Genesis High Latitude (2015)

slparsons · Post by **slparsons** » Mon Nov 16, 2015 10:09 am

Anyone got a High Latitude?

I'm considering building up a frameset as a rigid bike-packer/mountain bike but reviews seem pretty scarce.

Thanks in advance.

whitestone · Post by **whitestone** » Mon Nov 16, 2015 10:27 am

Just replied to your identical post on STW

Not stalking you - honest!

Lump · Post by **Lump** » Mon Nov 16, 2015 12:02 pm

Yeh I have one. Love it, really great bike. Just a shame it only has one set of bottle mounts. Bar that cnt recommend enough :)

HopeValleyPaul · Post by **HopeValleyPaul** » Mon Nov 16, 2015 12:22 pm

My wife has one (2014) and its been bomb proof and great value for money, my only criticism is that it's a touch heavy (the bike not my wife). Its going to get a dropper post for Xmas this year. Not been used for bike packing yet but will be soon and I foresee no problems with it.

sean_iow · Post by **sean_iow** » Mon Nov 16, 2015 1:29 pm

I've got a Latitude (650B version) and I really like it. It's got a forgiving ride and covers the downhills much better than my other bikes but they are both 26" so the bigger wheels might be a part of that. Mine weighs just over 28 lbs as pictured. I've not been bike packing on it yet but as above, I see no reason why it wouldn't be a great bike for that. Mine has 2 sets of bottle mounts and also bolts on the underside of the downtube for a crud catcher.

sean_iow · Post by **sean_iow** » Fri Nov 27, 2015 11:29 am

For anyone who's interested in a high latitude I've just had an email with this offer for black Friday

http://www.rutlandcycling.com/317630/pr ... b3a3fd453d

touch · Post by **touch** » Sun Nov 29, 2015 5:36 pm

sean_iow wrote:For anyone who's interested in a high latitude I've just had an email with this offer for black Friday

vaguely exciting, thanks!

I love my High Latitude. It's a great bike, good fun on singletrack+downhills but also comfortable for long distances (did the HTR on it).
It's too small for me though, so I came into this thread to say how much i'm going to miss it when I sell it. Thanks to sean's link, I've just replaced it with a bigger frame :D

slparsons · Post by **slparsons** » Tue Dec 01, 2015 3:42 am

I've ordered one tonight, bargain!

slparsons · Post by **slparsons** » Wed Dec 02, 2015 6:00 pm

slparsons wrote:I've ordered one tonight, bargain!

The frame arrived, along with a large box of stop and go bits.

The parts I'm recycling for the build are clean and ready. I've got a headset on order and wheels being built at the LBS. I'm waiting for forks, pedals and bars from different suppliers and I'll need to get a stem when I get it all together.

It should be assembled next week

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