Interest in 456 Summer Seasons?

I call her Slacky,
first impressions without a real trail ride.
bombs my stairs well,
steering is noticably hard at slow speed, but as soon as its moving not a big deal
THE MAJOR ADVANTAGE OF A SLACK HARDTAIL
you can stand up and hammer with very little fork dive just awesome, hopefully it stops raining and i get to ride it soon

 

thanks for the input! ordered last of my parts yesterday....my build aint too far apart from yours...only issue per your comment i may have is my stem has no rise...but bars i got are 2" so we will see....

 

I was having headset issues, fixed them now the steering isnt so heavy withg weight on the bike and it feels like a hardtail DH bike, freaking awesome. if it ever stops raining I will get to take it up skyline and see how it handles, maybe do a video review

 

sweet. keep us updated for sure. i keep wondering though if for me, the 456 isnt a better fit...hmmm

 

Maxwell rode his today. He was descending like a madman. That bike looked fun as heck. I might see if I can tool around on it during one of our next rides.

 

Yeah, I had a ball on mine today!
I swapped out the 70mm stem for a 90mm stem that I had, and what a difference it made!
I didn't feel cramped up at all on the climbs. In fact, I never even bothered to lower my fork.
And descending was just all out FUN! It's not going to replace my Dawg as my Super D bike, but I wouldn't hesitate to race on it.
FUN bike for sure!

 

nice! damn...i wish i could get you a standard 456 to try with same setup and let me know the difference

 

just received my handbuilt wheels from the UK today for my TBD 456....what a deal! built in 1 friggn day by the way and only took a bit over a week to arrive....truly impressive

 

nice....(cough ghey cough)

 

what chewy said :lol:

nice wheels though. too bad shimano doesn't know how to make 6 bolt hubs like the rest of the world...

 

6 bolt rotors are old skewl...get with the program. centerlock, biatches!

 

chupame......seXTR, BOOH-YAH!

 

I prefer a meal.... not a snack

 

guys, or gals (ie, Chewyeti), please give me some info for a person who just bought a frame from me...i should know, but dont and want to make sure i get details and yuo would obviously know havign built one up (and info not on website and i dont have easy access to designer Brant anymore)

* what size bottom bracket?
* front der size and type?

muchisimas gracias!

 

Hey folks. I just joined the Summer Season club this week!

Bottom Bracket: 68mm English
Front Derailler: 30.9 top pull

Also, be careful about facing the drive side of the bottom bracket. It has integrated chain guide mounts. My LBS faced it, shaving a circular indent where my bottom bracket fits snug. After seeing it, I'm not sure facing was even needed on that side, and I'm not sure the wrench even knew what he was looking at. He told me "I won't take too much material off this side because it has these things where you mount stuff". :-s???

Anyhow, everything fit nicely after I assembled it, but I won't know if it's okay till I've ridden a couple times. Now... Waiting for my brakes.

 

why dont they face the head tubes or BB's?

Just curious....

No news on slotty scandals on the web yet

 

Mine wasn't faced out of the box, and there was tons of paint in BB shell and headtube.

 

Mine wasn't bad I just hit theheadtube with a debur tool

 

good point dufusyeti...its better to buy an otherwise similar or less quality frame for 3 or 4 times this amount so you dont have to spend that extra 30 minutes

still waiting to hear...i am waiting to see if batch that came in yesterday are slotted versions

 

to add to the thread, here is a nice pic i saw on empty beer this morning....nice solid build for sure