Yippee my Bike's been fixed.

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Because it's dark when I go to work and dark when I get home , I've been doing more of the above than I like.

deroyo

Talking about funny,look at what the cat dragged in!!! :P
Yo!Sorry dude,no snow ball fights here... :P
So,like what are you waiting for to sign up?
XMAS?
Jou missed it amigo!!! :

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deroyo

: Yeah we've ALLLLLL heard of dat guy.
Mr. Wonderfull!
;D ;D ;D...

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:-X :-X :-X ...
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This is mine...http://konaworld.com/images/2k-bl.jpg
just a year older,pretty much the same bike!Ok some modifications for the best!!!
8)
Word of advise:
if you have the Kona handle bar gripps(the one that glows in the dark,still).Be aware!!!The rubber ring at the inside of the grip can get caught in the shift arm(Gear shifters) and prevent it from going back to it's proper resting place,resulting in leaving some slack in your gear cable and the next time you shift,well if you can...the cable get's all messed up in your shifter(not fun when you are in the middle of the woods,yes that happened to me,grrrrrrrrrrrrrr >)
I think you see what I mean!!!
Those grips are meant for Gripshits...
If you keep them you can either cut the ring off or (like I did)get another set...
Between Blast Brothers... 8)

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Deroyo I haven't noticed the problem with mine.....yet, What I don't like is that the grip are really slippery when wet so I've have a new set ready but haven't gotten around to changing them yet. Just a thought what do you use to stick grips on with ?

I use Tipp-ex Correction fluid I just paint some on the bars first and quickly put the grips... crude but it works very well.

When I bought the bike I didn't realise that the grips glowed in the dark, so you can imagine my surprise when I  to fetch it out of the shed one dark morning

deroyo

Up to now I have changed three sets of grips and so far I have not used anything.I have been using an air compressor to ease the job of putting them on.

I know what you mean about the "Glow in the dark bit",nobody had told me that also,I store my bike in the basement,so one night after a ride I put the bike away and turned the lights off,TO MY SUPRISE I SAW MY BIKE,THIS GLOW IN THE CORNER> ...

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Glow-in-the-dark grips? Thats pretty cool! 8)

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deroyo

That's about the only good thing about them,skinny,thinn,
they are gone!!!
No the bike itself is better,I can only talk about my Blast(I don't know if the 2001 glows like my 2000)
All around the letters like KONA, BLAST, and all the decal there is a thin line of glow in the dark paint...
So you can imagine the suprise,when you don't know about it,you turn the lights off and the whole basement is glowing ...
Now it's like wow :big deal... ;D

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Deroyo , I've just been to check out my Blast , and I'm sad to say that the only thing that glow are the grips  :'(.

just out of interest was your bike packaged with Tioga Tyres, Mine was and because they have never let me down I've never tried anything else on it.

deroyo

Hey Lazarus,that's too bad that your bike is not glowing
the 2000 had Velraptors as tires andafter two rides I changed them ,I did not like the way the mud just clumped and stayed on them,so I got myself some Panaracers(Fire XC Pro/back and Panaracer Smoke/front)
I'm very happy with those and I think I will get another Fire XC and rotate the rear for front and the new one for the rear...Hmmmmm,yeah ,that's it. ???
Can't wait 'til winter is over,I wanna ride!!! :'(

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I use hair spray to get my grips on.

gripshit sucks - qwikfire is tha shit

roKeMS

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Rokems, I friend of mine recommended Hair spray to put grips on, but since hair care products and me parted company a few years ago, I didn't try it. ;D