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Author Topic: 856 vs 857 vs Beast vs Animal vs etc  (Read 3633 times)

ahorne1979

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856 vs 857 vs Beast vs Animal vs etc
« on: December 12, 2017, 09:04:35 am »
What is the main differentiator for these models? The aluminum triangles frames all look the same (are they?), but there seems to be various combinations of alum swing arm, carbon swing arm and component sets. 

kiwi

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Re: 856 vs 857 vs Beast vs Animal vs etc
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2017, 09:06:33 pm »
856 is a 1996 of a "xc: bike swingarm is pivoted of the back of the seat tube, elastomer suspension
857 is 1997 version of the same bike swingarm pivots of the back of the downtube i think they had noleen shock and coil springs front and rear
dont know much about animal and beasts
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spikebender

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Re: 856 vs 857 vs Beast vs Animal vs etc
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2017, 07:12:28 pm »
I have a small 855 and a small 757 they are close to the same apart from the rear suspention
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