Genesis Volare 853 2015

angry_bird

Got this at the start of last month. Been using and abusing it ever since and just had to swap in a new chain after a couple of thousand km or so. Got it at an absolute steel of a price, given the framesets are meant to retail for £900 I only paid slightly more than that for the full bike

Genesis Volare 853 56cm frameset.
105 shifters, mechs, brakes and carbon pedals.
Ultegra chainset, chain and cassette.
Some cheap crap shimano wheels paired with 25mm 4 seasons.
SLR Flow saddle stolen from the old bike.
Cheap Pro finishing kit.
Couple of nice steel bottle cages.

That's about it. Lovely bike to ride, got it simply as I wanted to keep the CAAD for nicer days and the old bike was showing its age. It's a lovely bike to train on, quite heavy at 9.5kg but that's not a problem for me. Ended up racing on it a few weeks ago as a spur of the moment thing and it did the job fine, except for the gearing, 50/34 isn't exactly ideal.



Lovely bike, comfy enough to ride all day. From race circuits to the cobbles of Flanders I've never once been unhappy with it.

johnnymcg259

Looks well.......

styxd

Brilliant; should be stickied as a guide on "how to set up your road bike".

ck101

Great find, beautiful.

Markjaspi

Nice

angry_bird

Thanks guys. 3000 miles or so on it now and have been mixing it up the CAAD more and more for the past 6 weeks or so depending on weather/mood/how much noise the CAAD is making. Got to say, when I get back onto this after a few days on the other bike it's an amazing feeling. This is noticeably more comfortable to ride and it's not down to a different position as they're set up identically, they're both running the same tyres, saddle etc.

The other thing I'm really impressed by is the quality of the 105 groupset, it's fantastic. The quality of the shifts is great and the brakes really have some serious stopping power.

matt-h

Lovely bike.
I enjoy riding mine as much as you!

You can get that weight down quite easily

Matt