Genesis Volare 853

Caleido

Volare 853 frameset 54cm
Chris King inset7
6800 groupset
Enve 3.4 tubs w/ Vittoria Pave 25mm
Romin Evo Pro
3t pro post/stem
Fsa wing pro bar

7.95kg

ledeev

Wow, that's beautiful.

mpatts

I just LOVE this!

majormantra

Nice! Going to race it?

the_fuggler

Lovely, lovely, lovely! Enjoy it!

noiseboyfeetman

That looks great, I do like the look of the Volare range, the colour schemes they've got look really good.

Paul 8v

Reminds me of the bobsleigh from cool runnings. Looks awesome, makes me want to sing this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkWhkKVvqHU

xcMuttley

Love it In the process of building one up myself! Thanks for some more ideas! Have you ridden it yet? Would love to know a little ride review on it?

ledeev

Why the 25mm Pave tubs?

If the answer is 'because they're green' then fair play, it looks perfect.

Caleido

I nearly always ride paves, clinchers and tubs. The roads around Surrey and Kent are awful and I like to ride 80-90 psi.

The new paves are really nice.

If I go to the continent or whatever ill ride veloflex carbon/master but they're too fragile for UK most of the year.

Carbons are my favourites.

I've given the bike a bit of a blast. Seems nice so far. Geo is bang on and very close to my c59, handling feels very similar.

Hope to get out more between Xmas and new year.

the_prophet

That looks lovely, enjoy 8)

alihisgreat

That looks amazing! Have you got any shallow rims? Would look great with a 'spring classics' kind of vibe.

Caleido

This is how it will normally exist...

I have some fulcrum r5s for when the salt hits the roads.

Nairnster

Very very nice, and one of the few bikes I have seen where coloured tires actually look right.

cycleclinic

That is the only modern race bike I actually like.

Beatmaker

That is REALLY nice. Want.

chewymk4

Pretty much perfect! Love it!

ugo.santalucia

Sweet... love it!

Only thing, I really don't like those "bird's beak like" saddles... it would look ace with an Arione or similar

Other than that, spot on!

chewymk4

Ugo - disagree on the saddle - reckon the Romin looks the business - they don't curve as much as you think.
They are also probably the comfiest saddle i have ridden

Of course i may be biased as i have them on Enigma Extensor and my Genesis!

Paul 8v

Arione is OK until you sit on it, they're OK if you have the pelvis of a seven year old but too thin for me!

tim_wand

Favourite bike on here at the moment, combination of Materials, Geometry and Colour scheme.
Just looks right in all departments. I 'm considering my next build and have same groupset and some Ksyriums and was originally thinking of going titanium, but this has made me think.

Never ridden an 853 frame , except on an Orange MTB, But I think at my age (43) if I can keep the weight down this might be a good option.

Please put some more details up about the way it rides, as soon as you can. Full builds are impossible to find as a demo as Genesis are only offering framesets.

styxd

Looks great, would also be interested to hear how it rides.

I must admit, I'm not a Romin fan, tried one and found it uncomfy. I use an Arione, I think saddles with a similar rounded shape seem to favour/make it easier to get into a more aggressive position.

Caleido

Thanks for the nice comments!

The romin suits the way I ride and has given me an extra 20mm reach coming from a flat saddle (a toupe).

On the flat saddle I slouch into it arching my back for purchase. On a romin evo it makes me rotate my pelvis and straighten my back into the saddle hence changing to a 130 stem from 110. It also makes using the drops much nicer due to the taper on the nose. It irritated my lower back initially but a year on it's perfect and I have them on all bikes.


Re the ride - I'll give more views at the end of the month. I've lost quite a bit of fitness over Xmas so don't feel 100% at all on the bike and that will cloud my judgement.

For now, I like it. My main bike is a 56 Colnago C59 which fits and handles very similar. I picked the Volare because of this. It is stiff enough for me at 80kg, more so than any titanium bike I've ridden. I would say its equally as comfortable as my Colnago in terms of road noise, front end is firm in a good way, it's not a super plush noodley steel frame.

Let me get 1000 miles on it and I'll compare to a bunch of bikes after.

Caleido

I've just had to put this in the classifieds..

Paul 8v

Damn, but congratulations on the other thing!

lostboysaint

If only it were bigger

Caleido

Thanks!

FransJacques

Why are you selling it? Are the Enve SMARTS or Classics? If they're Smarts I'd take your wheels off you...

I love your frame sizing, given the saddle setback and stem spacers you could easily have gone for the next size up, but you didn't. Bravo!

Is it your fish-eye camera or is the quite a deep drop bar?

Caleido

Hi

I'm due to become a dad and have too many bikes! Need to clear space and raise cash to build a new bedroom.

I'm keeping the enves, I love them and went through the hassle of rebuilding the rear on a da hub, perfect. They're 3.4s.

I sold all my other nice dura ace tubs already, 35s and a mint pair of c24, that was a wretch. Guess you can only ride one pair at a time so kept the 3.4

The bar is an fsa compact so no, just 125mm drop.

And yes I deliberately picked this size over a 56. To me it's just right like that. I prefer being more stretched out over a smaller frame, feels better. Choosing a size is also about handling right?

RideOnTime

Genius Genesis...