I know that the frames arrived at OO recently, but have they been sent out to customers yet? Would love to see a photo of a built-up bike, if anyone has one, and hear any post-ride reports.
If I wasn't so sceptical...
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/onone-carbon-456-finalised-graphics-and-reducer-headset
It looks like a pile of shite to me.
Yeah, I've seen the photos of the frame - I'm after a photo of a fully built-up bike (I've seen the trail action ones on the OO site, but they're not very clear).
Agree that the looks are pretty divisive, though.
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http://www.bikeradar.com/blogs/article/first-impressions-on-ones-carbon-456-hardtail-24735
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God it looks awful, I hope it rides well
That's an epic smiley coogan, well done!
Agree it looks pretty gopping.
I don't think it actually looks that bad in the first picture.
Yes, my vision is fine.
No, I don't own one or work for on-one.
Although in the second picture, side on, you can see how stupid the downtube is.
They're due for delivery on Monday/Tuesday next week, awaiting the bolts and swap-outs before they can be delivered. I just received my brakes and headset, forks in the post tomorrow. Headset looks very good, will go with the frame perfectly.
It looks awesome btw.
First pic looks OK apart from the seatstays which look like they were designed for a completely different bike.
The downtube does look a bit weird in that 2nd pic.
Perhaps it looks OK in the flesh? Some shapes just don't look right in a picture.
In the second pic it looks like they've allievated peoples fears about the longevity of carbon frames by pre-breaking them!
I seem to be in the minority who like it. If I had a spare £500 I would replace my steel 456.
i don't think anyones got their frames yet from the first batch after on one decided to last minute change their supplier for the dropouts, so they've emailed everyone saying frames are in stock but the dropouts are 2 weeks behind.....one of the guys in our work shop has one on order and is less than happy!
Not liking the look of these at all. Looks like the old thermo-plastic GT jobbies.
Which were awesome.....
I like it. Functional rather than pretty. Then I own a Hemlock and it looks more like a dock crane than a bike so what do I know?
@ paul, yes they were. Had one myself, but my point is the 'new' OO frame looks like an old thing.
Right, I know these are not designed to run the same length forks, but my, how pretty...
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That Rocky Mountain is barking too. I'm just not a fan of carbon frames. I hate the look of all the 'joins' if you will. BB area, top of seat tube etc, they just turn into a massive blobby area of plastic. Not for me.
Change the record coogan!
"my point is the 'new' OO frame looks like an old thing."
How many new bike frames don't look like old bike frames? On One haven't claimed they've made anything totally revolutionary (I was going to say mold breaking but I guess mold forming would be more correct here).
Bite me!
coogan, bit of old fashioned lug work and hand painted finish just for you:
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Is that a hobbs?
I am clearly alone on this one but I quite like the look of it - swoopy.
And no I don't need glasses, haven't taken a knock to the head etc.
But hey what do I know 😉
what does that RockyMountain retail for?
are they really £400 better than an sworks stumpjumper ht?
letmetalktomark - don't worry, you're not alone!
sputnik he ain't that classy.
He probably loves those "purposeful" welds on "taiwanese-dressed up as American" brands like Turner, Santa Cruz and Edinburgh Bicycle Co-operative!
i usually love purposeful looking bikes. Not too sure about this one though.
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It's like on one aimed for "stealth" and took it too far. nothing wrong with an understated bike, but that's taking the pi$$!
RealMan, it is a Bruce Gordon. That pretty Rocky is a bit over priced.
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Frame is truly awful ... looks even worse built up
Rocky mountain looks great , on one = not great
Looks lovely sputnik, is it yours?
My mates got a few bikes like that, I think 5 of them are hobbs. Don't know if he has got a bruce gordon.
And are those wooden wheels??
paulrockliffe - Member
They're due for delivery on Monday/Tuesday next week, awaiting the bolts and swap-outs before they can be delivered. I just received my brakes and headset, forks in the post tomorrow. Headset looks very good, will go with the frame perfectly.It looks awesome btw.
Which headset have you purchased? Piccy?
Highly amused by all the talk of 'looks'. I personally intend to ride mine on the UK's finest trails, not sit looking at it in my front room or posing with my boyfriends in trail centre car parks.
A few garish 'Rocky Horror' graphics don't turn a carbon frame into a good looking bike.
The Armadillo raised the bar in the 'hit with an ugly stick' competition.
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The carbon 456 has quite clearly jumped straight over it without a landing mat!
Still, if it rides well who cares.....and it's funny seeing the reactions
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OMG! Suppose I could spend some of the £1737.55p I've just saved by not buying the Rocky Horror on some graphics.
Any contributers doing art along with hairdressing and beauty on their Uni course?
I personally intend to ride mine on the UK's finest trails, not sit looking at it in my front room or posing with my boyfriends in trail centre car parks.
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I personally think the Rocky's worth it - yes it's a lot of cash, but it's personally the best bike I've ever owned and ridden.
It's all down to personal taste. I think the OO is okay, but it's a different beast to the Vertex, designed for somewhat more abuse, hence the larger sections all over.
The Armadillo raised the bar in the 'hit with an ugly stick' competition.
Cheeky get!
I loved mine and was just thinking about it earlier..
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No offence meant 😉 - I actually wanted one after having stupidly sold my Compo but it never happened.
Just spoke to OO. Bolts/dropouts arriving Monday [i]hopefully[/i] shipping Tuesday.
Hope tapered headsets should be on the site by end of next week as well.
Just had an email saying my frame was shipped today and will be with me tomorrow. 🙂
And a bucket for monsieur?
