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I've never gotten used to the Genesis Flyer despite fitting me very well, it's comfortable, ride well and reasonably light, quite likely due to the limitation of the tyres (25mm max with mudguard), so I decided to revived the old Tokyo Fixed Dream Machine that I've used during my London to Morocco tour and sell on the Genesis, it was a superbly comfortable bike, especially with a custom fork that soak up the road vibration very well, much appericated when descending in the Pyrenees with all my body weight on the handlebar.
I'll put back the original fork and build it up as a winter bike with the new Shimano CX-70 brakes and the PDW Full Metal Fenders in 45mm, I'd love to keep the custom fork on it, but I'll leave it out until I can afford to repaint it, it look rather ugly like some kind of Steampunk BMW Gangsta.
Last time it look like this, and eventually dismantled then left in storage due to a dent on the top tube and not being able to repair it yet, the huge gap in the fork is a result of fixing the seat and head angle to 73/73;
Originally this, the geometry a little weird in this model as the seat and head angle is 75/75.