My Carbon 456

OllyUK
OllyUK Posts: 230
edited August 2010 in Your mountain bikes
I've just finished the build and can't wait to test it out tomorrow morning! :D

4844811416_8721917751_b.jpg

Spec:
On-one carbon 456 frame
Rockshox revelation RLT 140mm forks
XC717s on Hope pro 2s
On one smoothie headset, easton stem and raceface deus xc bars
Superstar grips
Avid Elixir R brakes 185mm/160mm
X9 shifters and rear mech
XT front mech and chainset
eXotic seatpost and seatclamp
Charge spoon saddle

Stem and steerer still WIP and I'll probably swap the charge spoon for a SDG bel air or similar when I have the money spare.

Comments

  • reevie25
    reevie25 Posts: 254
    WOW, That's very nice! I think I will have to get myself a pair of those Superstar grips. How do they feel? They would go well with my colour scheme 8)
    Scott Aspect 45
    Giant Reign 3
    My Blog
  • OllyUK
    OllyUK Posts: 230
    I really like the feel of the grips both with and without gloves.
    The lockrings seem well made however the main body wears fairly quickly, but you can replace them for around a fiver so it's not too much of an issue.
  • Beardface
    Beardface Posts: 5,495
    Lovely build Olly, really like it :)

    Theres a few Carbon 456's about now, I'm looking forward to seeing some white 456's, whippets and Ti 456's on here soon too :)
    Bird Aeris
  • OllyUK
    OllyUK Posts: 230
    Yea, it should be interesting to see what the whippet fully built is like.

    I've just put a shorted 60mm eXotic stem on and it's massively improved the handling and it has hardly affected my climbing as I thought a big reduction (90 down to 60) might have.

    I'm also hoping we'll see some of the mags reviewing the new on one frames soon.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    very nice rig Olly,
    im looking at getting a exotic seat pin are there good quality ive only seen yourself and sonic who own's 1.
    paul
  • OllyUK
    OllyUK Posts: 230
    They're definitely nice and shiney!
    The quality seems good, however it the first carbon seat post I've used so I don't have anything to compare it to. I went for the cheapest one on the site since all the top unit is an alloy. I've not heard anything bad about them yet.

    I would have less confidence in the model which partly has a carbon clamp. (Matrix Ti)
    The "cobra" model on their website doesn't seem suitable for mountain biking and I've seen a couple of pictures of these snapped.

    I actually have one for sale, the first one I bought was too short. It is 31.6mm diameter and 300mm long. I'm now using a 350mm one.

Categories