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Plus, the lightweight alloy wheels add to the bike’s speed and agility. The matte black finish with neon accents is sure to turn heads on any trail. Front disc and rear linear pull handbrakes keep your speed under control, while the overstuffed springer style saddle and rise handlebars give the rider a comfortable and upright… Continue reading Genesis Bikes Core 26 4 2012 Mountain Bike Reviews » Bikes » Hard Tails Free Mountain Bike Magazine IMB

One of the best features of genesis mountain bikes is the ability to customize them. Credited with creating the first-ever gravel bike, Genesis bicycles are designed to take you on adventure — off-road, on-road, or wherever your heart desires. We expand our mountain bike range to include the hardcore hardtails Abyss and Alptitude, and produced… Continue reading Genesis Bikes Core 26 4 2012 Mountain Bike Reviews » Bikes » Hard Tails Free Mountain Bike Magazine IMB

Also, ensure your brakes are working properly and adjust them as needed. The Genesis Tour de Fer, as the name suggests, is a fully equipped long distance all road tourer. One of the great strengths of the Genesis range is their commuter/ all round/ cyclocross bikes – the Croix de Fer, Tour de Fer and… Continue reading Genesis Bikes Core 26 4 2012 Mountain Bike Reviews » Bikes » Hard Tails Free Mountain Bike Magazine IMB

The bikes are available either with rim brakes or hydraulic discs, but there is only one spec level with these bikes. The rim brake version can take tyres up to 28c, whereas the disc version can handle 30c. The steel tubes of these endurance bikes, with their ability to dampen the road buzz, make them… Continue reading Genesis Bikes Core 26 4 2012 Mountain Bike Reviews » Bikes » Hard Tails Free Mountain Bike Magazine IMB

There has been much talk about the Alpitude and the clear design ethos behind it, which was to make a bike that you could… The correct tyre choice would also help calm the stiff and somewhat unforgiving rear end, it is not as harsh as many aluminium frames but taking the edge off it with… Continue reading Genesis Bikes Core 26 4 2012 Mountain Bike Reviews » Bikes » Hard Tails Free Mountain Bike Magazine IMB

Once assembled, the Pello quickly became the favorite bike of our more experienced testers, who blasted through yards and over pavement atop its fat Kenda off-road tires. In their own limited vocabulary, all agreed that the bike offered the best combination of comfort and performance. “It goes more faster and turns more better when you… Continue reading Genesis Bikes Core 26 4 2012 Mountain Bike Reviews » Bikes » Hard Tails Free Mountain Bike Magazine IMB

Next up is the endurance-focused Zeal, which is full carbon, so you can ride longer and faster with less effort. Since then, Genesis has gone from strength to strength, producing some of the UK’s best loved bikes for all occasions, and has been the bike supplier and genesis bike title sponsor of the Madison Genesis… Continue reading Genesis Bikes Core 26 4 2012 Mountain Bike Reviews » Bikes » Hard Tails Free Mountain Bike Magazine IMB

The angles are steep, the front end is low and there aren’t mudguard or pannier mounts. 33c tyres are specced (the maximum permitted in UCI sanctioned cyclocross races), while the maximum tyre size recommend is 35c. The Fugio is a rowdier bike than the Croix de Fer, more suited to playing around on the trails… Continue reading Genesis Bikes Core 26 4 2012 Mountain Bike Reviews » Bikes » Hard Tails Free Mountain Bike Magazine IMB

Let me end this with that fact that the Incline was a good $75 cheaper, and offers an awesome bang for the buck! It would be awesome for someone that wants to get started, but knows they will get a completely different bike down the road, and doesn’t want to upgrade it. For the price,… Continue reading Genesis Bikes Core 26 4 2012 Mountain Bike Reviews » Bikes » Hard Tails Free Mountain Bike Magazine IMB

Not too long and well balanced with none of the ‘too much weight on the wrists’ feeling that sometimes comes on trail hardtails. Kit wise the Genesis is sensibly specced, Shimano Deore takes care of transmission duties with a SLX rear derailleur, brakes are Deore too. Genesis are a British brand that have been building… Continue reading Genesis Bikes Core 26 4 2012 Mountain Bike Reviews » Bikes » Hard Tails Free Mountain Bike Magazine IMB