I can feel it coming in the air tonight
Ive been testing out the new Genesis altitude 20 mountain bike. It was kindly supplied by my co-sponsors Madison/ultimate pursuits. (thanks Matt)
Being from the bmx side of cycling I am a little naive on high tech mountain bikes. I've never really used Disc brakes and proper suspension. As a bmxer you dont use suspension and tend to use your body as the shock absorber. This bike comes as standard with Rock shox "revelation" forks giving you 100mm of travel,there's damping and variable settings to have a go at. The Disc brakes are Shimano Deore LX and seemed fantasically responsive.
The weathers been terrible lately but i couldnt wait any longer and ventured in the Wilds of Rivington to sample some of the very muddy trails.
First thing that struck me was how light and nimble this bike felt. I guess because its a hard tail, it gave me a lot of feedback on the bumpy off road stuff. Within 10 minutes i was manualing and bunnyhopping like I was on my bmx. I played with the damping on the forks while climbing to firm it up, it worked a treat.
The gears all popped in very sweetly with the XT rear derailleur complimenting the Deore rapid fire stuff excellently.
I did some tough climbs then gave the bike hell on some of the bumpy fast downhill runs. It took everything I threw at it and left me wondering what a great package you get for under a £1000.
Check out the Genesis range at your local dealer or contact Genesis at http://www.genesisbikes.co.uk or http://www.ultimatepursuits.co.uk for more info.
Being from the bmx side of cycling I am a little naive on high tech mountain bikes. I've never really used Disc brakes and proper suspension. As a bmxer you dont use suspension and tend to use your body as the shock absorber. This bike comes as standard with Rock shox "revelation" forks giving you 100mm of travel,there's damping and variable settings to have a go at. The Disc brakes are Shimano Deore LX and seemed fantasically responsive.
The weathers been terrible lately but i couldnt wait any longer and ventured in the Wilds of Rivington to sample some of the very muddy trails.
First thing that struck me was how light and nimble this bike felt. I guess because its a hard tail, it gave me a lot of feedback on the bumpy off road stuff. Within 10 minutes i was manualing and bunnyhopping like I was on my bmx. I played with the damping on the forks while climbing to firm it up, it worked a treat.
The gears all popped in very sweetly with the XT rear derailleur complimenting the Deore rapid fire stuff excellently.
I did some tough climbs then gave the bike hell on some of the bumpy fast downhill runs. It took everything I threw at it and left me wondering what a great package you get for under a £1000.
Check out the Genesis range at your local dealer or contact Genesis at http://www.genesisbikes.co.uk or http://www.ultimatepursuits.co.uk for more info.
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