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For the last couple of years I’d been using my trusty Genesis Fortitude Adventure as my town/shopping bike.
I had it build with an Alfine, full guards and panniers. Despite loving the ride off road it was a real pig to ride as set up. A combination of weight, sluggish, strength zapping Alfine and dead feeling (bolted rear hub and highish psi tyres) ride … I wanted a change.
After not finding anything SH I picked a new Marin DSX2 frame and fork from Nidderdale Cycles. I pieced the build together with some hoarded new parts and a couple of bits from the Genesis. It’s a bit lavish for a town/shopping bike but it addresses all the issues I had with my Genesis - it’s even got the ability to run a t type rear mech … none of my other bikes have that 🤣
I’ve got a dynamo to try come autumn and I need to think about guards but whilst it’s dry that’s a tomorrow job.
I’ve a bit of tinkering still to do to get the bar height right but it’s a real hoot to ride, quick too.
Not my railway so flame away 🙂
I initially thought the hybrid was going to be part electric!
Looks nice anyway. 👍
Tyres look great with that frame.Never normally like those tan wall tyres but yours looks great.Nice bike.
I think it would look even better with some nice Matt black mudguards.
I have just ordered a brown frame and wasn't sure if tanwalls would suit it, might be too much brown. You've shown it works, thank you.
Very nice!
Makes me want to put some flat/low rise bars on my gravel bike.
We had one of those for a couple of years. Great bike.
Nice. I think a set of SKS edge AL mudguards would suit that bike.
Thanks folks … hybrid love it.
I’m quite liking the idea of trying it off-road 🤗
Will give those SKS guards a google.
@Mister-P … all ways room for tan walls (I had these already which was handy)
I’m not sure what’s happened with the photos when I uploaded them though as it’s much more of an orange frame in the metal.
Well that’s embarrassing … those SKS guards are the ones I had on my Genesis 😆
I do like a good hybrid, marked down half a point for absence of guards to maximise the utilitarian element.
However, I do feel it was very unsporting of you to give us Network Rail's back garden instead of your own to critique.
Would that slim saddle not be a bit hard for off-road?I have a suspension saddle on mine.
Nice. I think a set of SKS edge AL mudguards would suit that bike.
We had Bontragers on ours, I think they are less rattly than my SKS edge AL's
I have just ordered a brown frame and wasn't sure if tanwalls would suit it, might be too much brown. You've shown it works, thank you.
Tanwalls you say.
Mudguards others say.
Bar bag utilitarian I say.