none at none in Bellingham, Washington, United States - photo by TheUnit

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Jean-dirt (Jan 16, 2011 at 3:36)

wow man beautiful build! In a few days i'm getting one to.
150mm in the rear ?
83mm bracket right ?

Have fun with it : D !

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TheUnit (Jan 16, 2011 at 10:56)

200mm rear travel, and yes a 83mm BB.

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Jean-dirt (Jan 16, 2011 at 11:09)

sorry, axle... 150x12mm haha. But thanks!

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mooseman414 (Jan 12, 2011 at 21:30)

im jealous and I dont know why.

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konagarbanzoprimo77 (Feb 2, 2011 at 19:51)

weird cause aggys bike is a fr frame and it looks just like that except all the operator frames are identical besides color.

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tackytraks (Feb 4, 2011 at 9:48)

exactly. so its fr by colour. not geometry

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transam711 (Feb 13, 2011 at 19:09)

Konagarb, if you know the differences in color, I'm surprised you don't know that there is only one model of Operator frame. Between the complete Freeride and Downhill bikes, the frame stays the same. But yes, the frame-only option comes in the same color way as the Freeride-complete.

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nouser (Mar 18, 2011 at 9:54)

dude...because of this photo...I bought a chrome one too

Sick build

Sick bike

Rapid & light as fook

Think mine's the only one in the UK like this too

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bxxer-rider (Jan 12, 2011 at 15:53)

i honestly thought it was a session 88 rawed by the thumbnail!

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bikin4life (Jan 12, 2011 at 17:21)

Me too

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fatherlewy (May 26, 2011 at 0:23)

nice rig, can dig some of your choices. take a look at mine I went a little different direction. If Im ever up in Washington we should go riding.

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conradculleney (Jan 12, 2011 at 14:37)

that's freakin sick Brian! hows it ride?

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TheUnit (Jan 12, 2011 at 14:49)

Awesome man! It's pretty light too.

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conradculleney (Jan 12, 2011 at 17:34)

cool, whats the weight around?

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TheUnit (Jan 14, 2011 at 18:08)

37.14 lbs

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nickf (Jan 16, 2011 at 21:35)

I prefer my 37.35 lbs

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dh0023 (Jan 24, 2011 at 16:53)

i saw that my last comment got deleted, somthing must have happened. no worries though, i just write another. soooo....
is that the freeride operator?

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TheUnit (Jan 24, 2011 at 17:05)

Nah man its the DH one.....

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Luki3 (Apr 21, 2011 at 15:52)

are you sure this looks like the free ride one theres the link to the freeride one it looks the same and come's in this same coler as yours did you buy the free ride one and build it up with dh parts?
www.konaworld.com/bike.cfm?content=operator_fr

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TheUnit (Apr 21, 2011 at 16:57)

Geeezz man, like I said the frames are all the same geo, the only difference is the color....and components.

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Luki3 (Apr 21, 2011 at 21:04)

oh got it didnt see all the other comments sweet ride how much was it to build her all up im thinking about doin it?

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mrbushavaazbuka (Jan 16, 2011 at 18:02)

Is this the dh frame, because i thought the dh frame comes in blue and red color?

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TheUnit (Jan 16, 2011 at 18:14)

This is the DH frame.

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mrbushavaazbuka (Jan 16, 2011 at 18:24)

Nevermind, i went on thier page, compared the fr and dh, realised that there is no difference in the frames though

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fish (Jan 20, 2011 at 12:01)

Did you get the bike as frame only? Was it easy to exchange the shock/ frame with Kona? Thank you for your time

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NorCrew09 (Apr 24, 2011 at 21:41)

If you don't mind me asking but what did that bulid cost? And is it ever nice dude!.

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rorywood (Aug 20, 2011 at 1:09)

That is sooooooooo sick mate!!!!!!!!!!! looks way better than the dh model

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jaredclark04 (Dec 16, 2011 at 21:31)

Love the bike! i got the same bike but i want to upgrade to fox 40s and get black rims

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brandanbohl13 (Jan 12, 2011 at 14:43)

SUPER dialed!!!

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bissellracing11 (Jan 13, 2011 at 10:46)

man this is sick you always have dialed bikes i like this years choice

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hair164 (Jan 13, 2011 at 18:52)

exchange my bike! very cool!

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nickf (Jan 15, 2011 at 19:30)

That's lookin sick. You're gonna own

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me2menow (Jan 20, 2011 at 21:44)

wowww is that headtube junction as narrow as it appears??

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tackytraks (Feb 4, 2011 at 9:47)

its even narrower in person

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i-ride-on-dirt (Feb 8, 2011 at 18:15)

did u seriously use to own a tr450 but switched to an operator...

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TheUnit (Feb 8, 2011 at 20:29)

yepp.

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i-ride-on-dirt (Feb 8, 2011 at 20:46)

either i am to critical of kona or you made a dumb choice. how do u like it? it certainly looks nice

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transam711 (Feb 13, 2011 at 19:07)

i-ride, I'm guessing you've spent extensive time on both bikes and can tell us which is a better fit for the local terrain and TheUnit's riding style, right?

Unless you have and can, your opinion is irrelevant.

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i-ride-on-dirt (Feb 13, 2011 at 19:16)

corsair711 - did you not read my above stated comment, try reading it and adjusting what you just told me

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transam711 (Feb 13, 2011 at 19:34)

"either i am critical of kona or you made a dumb choice"

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i-ride-on-dirt (Feb 13, 2011 at 19:37)

i don't understand why your being a dick over nothing

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konadog3000 (Feb 11, 2011 at 8:23)

What's the seatpost diameter? Typical 30.0 Kona specific?

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TheUnit (Feb 11, 2011 at 15:18)

31.6

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freeriderslife09 (May 13, 2011 at 0:25)

nice, made this picture my new wallpaper.

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thecameraguy (Jan 13, 2011 at 11:32)

plushhhh

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transition661 (Jan 14, 2011 at 10:16)

yeah brian

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TheUnit (Jan 14, 2011 at 18:09)

Thanks Owen.

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caleb-doane (Jan 18, 2011 at 17:48)

Sick brian

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TheUnit (Jan 18, 2011 at 19:32)

Thanks man.

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demo15 (Jan 20, 2011 at 18:44)

is it kona

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TheUnit (Feb 4, 2011 at 9:46)

Ya

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tackytraks (Feb 4, 2011 at 9:46)

nooo, its an anok

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i-ride-on-dirt (Feb 13, 2011 at 19:17)

how do u like it?

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TheUnit (Feb 13, 2011 at 20:45)

Its quite nice, thank you.

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konagarbanzoprimo77 (Feb 1, 2011 at 17:48)

its a fr frame you guys

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TheUnit (Feb 1, 2011 at 19:29)

by color only....