Carbon 456 aka 'the dark destroyer' all built
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So an hour or so fiddling today, and it's all built and ready to ride... 
I opted for the xtr cranks in the end, and I think the colour suits the rest of the build nicely.. It feels really really considering its so big. Not weighed it yet but I reckon about 11kgs ish..
Verrry happy with the build, will look into a newer cassette in the future, but really that's about it. Might get a chance to ride it in the next day or two, but need to go mental with the heli tape before that happens..
I opted for the xtr cranks in the end, and I think the colour suits the rest of the build nicely.. It feels really really considering its so big. Not weighed it yet but I reckon about 11kgs ish..
Verrry happy with the build, will look into a newer cassette in the future, but really that's about it. Might get a chance to ride it in the next day or two, but need to go mental with the heli tape before that happens..
ChrisBrown81
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Beautiful. Loving the thumb shifter, great little touch.
ChrisBrown81":18ddt09g said:
Cheers fella,
Gotta love a thumbie. Give me one of them over a modern shifter, any day. It'll happily run 9sp on friction, too..
would've preferred an old suntour one, but that's just because they're 25g lighter Mindmap3":18ddt09g said:
Thanks fella,
No plans to fit a chain device, just plenty of protection to that chainstay. Should I be thinking about one, then??
GT-Steve":13a2yyjt said:
Yeah, it's one or the other. You'd need to take it off if you decided to run more than on front chainring.
Some people manage together away without a chain device, others seem to suffer from constant dropped chains. I guess it depends on you local terrain etc.
suburbanreuben
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What diameter is the seat tube Steve? I have a third eye chainwatcher in 31.8mm that would do the job combined with a bash guard.
