The Genesis Equil Brum Brum Project

Paul R · Oct 31, 2022

Hi all
I've recently purchased my first road bike for many many years a Genesis Equilibrium 20 2013 model mosly becuase i love the copper paint colour and its steel. It will slowly be tidyied up and upgraded/lightened so i thought id decument it like the konas. I had one ride on it before i ripped it to bits and it was really enjoyable.

Main first changes are some lower gearing on the back 32 or 34, I have just got hold of an old ultegra long cage mech that will hopefully work and a new seatpost as sadly the thomson was well and truly stuck. the levers also are a bit of a stretch so I will need to get some reach adjust blocks for them as they dont have a screw adjust feaure on them.

Pics of delivery day.

An interesting cabling route

Paul R · Oct 31, 2022

Pics of first ride

Lickskillet · Nov 4, 2022

Looks great and it seems to be able to fit pretty fat tires which is always a bonus. You've almost got yourself a...gravel bike.

pigman · Nov 4, 2022

The cross over cable routing allows for a better fit of the outer casing, rather than having the left hand cable scrunched up to the left boss, it runs a cleaner, wider loop in to the right boss and vice versa

Paul R · Nov 4, 2022

Lickskillet said:
Looks great and it seems to be able to fit pretty fat tires which is always a bonus. You've almost got yourself a...gravel bike.

Cheers yes its got 32c the max it can take apperantly.

pigman said:
The cross over cable routing allows for a better fit of the outer casing, rather than having the left hand cable scrunched up to the left boss, it runs a cleaner, wider loop in to the right boss and vice versa

I had to put it back straight it bugged me badly ha, it still shifts spot on luckly.

Guinessisgoodforyou · Nov 5, 2022

Paul R said:
I had to put it back straight it bugged me badly ha, it still shifts spot on luckly.

That would have troubled me greatly, glad I'm not alone

zerogravitas · Nov 5, 2022

pigman said:
The cross over cable routing allows for a better fit of the outer casing, rather than having the left hand cable scrunched up to the left boss, it runs a cleaner, wider loop in to the right boss and vice versa

I recabled my Atala like this for exactly the reason you mention. You get a much smoother loop round the head tube area for each gear cable, with no outer rubbing on the paintwork and wrecking your finish.

Paul R · Nov 6, 2022

Made a bit of progress, Its all stripped down now for a paintwork sort out and service. frame and fork are quite a good weight. weighed some of the new bits against the old while i was at it.

So far a silver hope headset, seat clamp and the long cage ultegra rear mech.