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Not a bad bike, but after hearing those specs I firmly expected it to be in the 12-15 hundred quid range. I recently built a big tire gravel bike for 2300, but the frame is titanium and fork, wheels, cranks and seatpost are carbon. Weight is 9.5 kg with pedals. I also had complete freedom of choice over all components and geometry, because the frame was custom made. This bike is a terrible deal in comparison.
Those other bikes you put in the same category aren’t drop bar mtb like this Genesis. The Kona Sutra LTD, Surly Grappler, Cinelli Hobootleg Geo, The Bombtrack Beyond 2, and my favorite the Tumbleweed Stargazer, are bikes that are in same category….Adventure/Bikepacking is what they’re for….great video nonetheless…
You gotta review the new salsa cutthroat – the iconic drop bar mountain bike
The gravel scene is out of hand… my XC Full Susp MTB weights the same as this …
the bike is fun, but the price is like wanting to not sell it. stupid price
get an old chineese bike and put the fat tires and you get the same
£2299? Madness. Buy a 15-20 y.o. disc hard-tail and build it up yourself for about a grand. Exactly the way you want it. And nobody will have one like it. This Genesis bike might flop…….
2:37 "who is this bike for?" NOBODY !!!!!
A MTB with wide handlebar (way too wide), that weights a ton as a size Small, with very average specs. You would be dumb to buy this !
Also, it is ugly AF ! (yes, personal opinion here)
If you want an adventure touring bike, Genesis has already a great bike, the Tour de Fer.
This is a Frakenbike IMO.
Kona Sutra ltd is also very simular.
Looks rubbish
Personally I quite like SRAM doubletap shifting actually!
The brake lever feels solid unlike Shimano mechanical levers, and the shift paddle is always in the right, comfortable-to-reach-place.
Talking about hard-tails and having fun, does Francis still have that 90's Scoot 26' wheel mtb?
What junk. Gravel bikes suck
It's a 1990s mountain bike with a modern drivetrain and silly price.
A 1990s mountain bike with drops.
How innovative.
TRP Spyres are pretty good
SRAM doubletap sucks a$$
An MTB with drops. I can do that for about £50. Ridiculous.
It reminds me of my touring bike from the 50s minus the 1×3.
After seeing gravel bikes copy old-skool touring bikes are we now going to see the old no-suspension ATB reinvented?😂
Oh for goodness sake! Just stick some drops bars on a mountain bike and be done with this nonsense…
I picked up a 5 rides old lockdown bought Vagabond last year for £500. I've used it to commute, multi day on and offroad tour, gravelly rides, some sillyness at a trail centre when my MtB was broken. It regularly has a rack and panniers on, usually mudguards, often a bar bag or frame bag. It's run up 1800miles already…
Just a 'do it all' bike. A comfy one too.
Agreed that the bars are too wide – I've fitted flared drops a couple of cm narrower. I've also put much slicker and lighter Conti tyres on, and they've really sped things up.
Double tap is plasticcy and shite in use.