Looks like the "Kapu" (Gesundheit)? and the "Dolomiti" are made by the same Taiwan factory.
I guess they are both technically KOF but somehow I feel we are stretching that definition to a dangerously weak degree. Maybe KOF also means "Kapitalizers Of the Fad"?
Dale Brown Greensboro, North Carolina USA
-----Original Message----- From: Mark Poore <rauler83@yahoo.com> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 7:49 pm Subject: [CR]re: KOF Lugged Steel 2009 Bianchi Dolomiti and more
With the Bianchi Dolomiti, the introduction of the new retro Rauler in two
models and this Kona that a friend is thinking of buying we might be seeing
a resurrection of sorts in the industry. While Kona doesn't come with a lo
ng history of making bikes, I believe this might be the first lugged bike t
hey have?made, it gives one additional hope for the future and the offeri
ngs that might come. Do they qualify to be a KOF? I do like the discription
of the bike: "New this year to the Kona Road program is the Kapu. A beauti
ful, old school lugged frame that harks (yep... used the word "hark") back
to when frames were meticulously crafted in only small batches by guys name
d Giuseppe."
http://www.konaworld.com/