My mate has the 'lower spec' version ( plain Genesis Day-One ) with canti brakes, which allows him to use a flip-flop hub; fixed one side, s/s freewheel on the other side. He loves it to bits and as he is usually on fixed, the cantis are merely a back-up! It was one of these (in fixed mode) that Richpips of this parish rode in the 2011 3Peaks CX, but he had swapped out the Cr-Mo fork for a disc specific carbon fibre one, still cantis on the rear.Originally Posted by stevefoster
Mind, you could do that by flip-flopping the rear disc wheel and using one of those fixed rear sprockets that bolts into the disc mounting holes on the hub, in place of the actual disc; leaving you with the basic legal requirement of a front brake on a fixed wheel bike!
I would rather like the Day-One Alfine 11 in place of my current 'crosser/hack/winter bike; but would have difficulty in justifying the £1800 price tag to my SO, having spent so much on the Sportive only 18 months ago!!
Speaking of the sportive bike, it had its first airing of the year this evening; managed to squeeze in a hour and a half before it went dark, on the hilly lanes around Chipping and Beacon Fell en route to the Bowland Bats "end of batting barbeque" at Carwags.
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