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    1. Was gifted a Hei Hei frame and it just snowballed from there…

      Here’s a build list if anyone’s interested:

      Frame – 1999 Kona Hei Hei (1994 decals) w/ disc tab and seatpost reaming by Dekerf

      Fork – Custom titanium 405mm A2C

      Headset – Chris King NoThreadSet

      Rims – Light Bicycle w/Slik Graphics decals

      Hubs – DT Swiss 350 (QR caps) w/Slik Graphics decals

      Spokes – DT Swiss Champion 2.0 w/Sapim Nipples

      Tires – WTB Venture 650x47c set up tubeless

      Brakes – SRAM G2 Ultimate

      Rotors – SRAM Centerline 160mm F/R

      Shifter – SRAM XX1 Eagle AXS

      Derailleur – SRAM XX1 Eagle AXS

      Cassette – SRAM NX Eagle 11-50t

      Crankset – SRAM GX 170mm (de-anodized and hand polished)

      Pedals – HT Components AE03

      Bottom Bracket – SRAM DUB

      Chainring – RollCii 40t narrow-wide

      Seatpost – AliExpress 27.2mm titanium

      Seatpost clamp – AliExpress 31.8mm titanium

      Saddle – Brooks C17 Carved

      Stem – Title ST1 31mm length/31.8mm clamp (de-anodized and hand polished)

      Handlebars – Custom titanium based on Surly Sunrise bars 760mm

      Grips – ODI Rogue

      Rack – Nitto M-1B

      Bottle Cage – Aliexpress “titanium”?

    2. Is that saddle what they called brown or gum? I may have the same one but it’s hard to tell the color. I matched cork Ergon grip to it, they look nice.

    3. Absolutely Beautiful bike. I have an old lava dome I went pretty hard on but never could bring myself to add the rear disc tab. The G2s probably feel insane on this.

    4. This a truly wonderful build, and you should be proud.

      I’m still not a fan of the upright handlebars position, but if it works for you, then that’s great too.

    5. Runaroundheadless on

      Fantastic machine. Something about hard tail Konas in that they always seem to have a “rightness” about them. Good job. Great to just look at.

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