Commuter e-Bike is an excellent choice when a comfortable, smooth ride is your top priority without sacrificing style and performance. Please carefully review our shipping and returns policy before committing to a bid. The best riding is off the beaten track, on that road – or path – to who knows where. Not quite mainstream, yet still hugely popular, genesis bikes are a British brand loved by steel-aficionados and adventurers alike. Genesis bikes became renowned for their use of steel tubing and ethos for function over form. If there are any issues with your bike, return it for a full refund or receive a replacement bike for free.
At the time, we weren’t sure if people would get it, so we hedged slightly, labelling it as a cross bike in the truest sense of the word. Credit is provided by a panel of lenders with whom we have a commercial relationship (so we cannot provide independent advice). Although the two bikes in this section might both be called the ‘Vapour’ with only the epithets ‘Alloy’ and ‘Carbon’ differentiating them, there are actually significant distinctions to be made.
The aluminium frame is cheaper, although the fork is still carbon. Disc brakes remain present, but they have been changed to mechanical rather than hydraulic. The drivetrain is still a performance oriented 1×11 set up and, in all, this is still a competitive racing machine.
These are the dedicated carbon race bikes, as ridden by the (now disbanded) UCI continental team Madison Genesis. The frame has internally routed cables for better aerodynamics and a wide section down tube for better torsional stiffness. The frame is also compatible with Shimano Di2 internal routing. A solid steel range and a smattering of aluminium and carbon models brings the brand bang up to date.
In this range there are also women’s specific models – in addition to the unisex ones. With these bikes, the saddles have been changed for a women specific model as well as shorter cranks and narrower handlebars being specced to better suit female proportions. We’re experiencing a very high volume of orders during the Pre-Holiday Season. Sign up for our Newsletter to receive inventory and new bikes updates. The Montane Icemen (Pete Sissons and Paul Cosgrove) underlined the bikes capabilities as they used a pair of Croix de Fers to circumnavigate the 1600-mile coastline of Iceland in 14 days. Your bike frame & fork are protected under our Lifetime Warranty policy.
Part of this is down to the different frame material, but cheaper components are also a factor. Just because a bike is designed for one specific purpose doesn’t mean it is limited to that purpose. Adventure bikes are very versatile and can be put to a multitude of uses.
An internally geared hub goes a long way to weather proofing the drivetrain, as do the full housed gear cables that help stop dirt degrading your shifting performance. The Fugio is a rowdier bike than the Croix de Fer, more suited to playing around on the trails and using the bumps as a platform to get some air. The dropper seatpost, slacker head angle, shorter chainstays and clearance for tyres up to 50mm wide on 650b wheels are responsible for this more playful handling.
Made of aluminum, so it’s durable and lightweight for easy transportation, and the frame has been hand crafted for extra stability. The pedal brakes enable you to control the bike more easily; it stops exactly where you intend to. The fork is made of high-tensile steel and offers more flexibility and strength on rougher terrain, and the 29-inch alloy rims provide the bike with the power to ride over rough road.
Given the versatility of this frame, it is perhaps to be expected that there is a large number of different builds on offer. It is available with flat bars and drop bars, carbon forks and steel forks, there’s even a titanium frame option. For each of the builds, there are different spec levels donated by genesis mountain bike a ‘10’ for the entry level and ’30’ for the top line. These bikes are designed for longer days out being able to handle heavier loads and rougher roads. Some bikes (such as the Fugio) are more oriented towards the rough stuff, whereas others (such as the Croix de Fer) are better suited to carrying loads.
Visit us in our stores in Edinburgh (Bruntsfield or Canonmills), Leeds, Newcastle and Aberdeen. Also available for sale online with UK delivery or collect in store. Essentially an aluminium version of the Croix de Fer, the CDA features a similar plethora of mounts and wide clearances but comes in at a significantly lower price.