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As above, im considering buying one, but im concerned how heavy it will be? 16 inch frame to be specific.
5lbs probably
Original 456 and summer season were 5.5lbs. As the evo is made out of the same stuff I would imagine it will be pretty similar.
As luck would have it, mine arrived today. As luck wouldn't have it, I only have the cheapy Ikea bathroom scales. They say around about 2.5kg, so the above seems within the right ballpark.
I think my 567 was around 5.5/6lb mark, built up to about 31lb with Nixon Platinum 160mm forks and 2.3" tyres.
Heavy enough 😉
If you're worried about weight, you're looking at the wrong bike. A decent build will come up at 28 - 30 lbs mark.
Yes - same tubeset as the old 456 and Summer Season.
Main tubes are 0.9/0.6/0.9 down tube, 0.9mm plain gauge top tube (as it has lots of braze ons on it), 0.9mm rear stays and chain stays.
Quite thin enough, wouldn't want to go thinner.
5 million
thanks, brant how do you think it would be with 120mm forks? I'm not into long travel on a hardtail, but want a slack head angle. I love low bottom brackets as well, but is it likely to be getting too low? Why does no one build a frame made for shortish travel forks, that can be pedalled ( ie not a 4x frame size) and properly abused?
I'm sure it would be fine with 120's and you could if you wanted slacken it further with our workscomponents 1deg slacksets.
My friends evo456 build weighs in at 30lbs.
That's with a sektor coil u-turn 15mm fork, avid elixir 7 brakes, slx shifters and rear mech, deore front mech, xt cassette and chainset, sram pg950 chain, thomson seat post, ea70(? could be wrong on that but defo an easton) bars, on-one stem, charge spoon saddle, dmr v8 pedals, mavic rims (again forget which) with hope hub up front and xt on rear, tyres are stout and prowler