I have a 456, I want a Pitch. The On-one is an 18″ which is a large.
Years ago I demo’d an enduro (the one the pitch was based around) and the large felt like a barge, fast, but it felt like my feet/arse were in a different time zone to my hands.
I took a medium for a spin around the car park and it felt better. But the suspension was better set up on that one (the large had pretty much locked out, presumably because the internals were dry from repeated jet washing). That and possibly the large has a 90mm stem, I’d probably wack my current 60mm on there, which would bring it back a bit…….
Now at the time I was riding a bike that I’ll admit was a size too small, the current 456 is significantly longer and feels all the better for it. Will I now appreciate the larger size?
Question is, which size pitch? I would go to an LBS and try one but I’ve found them 20% cheaper on-line this weekend and they wont price match. Looking at the top tube length the medium and large pitch sit half an inch either side of the large 456. But looking at the supposedly more consistent ‘reach’ measurement (horizontal from BB to top of HT) the small pitch is still larger than the large 456, which can’t be right as on-ones were always ‘long’ for a given size?
Garrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Anyone ride around on a 18″ 456 and also got a pitch? If so, 17″ or 19″?