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456 evo II
paladin
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Was havin a wee look at these, got a malt2 which is fine for xc, but feels a bit big on tricky stuff.
Was thinking of getting the new 456 and transferring all the bits off of my malt.
The fork I have just now is a 100mm, anyone any idea how the 456 would be with that on?
Sometime in the future maybe upgrade to a 150/120 dual position fork, 150 for silly stuff and 120 for xc.

I should really do some work and spend less time looking at bikes…..

Posted 10 years ago

TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsSTR
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4, 5, or 6″ geddit? So, should be fine, but as steep as you’d want it to be.

Posted 10 years ago

paladin
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Yeah, I do geddit, just hadn’t seen many 456’s with 100’s on them, wondered if there was a reason.
Don’t think it would be any steeper than the malt.

Posted 10 years ago

badbob
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something i am thinking of doing soon, with the same plan to upgrade fork at a later date

Posted 10 years ago

Euro
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just hadn’t seen many 456’s with 100’s on them, wondered if there was a reason.

I like how it rides low. Beefy forks with plenty of air and it’s spot on for all sorts of riding.

Posted 10 years ago

paladin
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like how it rides low. Beefy forks with plenty of air and it’s spot on for all sorts of riding

Likin it!

What size have you got euro? My malts a large, but I can see me going for a medium or even a small 456.

Posted 10 years ago

Euro
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Paladin, it’s a 20″ frame (i’m 6’5″). Toptube/standover is very high on it (bars only turn 90 before levers foul) and i think the low forks help in getting my weight over the front on such a tall frame. I bought it for general cycling so went for a frame more suited to my size (all my other frames are smaller), but if it was for wazzing about an 18″ would be a better bet (could do x-ups again as least 😀 )

Posted 10 years ago

paladin
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Yep, can see a 16″ being ordered soon, or maybe for Xmas 😀

Posted 10 years ago

yunki
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I used to ride my 16″ everywhere set at 100mm
Occasionally at 120 or 130 (on a u-turn rev) but didn’t really get any benefit from it

I went for the 120/150 fork when the rev packed up but hated it..

150mm was too much, too divey on a hardtail over proper technical terrain, and it never felt like the fork was designed to be set at 120mm for a prolonged period

Posted 10 years ago

paladin
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Cheers yunki, that’s interesting!

I’ll see what I think on my 100’s and take it from there then.

Need to stop browsing, there’s too much choice out there

Posted 10 years ago

johnhe
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Yunki, are you talking about an Evo with slacker HA, or a plain old 456? I’d have thought the EVO 2 would feel quite different at 150mm, what with the 67 degree HA.

Posted 10 years ago