Surly Steamroller vs Genesis day One (rim brake version)

Posted on Tue 11th, August 2020

• #1

Jay242

good afternoon

both decent bikes but I'd appreciate your opinions please

The Day One seems to have a slightly more modern geo plus better mountings- mudguards, front and rear racks

Surly has a good rep & resale value but seems to lack a few features

both come in at similar money though
• #2

amey

do you mean flyer? day one is disc brakes

Genesis over Surly any day. Cheaper, better geometry and less hipster cred.
• #3

Jay242 in reply to @amey

I think the orginal day one had rim brakes; review with pics here:

https://road.cc/content/review/11847-genesis-day-one-cross

both frames are about 10 years old- rim brake genesis vs creamroller

I'm in Haggerston so, while I'm not hip myself I'm accustomed to hip ingress into my daily life
• #4

user67706akajimmythegrin

Had both, day one was dull and heavy compared to the surly, the steamroller is much nicer on ruff stuff as well, that's what I think

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