My Genesis Croix de Fer

Age is a cruel thing

the ones on the bombtrack website are awesome

Exactly, their stuff is looking more and more appealing since their first bike.

This is exactly how I ended up with my CDF.

Which I couldn't be happier with really.

Snap

Yeah I should have bought one when Charlie had them on sale

Really thumb twiddling at their range! Pretty bang on point for me. Geometries are great, expand ability is on point, and looking to be tough as nails. Want.

Functional plans are afoot

I’m doing sth very similar for my fiancee, gonna post it soon. But also retromtb conversion with disc tab and 650b.

Hopefully @amey has a Rawland Randowerks Demiporteur for me to put on this bike

And I have also ordered a Busch & Muller Cyo IQ Premium T Senso Plus front light for said rack, almost everything else will come from my CdF.

• 650 wheels with 40c G-Ones
  
• Silver Rival cranks with Black narrow wide
  
• Humpert Moon bars
  
• Deore brakes
  
• GX mech
  
• Blumel mudguards
  etc etc
  

Get on with it already

I haven't had time, been transporting presents to other people

Ok santa/satan

Yes the wallpaper is weird, I didn't pick it.

Boat loads of room with 650b X 47c if I enjoy the bike I may put 2" / 50c on

Yeah I'm not into the wallpaper but the bike more than makes up for it. Looking forward to seeing it finished.

You are such a slow burner.... ZzzZzz

Why you changing from the CDF?

What were the tires on the first pic? 29 x 2'00?
Is the fork a Kona P2?
You intent to have it painted, or leave it as is?

I can't explain why, this frame does it for me.
returns to compulsively browse old MTB's to have them modified

Very nice. Can you/do you weld yourself, or did you get someone to do the frame brace and tab?
I definitely don't need/can't justify one of these, but like @Pish I'd really like to disc-convert an old mtb.

@Josh flat bars, 650b, big rack / basket going on this bike. CdF gets hydro drops, 700x35 and small rando rack.

I get two functional bikes, one lighter, faster and good for rando/touring rides; the other slower and heavier but much more functional.

@pish they're 29x2.2" aaaaaaaaaay to big for the frame you could probably just about fit 700x35c. Yes it's a 700c P2, just got mid blade eyelets added. I'll build it, ride it for a while, then think about painting it. For the moment I've protected the exposed areas with Jade oil. However there is dent in the TT and a rad Salsa sticker. I may just mask off the rear triangle and spray it black.

@essdi my extremely talented and kind friend @Hulsroy modified it.

I get two functional bikes, one lighter, faster and good for random style rides; the other slower and heavier but much more functional.

This is what I'm starting to think. Keep my CdF for touring and have a Genesis Equilibrium-esque style bike (32c without guards) for most weekend rides.

That's what I've done. Works pretty well over all to consolidate bikes for lack of space. I've got the 90's, fat tyre'd/rack/dynamo/all over tank.
The other bike is a shitty roubaix with 30c's, 1x and hydro drops.
Both bike's I really enjoy without being too precious about.

Funny isn't it, only taken me a decade on here to realise the measure a good bike is one you actually ride. Having 2 bikes you're not too precious about sounds like a good formula for that.

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