2013 Genesis Fortitude Singlespeed

[letmetalktomark]

To be honest there isn’t much handling wise between the pair.

Yes, the frame was refinished to match the fork - originally it was black like yours.

Love the idea of a Pinion conversion

How far off are you from starting that?

 

[rigidftw]

How far off are you from starting that?

I've had a guy offering to lend me the jig and ordered the couplers. But the couplers were lost in transit. So not much progress. The frame is still in one piece.

 

[rigidftw]

The frame has been modified. But not to the extent I would have wished. The chainstays are too far apart to accept the Pinion bridge.
It still might be possible to adapt the bridge to contact the chainstays but the level of bodgery required to pull this off did not make me feel comfortable.

So it’s just going to be a belt-driven singlespeed winter runabout. For now at least.


Overall condition of the frame is decent.


Things to dress the frame with:

WTB Grease Guard headset


Salsa Cromoto forks

 

[rigidftw]

Part 1: done

 

[rigidftw]

Fitted the wheels, brakes, cockpit and got a belt.



I was planning to use a Sram Red GXP crank. Unfortunately it looks like GXP road cranks only work with 68mm BB shells and the Fortitude comes with a 73mm shell.

Which poses the question: remove 5mm of BB shell or get another set of cranks?

I really want to use the Red crankset…

 

[coomber]

Ritchey bars?

 

[rigidftw]

Ritchey bars?

OnOne Fleegle

 

[rigidftw]

Fitting a 46t pulley could prove to be more challenging than expected.

Using the Sram Red crankset will likely be impossible, due to the chainline. A 50t chainring on a similar road crankset will definitely not clear the chainstays. Even before reducing the BB Shell width.

 

[rigidftw]

I have received the crankset and installed the pulley.



I have removed the XTR crankset and installed the Red crankset just to check.







Not too shabby! This could work!

The challenging part: the green frame with the seatstay coupler does not have that big dent in the chainstay.

 

[rigidftw]

Pulled another set of cranks out of the parts bin, got a new spider that works with the front pulley and it works; without taking 5mm off the BB shell or putting a big old dent in the chainstay.



It‘s a fairly tight fit allround, but so far so good.





break-in test