I’ve been looking at getting a C456, partly to singlespeed over winter but mostly because N plus 1. Initially I was looking at just a frame and building up from the spares bin / swapping components over but the Deore full build is pretty good value, would allow me to keep my old steel hard tail as a child trailer tractor and I can sell the bits I don’t require.
Anyway enough self justification – whilst looking at the Deore build I glanced across at the XT build (just for comparison you understand…) and saw that it comes in nearly a Kg (920g to be precise) heavier than the Deore build. The XT build comes with a Reverb (roughly 200g heavier than the seat post fitted to the Deore build) but everything else is the same or lighter.
Have I missed something obvious? Can anyone see where the extra weight comes from?
Links here:
XT C456
Deore C456