Kona Stuff Downhill/Jump bike

Came as a frame/forks with a bag of parts... Nice bike though; )

Needed brakes (Shimano BR-M365 M355 Altus Hydraulic Disc Brakes Front/Rear) & some TLC to get it riding on Boxing Day: )

Still needs an 8 speed cassette, a chain & front derailler to get the 24 gears available.
Rear wheel - not original- has a 9 speed cassette & obviously does not work well with the original 8 speed changers. Getting 7 of 9 gears currently, after some fiddling...

High quality, tough alloy frame with Dart forks in good order & it rides nicely right now.

An 8 speed cassette is £13 at Halfrauds currently. £7 for a new chain and it'll be a super bike. I've got a front derailler to fit & it could really do with a couple of replacement front chain rings to be perfect.

It'll need a saddle also (this one is borrowed off my Raleigh Merlin: ) & some better pedals will also improve it.

I reckon this one is 2009ish & they cost £750 then, so a top machine in the day. And still good.

The cables for the Front Derailler are not in use here, but installed ready for use later.

This particular frame has a long seat-post, so it can be used as a 'normal' MTB for road use, but you can also lower it for hard core DH/Jump stuff: ) The bars can be raised with a suitable riser stem. It's a bit low here for a 6 footer: )

How you doing with it Woz??

WTB/Raleigh Technium composite MTB frame forks.

Check this frame forks... Recent ebay find: )

Looks like a Raleigh, USA version, of the composite Raleighs of the time.
Interesting? I think so. Early MTBs have a following & this one looks to be very interesting.

Looks to be an interesting period Raleigh frame. I'd previously looked at some of the UK Raleigh composite road frames, Dyna-techs? but they looked expensive to me.

Ebay pics above, not mine: )


Later... Dec 22 2019.
It finally arrived & it was really nice to have a closer look.

Nice paint & general condition. Takes 26" wheels & I happen to have a 7 speed Shimano Nexus wheel-set that might go very well with it.

This is looking to be Raleigh Technium, made in Kent, Washington. April 1989.
Has (I believe) 6061 T8 Aluminum main tubes (As opposed to Easton tubing?) & CrMo rear end & forks.

Not sure about the WTB connection, if any: )

But it has this rear rack mount on the seat-stay top & guard + rack eyes both ends.

Not seen another yet.
Nor any with the unpainted top & seat tube. Maybe I just need to keep looking: )

Current thinking is that this is an early Kent frame, which may differ slightly from the later established Raleigh models.

Will check & build it up meanwhile...


January 5 2020

Been playing with this over the holiday & just taken some pics of it. Tentative build here with Shimano Nexus 7 speed hub. Converting to V brakes rather than the original cantilevers. (Waiting for the new brake blocks here...)

Has a long wheelbase & appears to be designed for load carrying over trails/off tarmac, with rack & guard mounts both ends.

January 15th 2020

 
During a test ride here.
Pity it's way too small for me.