to send whatever you want. I personally admire those who are able to build their own bikes. There is such a passion and knowledge in doing that, that I´m sure we all are looking forward to seeing every little piece of your bike right now!. Have a warm welcome to the forum.
Thank you , very kind, I will go find some pic's of the one that is built and the one I have part built . The built one is the 1995 sex one which was black when it came out I have changed it a bit . Part built one is my ti 1997 hei hei.
Wow! Changed a lot from black to White… She´s just a real Knockout! That bike is asking for it!, yeah! Deserves to be ridden in Spain! I really like them, I now Know why you´r nuts about Konas. If only I had the expertise and patience to do something like that… Devon background I presume. Very artistic bikes and pics. You have done a fantastic job. Congrats on the outcome! One more thing… this is a pretty hidden section of the forum (just for foreign people) . Its amazing how many daily visits the Spanish section has (actually is a Spanish forum), your pics in here will be seen more than answered. So be patient! In this thread answers come slowly! But I bet everyone who see your bikes will love them! ;-)
Very kind of you to say so, they are lovely bikes. I would post in the other sections but i don't speak Spanish at all:-( Yeah they are routes near me in Devon
Wow, very impressive bikes. You definitely live up to your name. I have a classic bike, tho not half as cool as yours are. Mine's a Diamondback Override that I got back in about 1992. But your Sex One (this somehow sounds unedifying) is a thing of beauty and I'd be reluctant to really thrash it in the rough stuff like rocky terrains where you get stones flying about and scratching everything. And your Hei Hei is classy too. Almost looks like a single speed but I see it has two chainrings. If I had more time and money (and space) I think I could get into buying and fixing up classic bikes like yours. As things stand tho I'm just going to be grateful for what I've got, which is more than I expected A roadbike → Scattante CFR Race XC mountain bike → Conor Pro Tora Dirt bike → Comenzal Absolut My faithful hybrid → Daimondback Override Maybe one day I'll pick up a fifth bike, a full suspension, tho don't where I'd put it, and my wife and I may have words about it :boxing Cheers!
Thank you for your kind words, I will try get my other frames built up soon, not sure where i will put them once built. Have you any pic's of your bikes??
My Diamondback Override My Commenzal Uploaded with ImageShack.us My Conor Pro Tora Uploaded with ImageShack.us My Scattante CFR Race Uploaded with ImageShack.us I had some trouble uploading these pics because I suppose they were too "heavy", so I did the best I could. You can click on them and see them better. Cheers!
Well, my impression is that it's not big in Spain, but there are people into it. In fact there's a sub-forum here called "Classic Bikes", tho in Spanish, "Bicis Clásicas". I know you're not a Spanish speaker, but if you want to look through it (and you haven't yet) it's here. http://www.foromtb.com/forumdisplay.php?78-Bicis-Cl%E1sicas
