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title: I love the Alps..
I love the Alps..
August 27th, 2010
Filed under: Frames, News – by: James @ Genesis 6:35 pm
Two weeks away riding in the Alps – it doesn’t get much better than that and I had been looking forward to the trip all year. Even more so when a box of three frames arrived a few weeks before the trip – our first full-suspension prototypes were here after nearly two years of background work and a final check-over in Taiwan earlier this year. Fox supplied a couple of custom-tuned RP23s, we had DT XMM 140 Twin-Shot and U-Turn Air Revelation Team forks plus XT groupsets ready to go, so after a few day’s set-up testing at Aston Hill two bikes were ready for a harsh initial test (the third is with another tester)
So it looked like the holiday was going to be a bike-testing opportunity, but there are times when work and pleasure do mix! They say nothing goes faster than hire cars or demo bikes…
Vin’s Done It!!
August 27th, 2010
Filed under: News – by: Genesis Bikes 5:31 pm
A few catch up posts since we got back from 2 weeks riding in the Alps (holiday / testing) and the rest of the week after away on our catalogue photoshoot..
Firstly, the best news for us in some time is that Vin Cox has finished his Great Bike Ride and he’s got a claim on the round the world record! He rode 18,225 miles in 163 days on an Alfine-hubbed Genesis Croix De Fer – an almost unbelievable achievement. He’s put in a claim to the Guiness world records office and we await to see if both Vin and the Croix de Fer become record-breakers..
To Vin, from all of us at Genesis, good work and hope you’re enjoying a well earned rest!!
Read all about Vin’s epic ride in aid of the Geoff Thomas Foundation here
Genesis+AllCityCreative – Flyer LTD ED Launch Party
August 16th, 2010
Filed under: News – by: Genesis Bikes 7:02 pm
Held at Look Mum No Hands cyclist’s cafe and workshop in London to launch a limited edition of the Genesis Flyer – a collaboration bike styled by Owen at AllCity and specified by our resident fixed gear Flyer rider, Albert Steward. Proving he’s more than just a distributor of free stuff to journalists, Albert also distributed free beer to attending journalists as well as riders, bike shop staff and creative types. Good work Bert!
The Limited Edition AllCity Flyer retails at £749.99. Upgrades include a tougher butted Cr-Mo unicrown fork, 105 calipers and Conti Gatorskin Hardshell tyres plus chrome pedals with leather straps. Individually numbered in a series of 100 bikes and strictly a one-off – bikes are in the shops now.
Thanks to Albert, Fin and Owen for their work on this project.
Copenhagen trip
July 16th, 2010
Filed under: Uncategorized – by: James @ Genesis 4:38 pm
Bikes everywhere, relaxed bike-friendly city traffic, great forest singletrack with a quality micro-brewery in the centre of the trails and the chance to ride a 180mm-forked, freeride 29er around the Carlsberg brewery building… Copenhagen’s a great place. We visited Ben Ben Cykler the other weekend, a social trip to see a retailer that’s doing well with Genesis bikes, you know, just the chance to put faces to names and see a bit Europe we’d not seen before. The Genesis launch party at the shop was just how it should be, some beers in the shop / workshop with Kristian and Ben, the shop owners, and their regular customers. After a few there we went into town to see what was going on at the Velo-City conference party, which was basically a pedal-powered sound system, a bike polo tournament and on-stage gold-sprint racing - roller racing with a big video screen.
Mountain Mayhem
June 21st, 2010
Filed under: Team, Uncategorized – by: James Leavesley 4:16 pm
After a good result at the UK 24hr solo champs and a week training in the alps, I was feeling strong before this year’s Mountain Mayhem. As usual I would be riding in the solo class. I arrived on Friday to shock horror rain…. however I was assured that it was only a shower and all would be good for the weekend. I did a quick pre ride of the course which was similar to past years but with a little bit more climbing and a new section of singletrack. I then settled down to watch the football on the big screen which I don’t think I need to comment on…
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