Genesis Day 1 Alfine

jackfeeder

Hi,
I'm tempted by one of these on the cycle to work scheme.
Does anyone ride one and have any issues with the bike or set up?
Does it/the tyres cope with a variety of surfaces and if you've had to remove the rear wheel is that a right pain?

MichaelW

I use the Alfine hub on a Dahon Cadenza frame.
Wheel removal with Alfine requires 3 tools, a wheel-nut spanner, some needle-nosed pliers to unhook the gear cable and a small allen key or nail to rotate the cassette arm.
The process is fairly easy and doesnt cause me any problems. You would have the additional task of setting chain tension with the horizontal dropots.

Blue Meanie

@MichaelW
Put bike in lowest tension gear, then pull outer out of frame cable guide leaving lots of slack to remove the gear-nubbin from the carrier. Admittedly you do need a 15mm for the wheel nuts, but the rest is hands only with a bit of practise.

jonny_trousers

There's a chap her called Gaz something or other who has had all kinds of trouble with his. Well worth delving a little deeper to find his posts.

EKE_38BPM

jackfeeder wrote:

Hi,
I'm tempted by one of these on the cycle to work scheme.
Does anyone ride one and have any issues with the bike or set up?
Does it/the tyres cope with a variety of surfaces and if you've had to remove the rear wheel is that a right pain?

Gaz545 returned his after getting constant problems with the brakes and other issues (fork judder, bad customer service from Genesis, big jumps between gears). He raved about the bike before he got it and for the first week or so, then went quiet about it, then returned it.
There is a thread in Commuting Chat that goes into more detail (but I'm too tired to look for it right now).
EDIT: I guess I'm not that tired after all!