Barry, yep, that's a normal Inbred. Cable guides UNDER the top tube. 
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Is my Inbred actually a 456??
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Posted 7 months ago #
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Ebb 456 sample. 1 of 2?
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Chainstay bridge. Is that a CEN thing too?
Posted 7 months ago # -
Chainstay bridge. Is that a CEN thing too?
Older Inbreds had the bridge and IMO much better for it as mine didn't suffer chainsuck.
Posted 7 months ago # -
Ebb 456 sample. 1 of 2?
not sure, could be 2 of 2, this was sold to mark y, english fella in ROI who sold it to me.
it's now like this but mucky:
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/prototype-456-ebb-alfine
on ps3 so struggling to link properly.
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I've got a 456 with the cable guides under the top tube,
APF
PS PP can I e-mail you for a copy of them stickers please
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Don't know why I called it Summer Slacker, old and confused I guess
summer slacker is such a better name though!
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paul4stones - Member
Chainstay bridge. Is that a CEN thing too?
POSTED 11 HOURS AGO # REPORT-POST
No. Chainstay bridge was an early thing. Abandoned for side gussets as chainstay bridges are a throwback to when people fitted mudguards and can cause cracks to propagate from their weld point around the driveside stay in fatigue.
Same goes for indents on chainstays too.
Working on new chainstay profile for on one. Will probably get Peter Poddy to approve!Posted 7 months ago # -
B.A.Nana, thanks for the info. Love the raw steel finish, long been one of my favourites since I saw a Gimp with it years back. Surface rust seemed to have started developing under the lacquer, seen the same with a BMX in the same finish, but I guess the same happens with paint - you just don't see it? To be honest I quite liked the rat look once the thing had gone rusty. The antidote to all those preened shiny white immaculate full bouncers out there.
I say out there, I mean on here.
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"Working on new chainstay profile for on one. Will probably get Peter Poddy to approve!"
it's my only complaint with my 853 Inbred really, though I applied some dentology to help matters
if you offered the same frame again with a ragley like chainstay I'd be very tempted
Posted 7 months ago # -
it's my only complaint with my 853 Inbred really, though I applied some dentology to help matters
if you offered the same frame again with a ragley like chainstay I'd be very tempted
The Ragley chain stay solution is ace, but rather weighty. Trying for a bit of ovalisation, bends in the right place, and perhaps a touch less tyre clearance (clearance for Maxxis 2.5's I think is all you really need).
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it's my only complaint with my 853 Inbred really, though I applied some dentology to help matters
if you offered the same frame again with a ragley like chainstay I'd be very tempted+1, the dentology worked well but taking a hammer to a frame seems wrong.
I would still have the the 853 if that hadn't been an issue. Just picked up a Sanderson Life and looking forward to getting it built.
Posted 7 months ago # -
Always liked "that" green, lovely colour. They were available when I got my (blue) 456 and it's sometimes niggled me that I should have had the other colour. Fantastic bikes, mine had years of (ab)use and is still going strong as my daughters bike since I progressed to an even better (IMO) ti hardtail (one with a more "ace" chainstay design
)No. Chainstay bridge was an early thing
Out of interest is there any way of knowing (frame no?) how "early" a 456 is?Posted 7 months ago # -
"Trying for a bit of ovalisation, bends in the right place, and perhaps a touch less tyre clearance (clearance for Maxxis 2.5's I think is all you really need). "
sounds good
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Here's my Raw Finish Summer Slacker
with under top tube cable guides, and I'm not shortening the remote release for the GD, cos it'll be too short to go either of my full sus frames then 
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