Genesis Day One Alfine

Had a test ride on one today...and my only thought was getting used to the Gear Change....
That this could be my next bike.... I have UTFS but can seem to find many opions on this bike...
i ride Singlespeed at mo but do miss gears and the Hub Gear is a bigg selling point in my eyes as no deraillieur.

So any observationss or opinions gratefully accepted.
Cheers.

I'm test rode a Day One yesterday. Pretty sure it is going to be my next bike, but for the moment I'm looking at the single speed model. I will be adding an Alfine to it at some stage, but I want my own spec and built wheel so I can switch it between my bikes.

The only Alfine OTP I have ridden is the Charge Mixer from last year, I noted the clunkyness of the change too, I think it is just something to get used too. It hasn't put me off, but I will be keeping an eye on other responses on this thread.

cheers a quick response...well i'll let you know if i do get one and if the gear change beds in with use that'll be more of an improvement.

The guys on Cyclechat love them. I own two alfines, gear changes are as smooth as baby's...only problem with them is the drag that sticks around for the first 1k miles. That and the stupid 135 OLN.

I saw one today - they are very nice in the flesh. Also saw the similar Kona Jake, which is a deal cheaper with no hub gear.

I like them, like the whole idea of disc brakes and hub gear.

They are, however, heavy.

my Fisher 29er 2010 experiment was an alfine8, have changed back to fixed 29ering for a few months til I get the new Sheemano sorted, as they are once youre used to them absolutely brilliant all rounders, like Im not gonna shred on rock trails or anything super knarly, but for functional every day road, light trail I reckon they all win win win.

Think i'm almost sold on the idea now
Ideal for my short commute, riding day to day and a fair amount of Towpath use along the canals.
Cheers for all the advice,
Now to sell a few bikes to pay for it.

I was also thinking about these, what worries me about alfine's though is how & where you service it? It seems a 1k service is required, but who is setup to do it?

you could buy the single speed and then get the alfine yourself and might save a bit fo cash if you don't want discs, only 130 for the hub on planetx/on-one atm.

I was also thinking about these, what worries me about alfine's though is how & where you service it? It seems a 1k service is required, but who is setup to do it?

LBS should be qualified for that.

The Day One is a fine bike but having owned two I'm going to say what's wrong with them.

I don't like the crazy rear hub width.
I found the steel (520) a bit weak. I have a couple of steel Surlys too, one I've had for three years now, and the Day Ones seemed to attract dents where the Surlys haven't, maybe circumstantial but I don't think I have abused the Day Ones particularly.
Also the paint is very poor, it scratches/rubs off too easy.
Oh and the forks are heavy.

But yes, they are worth the money and they are a nice bike to ride so feel free to disregard my two cents.

Void thanks.....i'll bear that in mind and see how it goes....as i've just put the order in today..pick it up saturday....best sort out selling mine now to help pay for it.

Anyone knows how heavy they are?

1.6kg

1.6kg? For what?

I suspect it's at least 12 kg. My whole carbon bike is 7kg.

sorry thought you were talking about just the alfine hub

Anyone knows how heavy they are?

One metric fucktonne, apparently.

sorry thought you were talking about just the alfine hub

Good to know. It means that hubs and an Alex rims and a Conti 35mm tyres already will weight a lot. I can as well go for Kona Sutra and downgrade it to a geared hub.

I weighed my Boardman, it came in at 10.2kg in a Large, with ROC ATAC's, all the gumf for my Garmin (GSC-10, blah), and BB7's (upgrades from the BB5's)