456 frame - I didn't know that they came with rack eyelets? Obviously talking about an older one
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on one 456 - what 'year' had rack eyelets?
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Posted 7 months ago #
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Steel?
Don't they all have them? My one from last year does?
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I thought they all did - including the original Ti ones.
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Mine that I'm currently taking apart and will be selling does he said hopefully.
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My steel 456 in that blue that was one of the original complete bikes does ( ?2007? )
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My 2008(I think, it's a red one) has them.
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Mine does, think it was from the second batch
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i thought only the carbon ones had eyelets.
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my 2008 summer season has them
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carbon one doesnt. Unfortunately.
I am sure they could be easily added to the swap out but for the frame i guess you could use a seat clamp with rack mounts. No QR ones around though.
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My 456 says inbred and also has them
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Posted 7 months ago #
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Crikey that looks chunky. Does it come in red?
Posted 7 months ago # -
andyl - Member
carbon one doesnt. Unfortunately.
Why would you buy a 150mm travel hardtail and fit a rack or an I missing something?
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ken_shields - Member
Maybe you can only afford to have one bike? Maybe you like the slack handling and still want to carry some luggage? Or am I missing something?Why would you buy a 150mm travel hardtail and fit a rack or an I missing something?
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New Summer Seasons do too.
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ken_shields - Member
andyl - Member
carbon one doesnt. Unfortunately.
Why would you buy a 150mm travel hardtail and fit a rack or an I missing something?It's the same geometry as the steel 456 this thread is about. No one asked this question for the steel one.
I don't have a 150mm fork on my C456. I quite like it with my fork at 100 or 130mm. I don't see what the fork has to do with it anyway.
I might want to go treking on my nice light carbon hardtail. Just because it can take a long fork does that exclude it from other things bike can be used for?
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Its important that all bikes are confined to a tight niche. A bike for touring, a bike for jumping a bike for downhill. This is the thin end of a dangerous wedge. Whatever next drop bars off road, people commuting on mountain bikes.....
It'll all end in tears
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ampthill - Member
Its important that all bikes are confined to a tight niche.
How can bike shops be expected to survive if we all start using bikes for more than one thing?
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Ken I couldn't agree more
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