no, nothing in it. the 75mm stem on the smaller one makes it about the same. the super slackness of the summer season makes a lot more difference. Feels like it could smash over everything (shame i can't ride that well though). It is bloomin heavy though!

Heres my Choclate brown 456. Finished the build yesterday. Hopefully give it a blast round the Puffer course tomorrow.

I know the steerer is too long!! It will be cut down once Ive got it set at a good height

And another Summer Season…………….

very cheap build thanks to the STW classifieds and the bay! Cost 1/5th the price of my Meta and I love it just as much!

Broke my DH bike so had to make do with my 456… was at least as much fun. Yesterday rode it for 8 hours in the Gorges du Tarn, including over 5000' of height gain, very good bike…

Mine…

hee hee I can join in this thread now! There will be riding pics soon, I'm sure

another choccy brown, pic taken straight after build, no "action" shots but its a blast to ride.

now has pink tassels aswell 😉 seriously… 🙄

bassspine i like your very mucho 😉

can 456's run 203mm rotors on the rear?

Thanks Taka 🙂 I was worried that the 36 forks would be a bit too fatty for it but it looks ok

This ones for sale!

ebb prototype with alfine.

taka, mine's got 203's on the back, total overkill, but its what I had in the bitsbin, and never bothered to change it.

I missed that Q – in the picture above those are 203's on the back (couldn't get 160's anywhere at the time). Also fit on a normal inbred too.

Sorry about the poor qiality Pic.

Built this from bits and pieces, bits from the STW classifieds and a new Inbred!

Room for a summer season?
Excuse the saddle bag and pump etc, I fancied a rucksack-free day.

Coutesy of NBT

Mine is still being built…

I need a rear wheel, chain and cranks so should be done in a few weeks!

here's mine out on a snowy night ride

My old one :

Toys, does the 19 refer to your height in inches or something?

Just built mine last night and loving the fact i can clamp the top tube BELLOW my knees on the 18" verion! Off to Swinely tonight to test it out.

😀

Grrrrr

Thought I'd already posted in this thread a while back… turns out I hadn't so here it is:

and yes 6 months on the seatpost is looking pretty battered, on the look out for a cheap adjustable one.

Can't believe I haven't posted here…

XC-456

The brown looks nice in the flesh, and nicest when clean and shiny. Which it rarely is.

mines built but has 2 guises a 69er commuter:

But I also have some All mountain 3 forks with a normal wheel for the rough stuff 😀

I'll post mine once my bars arrive, flat bars, no spacers, dropped stem, shorter than average 130mm forks, feels like I'm riding a big slack BMX with wide bars and looks bizzare but handles soooooooooooooooooooo right! 😀

Must try to get pics of mine and my bros tonight.

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Nice, i've just ordered one on the CTW 🙂 get in, cant wait, very inspiring pics…

GaVgAs

Nice, looks unique.

Thanks Poppa,Sold the frame a while ago though,It was a bit too springy for me, and I couldent get on with it,shame really it was a lovely bike 😥

Sadly ridden very little as prefer custom SS, so now up for sale 😕