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Anybody ride one?
Finally got mine built up, and have fitted 100mm forks (as i already had them) but i can't seem to get the riding position right. feels a bit head down arse up.
I've only been for short rides on it, so maybe i've not given it a chance.
I had a steel 456ss with 100mm forks - seemed good to me?
Maybe experiment with different riding positions...
456 Carbon with 100mm forks? Well, unless you like 'em very racy, I wouldn't if I were you. I thought 140mm was a bit short on mine, TBH, and the front end is still pretty low with 150s......
what length of stem / rise of bars did you use?
at 100mm travel it was quite stem length sensitive, but I whacked an 80mm jobbie on and it seemed much improved - any longer and the handling felt very wallowy
edit: oh, with a 6 degree rise
Steel 456 here rides very well at 95mm. But do have loads of spacers and high rise bars. Actually feels too high when I wind out the forks to 140mm. Think I need to tinker more to find happy medium.
it was a racey feel i was looking for.
i too have lots of spacers at the moment, maybe need higher bars
I did have riser bars on - forgot to mention that 🙂
...feels a bit head down arse up...
...it was a racey feel i was looking for...
job done then.
I ran mine with 100mm and still do occasionally (U-turn) and it feels good.
Remember the heat tube and stack height is pretty low so you need to run a lot of spacers to get the stem/bars up to 'normal' height. Especially if you have the 16" frame.
Using long travel forks to get the bars to the correct height sounds like a rediculous idea. Just use stem spacers/stem with some rise/high rise bars.
thanks for the input.
40mm risers ordered to replace the 20mm ones i'm using at the moment, and i'll continue to run with the stack of spacers