Originally Posted by
furiousbob
1. The guy who owns the LBS with the KHS's said that the flite has a flip-flop hub (but without a cog on the freewheel side, so there's just threads for now, 20 bucks to get a new cog on). I felt the threads and it didn't seem very freewheel-ish.
I think this means there's no freewheel on it. The threads you see are on the hub. You'll need to buy/install something like this:
http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/singl...tml#freewheels
Originally Posted by
furiousbob
3. Does this thing have track bars or road bars? I couldn't tell.
KHS site says track...
Originally Posted by
furiousbob
6. They make 2007 KHS Flite 100's in red?
According to the site, the 2006 is red:
http://www.khsbicycles.com/07_flite_100_06.htm and the 2007 is shown in gray:
http://www.khsbicycles.com/05_flite_100_07.htm - I don't really know if that means it's really a 2006 or not...just pointing that out...
Originally Posted by
furiousbob
Second possible solution
Wait for the 08' Kona's to arrive.
I'm notoriously impatient and go with impulse buys rather than what I
really want. From experience, I'll suggest you go with what you want, not what you can get right this instant...but, I know that's hard to do sometimes...