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Hi everyone, I recently bought a Genesis Ridgeback day 00,
it is clean, did only ten miles and was stored in a house.
I know now why it only did Ten miles, I took it out and began pushing it
on a slight downhill straight, and all of a sudden it started to wobble like
a jelly, almost lost it, if it had of been wet I would have come off.
I was only doing 30 mph, its useless to me, as I need to go a lot faster than that.
I checked the bike, nothing wrong mechanically, or with tires and wheels,
it cost me very little but I need to replace it with something that owners
have found to be be ultra stable at speed.
I just sold my voodo agwa, which was a rolls royce compared to the Genisis,
I could ride that halfords lump flat out and never had any moments on it at all
on the very same terrain the Genisis crapped out on,
so much for marketing BS, the Genisis is the worst bike I ever owned.
I would like to hear from users of bikes in the 1000.00 quid range that can be pushed and
remain planted, ideally endurance rather than pure race, but ultimately I will take
the one that is the most sure footed and easy to handle, and from my experience on
the Genisis, I have changed my mind about sticking with alloy unless the experience of
others prove me wrong, I even like the specialized allez and would consider it if others
have pushed it to good effect, but Carbon is becoming more acceptable to this old dog,
as it would seem that weight for weight Carbon is a lot stiffer and not much more expensive.
The 6061 alloy in the Genisis is what I blame for its flex, the 7005 in the voodo did not flex, but
in fairness the tubes were also much larger, should have kept it for all I got for it put better
wheels on it to train in the wet.
Looking forward to hearing of your experiences and recommendation.
it is clean, did only ten miles and was stored in a house.
I know now why it only did Ten miles, I took it out and began pushing it
on a slight downhill straight, and all of a sudden it started to wobble like
a jelly, almost lost it, if it had of been wet I would have come off.
I was only doing 30 mph, its useless to me, as I need to go a lot faster than that.
I checked the bike, nothing wrong mechanically, or with tires and wheels,
it cost me very little but I need to replace it with something that owners
have found to be be ultra stable at speed.
I just sold my voodo agwa, which was a rolls royce compared to the Genisis,
I could ride that halfords lump flat out and never had any moments on it at all
on the very same terrain the Genisis crapped out on,
so much for marketing BS, the Genisis is the worst bike I ever owned.
I would like to hear from users of bikes in the 1000.00 quid range that can be pushed and
remain planted, ideally endurance rather than pure race, but ultimately I will take
the one that is the most sure footed and easy to handle, and from my experience on
the Genisis, I have changed my mind about sticking with alloy unless the experience of
others prove me wrong, I even like the specialized allez and would consider it if others
have pushed it to good effect, but Carbon is becoming more acceptable to this old dog,
as it would seem that weight for weight Carbon is a lot stiffer and not much more expensive.
The 6061 alloy in the Genisis is what I blame for its flex, the 7005 in the voodo did not flex, but
in fairness the tubes were also much larger, should have kept it for all I got for it put better
wheels on it to train in the wet.
Looking forward to hearing of your experiences and recommendation.
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