The Book of Genesis..

[superstar1]

It's a real shame that Genesis seem to be scaling down the MTB side in favour of road bikes, a pity because I was looking through the catalogues from 2010 and they had a fantastic range of about 14 different MTB's in Ti, aluminium, and different Reynolds steel tubes.

Today in 2014 I think they are down to about 5 with lower spec tubing.

 

[superstu]

It's a real shame that Genesis seem to be scaling down the MTB side in favour of road bike

Quite agree, although sign of the times. The money is in road bikes, judging from all of the lbs's in a 30 mile radius from me they have all dropped most of their mtb stock and mostly stock road bikes now.

I looked at the new carbon fibre Genesis' - the same frame is used across the range, so the base model (around £1,500 iirc) would be quite a good buy I would have thought.

 

[superstar1]

I suppose its the Olympic games success thing that's the driver, I just don't fancy chancing my arse in live traffic covered in lycra with my gonads hanging out all over the place!

 

[stu]

Re:

Hi everyone,

Took some quick pictures of mine this afternoon, apologies for the state of the garden

This is my CdF, minimal upgrades...



And my High Lattitude, Hope 50mm stem, Easton Haven bars, better grips and a Hope seat clamp are the main upgrades, more planned in the future....



Cheers
Stu

 

[firedfromthecircus]

I'll add my Fortitude Adventure to the fray.

Built from a frameset so running Alfine 8 instead of 11, Hope front, Middleburn Uno, Thomson, BB7s etc.

 

[superstar1]

I like these, was looking at a Fortitude Race, what do you think of the new Longitude?

 

[markwashington]

Re:

Just a frame at the moment as I'm not sure about what forks to put on it, but I'm really looking forward to building it up.

 

[firedfromthecircus]

I like these, was looking at a Fortitude Race, what do you think of the new Longitude?

I think there needs to be a greater tyre choice before 29+ becomes a viable option. More tyres are on the horizon, but then they have been for a while. AFAIK Surly haven't even brought out the long promised Dirt Wizard in 29+ flavour yet. Some folk were hoping for them last winter and now it looks like they might be doubtful for this winter. :facepalm:

 

[Matthews]

Re: Re:

Just a frame at the moment as I'm not sure about what forks to put on it, but I'm really looking forward to building it up.

Stick some 120 air forks on , 2X9 or ten , decent disc brakes and get out on it , mine rode superb and I loved it .

 

[Dead Rats]

Handsome bikes folks. A touch of Surly in their simplicity, fancy tubing notwithstanding!