No offence meant - I actually wanted one after having stupidly sold my Compo but it never happened.
One of each in my garage.
Email in profile 🙂
Those frames are boggin.
Email in profile
Dear god nooooo!! I've just bought an ML8
YGM
haha. Funny thread!
Woody - none taken 🙂
One of each in my garage.
Email in profile
Ha. If I hadn't just agreed on a P7 I might have battled it out with Woody for the 'dillo - gave new meaning to the term, 'industrial looking,' but it was fun to ride, just wondering how it might have been with a decnt pair of 130 forks. Can't remember what it was designed to take. Those 'gussets', those welds...! And I'd have loved a Compo too.
I loved my Armadillo too. Not the cleanest lines ever, but purposeful!
A man's frame for manly men! 
EDIT: Now that I think about it, my wee bro is still riding it to work and back, maybe I could get it back off him...
just wondering how it might have been with a decnt pair of 130 forks.
It was a pic of someone in France on a Compo IIRC on the PX/OO site doing a rocky descent/dropoff with Z150's that made me want one. I also have a pair of Nixons 145mm with bolt thru' axle sitting doing nothing.............
Looks like I'll be the black sheep. I think the 456 carbon looks fantastic. Would seriously consider one if I wasn't so happy with my summerseason.
Looks like I'll be the black sheep. I think the 456 carbon looks fantastic. Would seriously consider one if I wasn't so happy with my summerseason.
Same here. Can't wait til mine arrives..
Fulgy but a great price
That [u]FUGLY[/u] at any price is a mistake. How much for it second hand when you decide it's got to go. 50p? 😉
Mine's just arrived. The decals are very very stealth as well, more so than the pictures show and seem to blend in with the subtle carbon grain.
Kitchen scales say 1432g with plastic plugs in with I am impressed with.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that. Im a 456 fanboy (I now have a banger for work and a posh one) so I will defo go for the carbon if I can find any money
Horses for courses.... Personally I think it's gopping, but looks aren't everything. Here's one of my previous bikes. Graham Norton on wheels, complete with gold ano Hope bits. So don't take my opinion too seriously!
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Zasker did you choose that colour scheme? if you did you need to go to SpesSavers asap, thats a tarts bike and you should be ashamed of yourself 😆
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almost finished building my carbon456. looks awesome doesn't it. i've left the hoses long enough to do double tailwhips
My 456 I think you'll find! THe Bat Bike is born!
I still ride my Armadillo (Rode it both days at the weekend). Only hardtail I now have, and it now sports a pair of 140mm Thors.... Fantastic, grin inducing ride....
Zasker did you choose that colour scheme? if you did you need to go to SpesSavers asap, thats a tarts bike and you should be ashamed of yourself
I did indeed.... I thought I'd go all the way once the frame arrived! The tigerskin saddle was a particular favourite. Oh, and it wasn't usually that high - I'd just got the bike out of the car and bunged the seatpost in for piccie purposes!
It looked a lot more garish in the flesh too, although it did attract quite a few nice comments, from similar visually-challenged riders!
Good to see you're embracing the fugliness peachos 😉 (it's not that bad actually, but those red brakes are horrible imo).
That 456 looks awesome! Liking the spank rims..
peachos what's the tyre clearance like with a 2.4 rubber queen?
yeah - i like that peachos! although i reckon you could manage triple tail whips with those hoses!
Mine is at home, I'm on the other side of the North Sea.
My wife says it feels like the cardboard box is empty.
That's not Peachos' bike, I just emailed him a picture. it's all mine!
The brakes are US spec 2009 Louise Brakes, which are black, apart from the inner caliper half, which is red. So they're black from the otherside. The hoses; Magura supply them both (more than) long enough for the rear of a bike, so I've tied them up, they will be cut to length when they need bleeding, though I may do it before if I can be bothered. I'm running the same brakes on my other bike, they also need the hoses cutting down.
The wheels are borrowed from my other bike too, hence the colour clash with the calipers; I'm sharing wheels short-medium term until I've got the money for a rear hub gear, hence the rest of the drive-train being ripped off a third bike as well.
Awesome!
Tyre clearance is loads, no problems with the RQs.
It's like wot The Hulk would ride, nice job!
My wife says it feels like the cardboard box is empty.
Nice! My 456 SS felt like the box was far from empty 😉
er, the wheels go with the frame like the sofa goes with the carpet? 😆
got mine today only part i got fitted was my rear mech 🙁 nothing else has turned up yet. brake's should be here tomorrow then the rest of it following on next week.
my forks were supposed to of turned up today as well but good old chain reactions did not manage it. 😯
Mine has arrived today. 1450g on the Mrs kitchen scales-very impressed.
Any headset recommendations yet?
i ordered the on one smoothie headset with mine, can not fault it well made, light and uses cartridge bearings for £35 you cannot complain.
I ordered the FSA gravity 1 at first that's now sitting in a box as it wont be going near the bike 😀
yep.. I'm liking the aesthetic..
Most of the self appointed style gurus here seem to take most of their cues from gentlemens quarterly or some such trite so it doesn't do to pay them any mind..
looking forward to seeing a few more of these built up.
Rode mine last night, seems perfect, flies up hill, flies downhill, no complaints so far. Definitely looks the business too, though I guess if you're a luddite that expects your On-One to be made of pig iron, then you would disagree. Either way, I win.
Rode mine last night, seems perfect, flies up hill, flies downhill...
I've not seen, never mind built mine yet (abroad 'til tomorrow night) but if it helps me fly up and down hills perfectly but has slightly dodgy graphics, I'm prepared to forgive the graphics.