The people have spoken!! We showed a prototype version of this bike on our blog in Summer 2011 just to show the concept, we put some special Howies decals on it and sent it over to our friends in Wales to ride around on and enjoy.  At that time we had no intention of ranging this bike. However that single blog piece generated a huge level of interest and had Genesis fans literally begging us to make this bike and so we did make it! It’s quite simple really, a disc specific singlespeed version of our Day 1 Cross bike.

Here is the original blog piece that created such a stir: http://www.genesisbikes.co.uk/blog/29/06/11/day-one-cross-disc-for-howies

Anyway, the moral of the story is we listen to our customers and followers of our brand. Please DO keep your eyes on our blog and add your comments to anything that interests you, let us know your thoughts, whether they be good or bad, they are always appreciated.

For those of you who were begging us to put this bike into production, rush to your nearest Genesis dealer and tell them to get one ordered for you. Stock is due early April

Anyway, here's what I think this bike is about:

Lovely clean lines and the perfect bike for a 2 hour Sunday blast down bridleways, woodland trails and country lanes. Singlespeed, well you either get it or you don’t, we at Genesis definitely do get it and there is no purer way to ride. It may not be the bike you ride day in day out, but in the dark winter months you’ll find yourself pulling this bike out the shed time and time again. No fuss, no maintenance, just enjoy the ride for what it is.

Are you sick of just riding easily and effortlessly through your local singletrack on your front suspended hardtail or even your Sunday best full suspension bike? Well, try riding this bike down those same trails and make it challenging again, have fun and once again realise the simple childhood pleasure of just riding bikes in the woods.

Dom