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The Genesis Fugio 10 is a great entry level gravel bike spec’d with 650b wheels, big tyres, plenty of mounting points and guaranteed smiles. The Feather is an all-purpose single-speed commuter or urban utility bike that might just be the most fun bike you’ve ever ridden. A flip-flop hub puts a fixed gear cog on one side and a freewheel on the other so you can choose your riding style. Genesis Bikes are a British cycling brand with a heritage of building the kind of bikes that they want to ride themselves. The kind of bikes that make you dream of your next adventure no matter the size.
The main quandary I have is this bike doesn’t quite know what it is. On one hand the bike wants to be ridden fast, through twisty terrain and down descents. Its spec’d with a cassette and a 42 tooth chainring which means it climbs well and has enough gear ratio to keep you moving on faster terrain without being under geared and the cable operated discs are capable enough to stop it. All this results genesis mountain bike in the fun ride that I have described in this review. On the other hand the mounting points demonstrate the designers want for this bike to be loaded up and used as a gravel / bikepacking set-up, I am not sure the gear ratios match this, as climbing with this bike fully loaded (and stopping going down) might be a bit of a challenge with the groupset ratio and cable actuated callipers.
Over ten years the range expanded beyond commuter bikes to include road, mountain, cyclo-cross, gravel, kids and fat bikes. At Genesis we have a history of doing things our own way, whether that’s making bikes we want to ride, or heading in a direction that might seem a little crazy at the time. It’s who we are and we embrace that as we share our latest range. Alloy frame, front suspension, disc brake equipped with upgraded Shimano 27 speed drive train. Obviously I am coming from a Lauf fork and shock absorbing carbon bars, but the front end on the Fugio just seemed to bounce a bit more than expected.
Onto the tubeless set up… This WTB rim and tyre combo were a bit of a nightmare to get to sit, the internal rim profile has a deep channel that is v-shaped, the tyres sat very loosely on the rim and just would not allow the bead to become seated. I had to resort to using a friends compressor, which still required the tyres to be wrestled on with a tyre lever pulling genesis mountain bike the bead to the rim – although once on have been solid, even at quite low pressures. If I was to describe this bike in three words it would be solid, capable and fun – the smaller wheels and frame geometry made this bike feel playful and nimble. It’s not the lightest bike or the cheapest but It just wants to be ridden and challenge what a gravel bike is capable of.