On-One 456 Summer Season Frame Review - BikeRadar

love this bike. takes down hill beatings with confidence and climbs suprisingly well. recently took mine on a few 30 mile rides around the lakes and it's an absolute blast. Built with on one rigid 29er forks, Xt and raceface kit it wieghts around 27lbs. soon to be adorned with middleburn external bb cranks and a few other pimp parts from hope.

oh, the clear coat chips easily on my raw, but it'll be painted soon as i decide on a colour i want

bottom line, this was meant to be a thrash bike while i saved up for a full sus. think i'll just use this one till it rusts to dust. i love it you should too.

ita basically a beefed up on one inbred and i love my inbred best value hardtail frame money can buy and ive had numerous hardtails from all the top brands.

idiot - Name a bike that climbs better than a hardtail? Yes, thought so.

42 miles on mine in 4:10- an ideal xc bike!

@ lazyidiot

So a 69er then, or did you run a 26" front wheel with the 29er carbon fork??

i had one of these,it is one of the wors frames i have ever ridden. Absolute junk.

Well £150.Took a punt and swapped all the kit off another bike. This is the best £150 you will find. Been riding it for 6 months and it is still a head turner wherever I go.Always get a comments like "how much" and "I will have to get one of them".It also gives great confidence on some of the more technical sections.Put some 700mm wide bars on it and you have a bike that will go anywhere and do anything.

Great fun bargain frame. Not the best quality finish but for the price I can accept that.

Built mine up with 160mm forks, DH wheels & 1x9 gearing & it's awesome fun on the DH trails

I bought this to replace my entry level xc alu hardtail, i've had it a few months now and i've noticed a dramatic increase in my speed on the trails, its just slack enough to give you confidence and stability without slowing you up too much on the climbs ect

Mine is built with a 100mm fork up front and the front end feels a tad low so i think anything between 120mm-150mm would be fine for xc duties.

The frame is not particularly supple as some steel frames can be due to the massive wishbone seatstays, but for me that wasn't really the insentive for buying the frame anyway.

If you want a bike that can handle xc and downhill (i ride a fair bit of downhill and freeride too) and costs peanuts, this is the one for you. :)

@Monsieur Les Papadic, i think he was referring to the fact its designed as a long travel FR/DH/AM hardtail yet still climbs well, as opposed to a pure XC hardtail that would obviously be best at climbing .