Zangolin

How did it build?

Excellent delivery ordered frame Sunday evening from the On-One website – arrived Tuesday morning well packed in original frame box. Including postage was around £140.

The build.

First thing

Rear wheel axle would not slide in dropout. Tried old XT hub + my Hope Pro2 hubs (have slightly fatter axle) both no go. Had to get the file out + remove 1/2mm. Due to the dropouts being pressed there is a little bit of a “burr” which caused the problem. Forged dropouts would be better – but then again at £125 for a frame I’m not complaining. Rest of frame was good BB + head tube were nice + straight.

Cable routing

This was good for brake hose – zip tie design. The gear cable guides use are straight through design – so you have to use a fully covered cable all the way down to the mechs. Makes setting up the rear mech a bit of a faff. I like being able to check the tension of the cable with the open style guides. I would have gone for open on the top tube + closed/covered down to the rear mech.

Head tube is tiny – having just got a new pair of rather large + expensive Rock Shox Lyrik forks I shoved on as many spacers as I could without making it look like the leaning tower of Pisa. The aim is to use the forks on the 2010 Reign X frame I am planning to get in the autumn.

Overall paint finish is good – even got a set of bottle boses. Gear hanger needed a little tweaking with the aligment tool – that’s a given though on any new frame.

Wednesday today. Not really a build but more a frame swap. Something to keep me going till the new 2010 Giant Reign X frames come out. So £125 for a frame seems not to bad. The 456 has a tiny head tube so am using lots of spacers above stem to keep the fork steerer long enough for the new frame later on in the year.

From On-One 456 Build

Forks on, chainset on, wheels on.

From On-One 456 Build

Checking gear hanger alignment.

From On-One 456 Build

Rear mech on – Saint medium cage.

From On-One 456 Build

\Front on – SLX double – no Saint in 73mm BBs.

From On-One 456 Build

Pedals on – Welgo Mags

From On-One 456 Build

Chain on.