I’m trying to do up my much neglected genesis day one (mini-v brake year) I’m struggling to find a reasonable rear wheel on a budget or something I’m likely to find second hand. Anyone have any ideas? The bike see’s 50/50 road and firetrack.

If you don’t want to ride it as a fixie, normal wheel with a cog and spacers on the freehub is the easiest answer.

Edit – needs a 135mm hub.

Was that with the screw on hub? Cartridge bearings?

If so, re-use same hub, new bearings, get a decent screw on (White Industries/Halo Clickster) and handbuilt onto rim of choice – sorted…

I’d get one built with a non-disc MTB hub, single sprocket and spacer kit and rim of your choice.

I don’t mind running it with a spacer kit, I have one from an old inbred ss build. Any off the shelf roadie wheels going to be up to the task? – not investigated getting one built as it sounds expensive…

 off the shelf roadie wheels going to be up to the task? –

Day Ones have 135mm spacing at the back, instead of the roadie usual of 130mm. However you could prob still use 130mm hubs and bend the stays a little! 🙂

Hmm… Maybe not then.