Genesis Longitude

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Very nice! Will be dead interested to hear how it is.
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Fantasticmrmatt wrote:Ordered one

29" here I come....... :shock:
What size frame have you ordered and how talk are you? I'm thinking of going for the 17.5 frame I'm 5' 8" with shortish legs/longish body
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17.5"
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17.5 will be way too small for you Matt.
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17.5 will be way too small for you Matt.
It'll be lovely, remember they've got a reet long TT and I mean reet long :wink:
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Fantasticmrmatt wrote:Ordered one

29" here I come....... :shock:
Would Sir be needing a frame bag to go with that?

I can't guarantee that your existing one will fit :???:
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If my current one doesn't fit surely it's warranty :-bd
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scott of the woods wrote:
Fantasticmrmatt wrote:Ordered one

29" here I come....... :shock:
What size frame have you ordered and how talk are you? I'm thinking of going for the 17.5 frame I'm 5' 8" with shortish legs/longish body
My initial instinct would say the 16 inch model but the long body may sway that. What's your inside leg?

I tend to downsize myself of mountain bikes (5ft 7 and both salsas are 15 inch) for extra standover :shock:
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I'm a similar height with short legs and monkey arms but would only consider the 16". I tried a Knard on a Rabbithole rim in the front of my Gryphon and it felt like it raised the front end by a good few inches, so I would imagine that with similar front and rear the standover would be quite high?
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Fantasticmrmatt wrote:If my current one doesn't fit surely it's warranty :-bd
I'll check the small print, but I'm not sure a different frame geometry counts as a defect in work(wo)manship ;)
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went to be fitted for a Longitude today and am on the borderline for 19" on reach but looking at the spec it has a reet short stem at 31.8mm so i should be ok with the 19". does anyone have trouble putting stem cells on a with this short a stem?

PS all sizes are sold out from Madison except the 19"
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Mpolo wrote:went to be fitted for a Longitude today and am on the borderline for 19" on reach but looking at the spec it has a reet short stem at 31.8mm so i should be ok with the 19". does anyone have trouble putting stem cells on a with this short a stem?

PS all sizes are sold out from Madison except the 19"
Pretty sure 31.8mm is the clamp size, not stem length?
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My head hurts from the use of the L word and a thousand suggestions of how it would work so well with his latest acquisition - a Rohlof built into a 29" wheel. Considering the fact that his current bike has 26" wheels, and suddenly has become too small. I can only guess that Beth over in Wildcat World will be getting a new order for a frame bag.

The frame only option comes in a single choice of colours - putty. Dan wants green. What can I say.

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Yeah, as Ben says 31.8 indicates the stem / bar diameter not the length. All the pics I've seen would indicate something along the lines of a 80mm - 90mm stem is fitted as standard.

EDITED: For the hard of seeing :wink:

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I think you could be right so how long is the stem?

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I think you could be right so how long is the stem?
Read what I put in the post above yours :wink:
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voodoo_simon wrote:
scott of the woods wrote:
Fantasticmrmatt wrote:Ordered one

29" here I come....... :shock:
What size frame have you ordered and how talk are you? I'm thinking of going for the 17.5 frame I'm 5' 8" with shortish legs/longish body
My initial instinct would say the 16 inch model but the long body may sway that. What's your inside leg?

I tend to downsize myself of mountain bikes (5ft 7 and both salsas are 15 inch) for extra standover :shock:
I've got a 29" inside leg, and now looking at the data sheet above the tt length of the 16" looks closer to my old 17.5" frame, i think i'll have a word with my lbs and try out the 16" and the 17.5"
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Went and got sized up for one at the weekend. I'm 6'3. Guy reckoned fit wasn't weird, and that I'm normal shaped. Was a def 20.5 for me.

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i just went to order one and Genesis are sold out of all sizes!
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i just went to order one and Genesis are sold out of all sizes!
What size do you need? 19" here for £899: http://www.unitycycleworks.co.uk/collec ... -29er-2015 and a free Genesis T shirt .... oooohh.
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Thread resurrection.

Anyone know of any 17.5" framesets in stock anywhere? I need a project during the current pedestrian phase
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Anyone know of any 17.5" framesets in stock anywhere? I need a project during the current pedestrian phase
How tall are you? They're a very long frame.
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5'8"
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5'8"
I'd consider the 16" ... I had a go on a 17.5" and it felt very long.

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I'm 5'8" and use the 16" frame, photo below in test bicycle for a overnighter running 29+ Maxxis Chronicles,
using the Genesis swoop back bars so the stem is a 90mm if I remember,
the seat post has maybe about 1-1.5" left in the tube before it hits the max out line

I find it a really good fit and I would say I'm average build

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