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Sorry for the late comment.. I have had a Genesis Flyer SS (I don't fancy riding Fixed) for a while now and, like you have often thought of it as being too small. Compared to my other bikes it looks much smaller and almost like a kids bike. Having said that, with it being Steel 'and small' it feels really stiff and always feels so fast. Great finish on the Genesis Steel frames though!
Nice! Why the tensioner with the sliding dropouts?
I only want to adjust the chain tensioner and not wheel position. The only time wheel should come out is for puncture repair, but I'm running tubeless so that incident will be rare.
adyc
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Hi, is it still for sale?
That looks mint - are you running 47mm tyres? Looks great and I bet the ride's really plush.. how are the tyre clearances at the back? I'd like to go fatter on the CdF and could probably get close to getting away with 47s if it wasn't for the guards.
If I had money to burn I definitely think I'd have a Day One with a decent IGH and fat tyres
Nah, sold.
They’re 47mm but come up at 50mm on my rims. It’s close but I haven’t had an issue with anything getting caught. They ride lovely.That looks mint - are you running 47mm tyres? Looks great and I bet the ride's really plush.. how are the tyre clearances at the back? I'd like to go fatter on the CdF and could probably get close to getting away with 47s if it wasn't for the guards.
If I had money to burn I definitely think I'd have a Day One with a decent IGH and fat tyres
have I bent my frame?
I know this is using an old thread but seems the audience might be just what I need. I recently removed the read wheel to service the bearings as after about 5 years commuting the wheel was hardly spinning. I completed that job pretty simply but didn't take a photo before I took apart and now can't figure out the order or all the washers or if the little washers go on the inside of the frame or the outside between the nut and the frame. I figured on the outside but now the wheel won't go back in without the disc rubbing heavily on the disc caliper mount.
I've tried to get some pictures to show it but I'm pretty sure it's bent given there is about 0.5mm difference in measure ment when I measure the distance between the drop outs at the to Vs bottom and looks to be that the left side is bent in a little.
Be great if anyone could compare there's to mine and advise where the spacer washers are positioned.
The bike is a single speed day one disc, I think 2016 and is chromoly rather than steel.
https://www.allterraincycles.co.uk/genesis-day-one-10-singlespeed-bike-2016
I know this is using an old thread but seems the audience might be just what I need. I recently removed the read wheel to service the bearings as after about 5 years commuting the wheel was hardly spinning. I completed that job pretty simply but didn't take a photo before I took apart and now can't figure out the order or all the washers or if the little washers go on the inside of the frame or the outside between the nut and the frame. I figured on the outside but now the wheel won't go back in without the disc rubbing heavily on the disc caliper mount.
I've tried to get some pictures to show it but I'm pretty sure it's bent given there is about 0.5mm difference in measure ment when I measure the distance between the drop outs at the to Vs bottom and looks to be that the left side is bent in a little.
Be great if anyone could compare there's to mine and advise where the spacer washers are positioned.
The bike is a single speed day one disc, I think 2016 and is chromoly rather than steel.
https://www.allterraincycles.co.uk/genesis-day-one-10-singlespeed-bike-2016
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It won't be a bent frame. The manufacturing tolerance for frames isn't as good as 0.5mm. You will have reassembled the bearings with the axle in a slightly different position, or put the spacers back so there is a mismatch. The fix is to reset the caliper on the hanger. To do this you loosen the caliper mount bolts that hold it to the frame, hanger, etc, making sure that he caliper is free to move but won't fall off, then squeeze the brakes hard so the brakes are locked up. This will centre the caliper on the disc, while it is locked up you nip up the caliper mounting bolts. When you release the brakes the pads will come back to the normal position and the gaps will be even.
