Well my screen name breaks down into two reasons why the name came about.

The first reason is because I owned a 1996 Kona Lava Dome mountain bike. It was bright orange metallic. 21 speeds. Complete Shimano STX group. The this day I miss that bike and have not found one as nice. So far it is the best I have ever owned. So that’s where I get the Kona part of my name.

The second reason is because I had a cell phone back in ‘99 that had the digits 0197 as the last 4 digits in my phone number and I like that number arrangement.

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SH-M315 mountain bike shoes' space-age aesthetics but when it comes to the. Shimano's latest flagship cross-country shoes fit. things that count – fit, comfort, durability, performance – Shimano have nailed. softer upper materials on this latest-generation shoe and the result is a. sock-like fit that we happily wore for up to eight hours at a time with no. discomfort whatsoever. throughout the upper soften and conform to your own anatomy after sitting for a. few minutes in the Shimano easy-bake oven and the corresponding vacuum. One lone spot of fit-related contention is the included heat-moldable. literally sucks the material right up against your feet for a perfect fit. like they were shrink-wrapped around your own feet – because if you take the. Custom-molded uppers. right around your toes and lots of perforations throughout the rest of the. Ventilation is pretty good, though, with lots of open mesh material. time to have them molded at an authorized fitter, that's exactly what they.

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