I sold my Stiffee to get an On-One 456 Ti and took it out for a first ride last night. I have to admit to some apprehension – I always found the Stiffee a riot to ride, and hadn’t managed to get a ride on a 456 before buying. I was also between sizes (16″ and 18″) but on Brant’s advice went with the 16″.
I needn’t have worried – despite the recent rain and snowmelt making trails “interesting”, the bike was awesome. A couple of the local sections of singletrack (Puttenham Common, Surrey) are particularly twisty and require quite a bit of commitment and weight over the front to nail at speed – the 456 was just brilliant. Climbs well too, even without the Pikes being wound down.
Difficult to see the full-suss getting a look-in for the time being, at least until things dry out a lot!