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budget build but a fantastic bike ,never going to be a light bike mind.

hmmm, can't think of any recent pictures of mine 🙁

anyway, it's a baby blue 18incher, Hope/Mavic wheels, Avid Juicy 7's, Titec stem, on-one xc bars, twelfty post, soon to be fizik seat, XT drivetrain with SRAM chain and cassette, Specialized Resolution tyres - to be replaced soon, and Fox TALAS R 100-120-140 forks. I used to run fixed travel forks, but the frame works REALLY well with adjustable travel.

It's fab, and also works really well with panniers and slick 🙂

Will take a pic tonight and post here 🙂

any excuse to post these pics.. 😆

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mine..

and Mrs beanZ

Nice one, i will post a pic of mine once its finishd, im building mine up with fox float r's, wtb wheels sunline handlebars, sram gearing and lots of other nice stuff 🙂

How are you planning to build yours up domjohn123?

I bought the frame and headset from the STW for £90 bargain, then i bought some 2007 fox floats r's from the bikeradar forum for £200 and then rest is all stuff from my charge duster that i built up :-), so its not to much to spend as i already have most of the parts. R u thinking of doing the same cp?

nope, mine's already built (has been for years)... spec up near the top!!

it came about after i decided to change from my early standard inbred, stuff got changed over, and then more modernised (ie. replaced maz mx comps with FOX forks, upgraded brakes, gears etc...), wheels (well, hubs) have been going since 2002.

pictures later... gonna ride it tonight 🙂

sounds cool, sorry, i did read all the posts i just didn't look at the name 🙂

Pike Air teams, crossmax xl's, xt, e-thirteen drs, easton vice stem, easton bars and post, conti verticals, 30lb ish.

Jobs a good'un

Using tools and a work stand.

Boom, boom. I'm here all week. Tip your waitress and try the veal.

CheesybeanZ - yours is not a 456. Your wife's is a Summer Season though.

spacehopper - that first pic, is it steetly quarry in good old donny?

it is indeed mrcrushrider! 😀

thought so! i love steetly woods, im living in the peaks now - but i still miss hooning about round there!

spacehopper, get rid of the saddlebag and water bottle....thats what backpacks are for!

tis a great place to ride and have a play..

theres a couple of fun downhill courses built into the woods near the viaduct now.. along with some insane BMX trails and a couple of crazilly massive mountain bike jumps!

Brant - you beat me to it!

backpacks are crap.

they flap about all over the place on jumps... give me a sweaty back.. weigh me down.. and generally mean im not as manouverable...!!

theyre staying 😉

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Slightly leftfield version.

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Pace RC-41F
Custom Powder coat
XM819's (CK front)
HT1 LX crank with XT hub.
Mixture of Planet X/On-One finishing kit.
Avid BB7's with speeddial 7's
Oh and Alfine hub and Carver EBB

Here's mine. Disd have Revs on but the Vanillas are much better IMO.

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mine 😈

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Here's mine - with post.

Now got Magura Menja 130AMs on - can really throw it about now!

thanks very much guys, really nice bikes, i think mine will hopefully end up looking like Simon's as it is the same frame (maybe slightly bigger) and almost the same forks 🙂

In need a bit of a clean!

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No pics, but Revs, Hope XC/717, Avid BB7, Shim/SRAM mix drivetrain, all good fun.

i still love this bike

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Hi Guys

finally finished the build, just got to get a shorter steerer and get some more gear cabling etc. 🙂
Ride is pretty damn goood, feels really smooth. here a picy of it earlier.

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enough zipties?

My Summer Season 456. Not the lightest (28lb) but feels good and solid. Still tweaking with the controls at the moment but think it's almost there as I'm now running all the spacers underneath the stem. Just gone tubeless with the Stans system as well.
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yer i no, it looks bit naff, getting some new cabling on tuesday to get it all neet.

blimey your stem is pretty long eh? run mine at 60mm and it feels right for me, got pikes and bulbs crappy rims x139 rear 325,

nice bike, got me round a nice 30miler today on the moor and is the best bike ive owned to date, sold my heckler as it just didnt get a look in once i'd built it, i'll see if i can dig out some pics

yer thats another thing that i need to get, cos i was running lower travel forks on my old bike so thats th reawson for the long stem. 🙂

456s rock. Mine is a budget-ish build with u turn Recons. Considering Pikes now though for Peak District fun 🙂

Here's mine (technically not a 456...)
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Yer, they are so fast down downhill, and really stable, lush ride and a really good al rounder 🙂

oh yes 🙂

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