Bike Build - Kona Shred 2007 - Childhood Dream MTB

These 2000's Kona's give me quite a lot of nostalgia. My dream mtb build. My first ever decent bike as a kid was a Kona Stuff 2-4 2006, I learnt to wheelie on it, jump on it and its the bike that started my love for riding. So when I saw this frame for sale I couldn't let it go. There was just something about these Kona's that resonated with me and many of my friends growing up. I probably went through 5 or 6 different Kona's as a kid. Anyway, here is a bit of appreciation for the iconic bike. I will hopefully be upgrading it in the near future so if you have any suggestions please let me know.

More coming soon..

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[connorcampbell]

Awesome video, I have watched it many times, as I love retro Kona bikes. I have a 2004 Kona stuff I built in August last year, it needs a few things doing to it so I am inspired to do a rebuild video on my YouTube channel of my Kona stuff

[Cammydearie]

This was my bike!! absolutely loved it then shipped it abroad when I moved country. Was never the same after snapping the deraleiur, not to mention moving from Scotland to the Middle East meant no more hills or dirt jumps! Nostalgia City!

[rolux]

A dark blue Kona Shred was my first real bike!
I loved it so much and regret selling it to this day..

In fact your video got me so nostalgic, that I looked them up in eBay, found a Kona Stuff just 20 minutes away and now I’m going to pick it up this afternoon.

Thank you so much for that trip down memory lane!
And thanks for giving me an excuse to buy a old new bike, my wife will love it!

[donvincentcelis]

Great video, awesome reference to Kona frames, which in my opinion are the most underrated bike makers in the day. I recently acquired a Kona Scrap in camo green and slapped it with a RockShox XC30 TK and Deore drivetrains with Alex rims wheelset, and it still is above par with the new ones, maybe even better in durability.

[subaruwrx]

hell yeah I have one that I got around 2008. It's due for a rebuild and seeing this has inspired me to go do it!

[Darkridgefilms]

I’m in the process of fixing up a 2004 shred (same as yours but blue) and I’m super pumped!

[SickendArrow]

Oh man!! I still have my 2007 scrap sitting in my parent’s garage in Auckland. The breaks are fucked though lol need to get them totally replaced. Great video loved the filming!! Keen to get into learning more about bikes. Will check out your other vids!

[timothythegreat]

just bought one ☝️ love it ❤ i like the all grey ! 🍻

[mondaytheth]

I've just bought the exact same frame in the exact same colour and can't wait to get it together now 😁

[jcbanbury]

Yo! I'm in the UK and just won this bike on Ebay for around 100 pounds! (130) dollars. Cant wait to get it single sped etc!

[wyatth]

Depending on how hard you wanna go with upgrades I highly recommend hydraulic brakes. I have a set of Shimano Deore hydraulic brakes on my mtb and love them. I still rock a bike with some cheap tekro mechanical ones but the feel of the hydraulic is so nice. Sick build as always dude!

[November-Romeo]

I'm glad I came across your video. I have a 2006 Kona Stuff (bright green frame) and was thinking of selling it. It was a choice between that and a flat bar road bike I used for commuting. I don't commute by bike anymore and I don't really ride dirt much these days but I wanted to keep one bike for cruising around. Was only thinking of getting rid of the Kona because you know, 26" is dead and replacing parts is getting harder, but reading through the comments here it looks like it's still worth keeping. Thanks, you helped me make up my mind. Looks like it's bye bye to the flat bar.

[bandguy]

Bought one of these from my friend in junior high. After that i was wheeling for days haha

[FernandORas]

Hi !
What's different from Kona Scrap
To the
Kona Shered?

[brandonblackburn]

I have the exact same frame I'm just wondering what size bottom bracket I need to replace the current one

[dadbodmtb]

Hey mate, where did you get the chain tensioner from?

[yamaguchihirokiskycyrilhir]

Kona sherd very good bike I'm using it for street trials and dirt jump in Singapore ..I convert my Kona sherd to single speed rear wheel 26 teeth front 36 teeth my wheel brand table top and have marzoochi suspension .. after converting I found out this bike incredible good and stables ..I actually don't know this brand very much cause I love dabomb bike but dabomb bike very expensive in Singapore so I saw Kona sherd so I try my luck to give it a try but after I try this bike it really shock me I found out Kona sherd are incredible good and is what I looking for . I very happy and never regret having this bike Kona sherd ..thank Kona..hope people will give it a try ..

[Bakeandrunescape]

Truing to build my stuff atm but i dont know which order they go😂

[TheLoamCourierMTB]

I’m in the middle of building up my 2012 Kona stuff up again, if you can get your hands on a set I’d recommend some Rockshox Argyle forks man, those were really good jump forks a couple years ago, can’t go wrong there. Manitou circus forks are good too, although mines have been less reliable(both pairs cracked at the same part of the dropouts) but were very good forks when I had them. Nice bike though mate, my cousin used to have a shred just like that. Always loved a Kona myself. 👌

[bket]

dream bike when i was kid now i have norco magnum but is not the same peace from québec !