Check out our fantastic range of mountain bikes on sale, featuring top-tier brands such as Santa Cruz, Mondraker, BMC, Norco, Merida, and many others! Dive into an array of high-performance rides, meticulously crafted for your thrilling adventures on the trails. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or just starting your off-road journey, our collection has something to suit every rider’s needs and preferences. Informally, these are sometimes referred to as ‘basket bikes’ or ‘clunkers’, and on the city streets there’s some logic to their revival. They’re not the fastest thing, but the new demographic of 26″ mountain bike owners aren’t chasing performance. With their mounting points for mudguards and racks, they’re practical.
Bikes are great – old bikes and new bikes and especially interesting bikes. What this small-wheeled phenomenon shows is that every bike can have its day in the sun, and be cause for celebration. Remember, no matter your level of expertise, the key to enjoying mountain biking is to stay safe, respect the trails, and keep your bike in top condition. And if you ever need help with assembly or maintenance, the skilled technicians at National Assemblers are always ready to assist. The Feather is an all-purpose single-speed commuter or urban utility bike that might just be the most fun bike you’ve ever ridden. A flip-flop hub puts a fixed gear cog on one side and a freewheel on the other so you can choose your riding style.
Whilst the stores looked great and performed well for a while, running a successful bike shop is hard work and requires a huge amount of dedication and this is not so easy to replicate through a franchise. At the same time Madison grew at a rapid rate and it was clear that the future of the business lay in being a distributor to the trade rather than a retailer. Madison pulled out of the franchise scheme in the mid 1990s and stores continued to trade for several years after but eventually genesis bicycles were sold or absorbed into other retail chains so none exist anymore. This frameset is covered for life against manufacturing defects for the original owner and comes with a lifetime crash replacement policy. You can read more about our warranty and crash replacement policy on our Support Page. There are so many choices these days in tires and their setup for road and all-road bicycles (aka “gravel bikes”) that it’s no surprise a lot of roadies have questions on what’s best.
Plus, the lightweight alloy wheels add to the bike’s speed and agility. The matte black finish with neon accents is sure to turn heads on any trail. The Genesis 24″ Messina mountain bike is a no-nonsense hard-tail mountain bike with all of the features you need for off-road. This bike has a custom over-sized aluminum frame with Vitesse wheels and a front suspension fork that handles bumpy terrain with ease. The 1×8 drive train will get you up and down all of the hills with the Micro shift 26 rear derailleur.
Looking ahead to the end of the year, both girls are excited to earn certificates from Kootenai Technical Education Campus in Rathdrum alongside their high school diplomas. Lyndsey will be a certified nursing assistant, while Mary will earn a medical assistant certificate. “They are very polite and respectful, they come in and do exactly what they’re supposed to do, engage well with their peers. Angela Meerdink, Lyndsey and Mary’s mother, recalls watching their oxygen levels rise and fall countless times during their stay in the neonatal intensive care unit.
Which brings us to a few years ago – where, in the midst of a pandemic that led to people dusting off old bikes and having more time on their hands to tinker with them, the fortunes of the 26” bike started to reverse. At Genesis we have a history of doing things our own way, whether that’s making genesis bicycles bikes we want to ride, or heading in a direction that might seem a little crazy at the time. Your bike frame & fork are protected under our Lifetime Warranty policy. Over ten years the range expanded beyond commuter bikes to include road, mountain, cyclo-cross, gravel, kids and fat bikes.
The amount you can expect to receive in store credit when trading in your bike with a dealer. We’re experiencing a very high volume of orders during the Pre-Holiday Season. Sign up for our Newsletter to receive inventory and new bikes updates.
If you order directly from us you can watch this video to see how the bike will arrive to you. If you order it through one of our local dealers, then the bike will come assembled and ready to ride. Yes, but this bike is built with SBG technology, which utilizes an offset in the range of 42-44mm. Running a fork with more or less offset would be taking away from the SBG technology package. The UDH rear triangle is backward-compatible with all existing Spur frames, but are not available for aftermarket purchase.