Oh yes... it's another carbon 456 build thread (yellow)

Here's mine. Put it together over the weekend. Nothing too flash I'm afraid:

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Am onthe look out for some longer travel forks (preferably black). If anyone has any they wish to sell or ideally swap for the 100mm recons on the bike at the moment which are in good condition let me know.

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Am onthe look out for some longer travel forks (preferably black). If anyone has any they wish to sell or ideally swap for the 100mm recons on the bike at the moment which are in good condition let me know.
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any chance you could post a picture of the rear mud clearance and note what tyres you're running?
I ran a 2.4 Nobby Nic all winter on mine with no clearane issues.
As for mud clearance - you could run anything back there and have no issues - tons of clearance at the rear
Look pretty nice I reckon. Can't wait to give them a try on a proper trail! Bike now weighs bang on 26lbs. No really light pimp stuff on there apart from the forks atm. Gears are boggo sram X9/X7, big on-one seat and heavyish seatpost. Cranks are ancient off my old stumpy with a really heavy internal b/b.
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Ran most of last summer with a double FSA chainset (42/27) and the clearance was non existent (no close-ups I'm afraid). I had to space it out by an additional b/b spacer which I wasnt too happy about. It was also fairly hard work around Wales so I have changed over the winter to a more standard double (36/27) with bash set up. I also ended up buying a double specific SLX front mech as the triple one I had used before clashed with the chainstay when moved down to suit the new 36 tooth chainring:
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Also switched to a shorter stem (80mm I think from memory). Spacers still in to check I'm happy before cutting steerer down:
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I also had some credit at on-one so when an individual rear wheel came up I took the opportunity to replace my distinctly unstraight cross ride with one of their max wheels. only trouble is it was a gold anodised hub and nipples which I don't like as I was trying to keep everything apart from the frame black, but hey it was cheap and you can't win them all. No doubt i'll break that soon enough anyway and I can save up for my dream hope wheelset....
So, my bright yellow on-one 456 as it looks today:
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retired 9.6kg Carrera Kraken
The Carrera Hardtail combined thread - come on all you Carrera's!
The Sons Scott Genius RC20 build
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