Genesis Datum 30 – riding 1_0 Introduced in 2016, the Genesis Datum blended speed, comfort, and versatility in a carbon fibre package. Blurring the lines between bike genres, it was an absolute zinger to ride
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British brand Genesis is probably best known for its genre-defining Croix de Fer gravel bike, or perhaps you remember its Volare steel-framed road bike fondly, but we’re turning our attention to a less-celebrated model that we think was equally notable in its way: the Datum.
> Genesis gives Croix de Fer “biggest update since it was introduced in 2008” Genesis 2016 Datum 10 full bike The Datum came along for 2016 and was designed to be a faster and lighter version of the Croix de Fer. It was arguably the first British carbon fibre all-road bike, although we didn’t really know how to classify it back then. Although there were bikes around at the time, and well before, that fulfilled a similar brief – such as the Kinesis GF-Ti , Kinesis Tripster , and early models from Mason Cycles – they were all made from metal.
The Datum was disc brake-equipped and although it was designed to ride fast over tarmac, it was built to handle other surfaces too. That said, it wasn’t a gravel bike.
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“The large volume road tread does certainly open up wider possibilities, but we feel the gravel […]
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