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After getting my roadie bike damage recently (and spending so much dollars on keep it clean and fresh) I am finally going to get a run around fixie beater for London Town!

I am considering to go via the ride to work scheme and had a few discussion with a few forum members in regards to what to get. The options are:

• Genesis Day One bike
  
• Genesis Day One Disc bike
  
• or Genesis Day One Disc framset (2014 853)
  
  

My thoughts are that without too much fuss I can get the whole bikes and with the rest of the money get some Enve forks as I don't really like the looks of the steel forks in my book (this can be done for both the normal day one and day one disc). I'm more siding on the normal Day One compare to the disc, mainly because I know nothing about disc brakes and I'm not too keen on the untidy cables that runs along the downtube or the forks. (form over function in my books, that's how us architects thinks unfortunately)

Or to make it more personal and probably a lot more work is gather the parts and build the new girl from scratch.

Thoughts, suggestion or the usual banter please?

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Day one disc; upgrade to TRP Hylex; keep enve money in pocket. If you are persistent about carbon forks then Hylix (from ebay) and @roboto decals of your choice

Also talk to @Alb

fixie beater

uh huh

enve forks

:|

The cables look more untidy on the rim brake version imo. Disc but build up yourself.

Second this.

If he build it up himself, it'll no longer be a beater.

Exactly, we get a more interesting project thread to read

Well hopefully Genesis or Evans Cycles will be at the London Bike Show this weekend and I'll have a browse about the cable details.

Got to have some bling...

and carry 5 locks...

Yeah people have been saying to go disc, but how easy is it to convert it to fixed?

Safety and weight training.

Where does one get one of those or is there a wheelset ready off the shelf?

What? are you saying you don't want to build that on a deep carbon rims?

Think about it, no braking surface needed...

Not sure, they were brought up yesterday somewhere on here, but I can't find it anymore. I guess any Surly dealer would be able to order them.

Definitely a strong look in my books, but when I ask someone to build me a wheelset it almost took 4 months...Plus 32 holes?

Is there a cheap carbon disc fork with mudguard mounts?

new stem day!

Mad déjà vu.

Hubjub sell them as do triton.

Get the 853, go disc fixed and put enve on. Not just because I want to see it either ;)

Can get 36 if you want.

Build the surly hubs to archetypes and you'll have a moderately hipster wheelset.

get someone different to build them this time then.

True dat,

Though this build is becoming more bling than a beater now...

Archetype, strong, light and wide.

After leaving the bike to dry for a day, I took it apart with difficulty and sanded the frame down. I also used a file and bench grinder to remove extra bits and braze ons for derailleurs, mudguards, pump holder etc. Over 12 bits needed filing off

I then applied a couple of thin coats of primer, filled all 16 holes and dents with a filler mixture, leaving the residue to dry till Monday so I can sand it down and apply a last coat of primer before the paint comes on.