Genesis’ CGR One fork is a rare beast indeedMatthew Allen / Immediate Media
The rubber grommet is covering up a hole for dynamo cable routingMatthew Allen / Immediate Media
The fork is drilled for mudguards tooMatthew Allen / Immediate Media
There’s a boss for everything hereMatthew Allen / Immediate Media
Those external bosses will accept Anything Cages if you likeMatthew Allen / Immediate Media
The Genesis Croix de Fer 10 FB looks perfect for upright commuting or touringMatthew Allen / Immediate Media
Yep, they’re flat!Matthew Allen / Immediate Media
The retro vibe is strong hereMatthew Allen / Immediate Media
The Equilibrium is a cheerful road all-rounderMatthew Allen / Immediate Media
At what point, you may ask, does a gravel bike become an XCer?Matthew Allen / Immediate Media
The Myst is a proper DH race bikeMatthew Allen / Immediate Media
It might not look like much, but this fork was one of the geekier delights at this year’s IceBike show, the annual gathering of all things Madison in Milton Keynes, UK.
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Released by Genesis as an aftermarket option for the evergreen Croix de Fer, the CGR One fork is a bit of a unicorn thanks to its spec: full carbon construction, a straight steerer, disc brake mounts, thru-axle and a glorious excess of bosses to which one can bolt things.
The fork is drilled for mudguards tooMatthew Allen / Immediate Media
24T carbon construction
12mm thru-axle
Dynamo cable routing
Flat mount
Internal hose routing
All the bosses (including Anything Cage and mudguard mounts)
40mm tyre clearance
50mm offset
1 1/8in straight steerer
Axle, fork expander plug and top cap included
RRP £349.99
Why is this significant?
The rubber grommet is covering up a hole for dynamo cable routingMatthew Allen / Immediate Media
For starters, Genesis stopped speccing the Croix de Fer with a carbon fork a number of years ago, so existing owners with steel forks now have the option to upgrade.Perhaps more importantly, the new fork will work on any number of other bikes thanks to its very standard 1 1/8in straight steerer. And you could even fit it to frames with tapered head tubes with an adaptor.
There’s a boss for everything hereMatthew Allen / Immediate Media
So if you’re looking to add extra mounts to your bike up front, want to shed some weight, or just fancy some disc brake and thru-axle action, the CGR One could be the solution. At £350 it’s not exactly cheap, but the price doesn’t seem all that unreasonable when you consider that there isn’t anything else quite like it on the market.
Those external bosses will accept Anything Cages if you likeMatthew Allen / Immediate Media
The main rival we can think of is the Rodeo Adventure Labs Spork, but that’s got a tapered steerer so it won’t work in older frames with skinny head tubes (it’ll fit 44mm ones with a specialist external headset, however).
The Genesis Croix de Fer 10 FB looks perfect for upright commuting or touringMatthew Allen / Immediate Media
£999.99 gets you this rather tidy looking flat bar version of the Croix de Fer with Sora components.
Yep, they’re flat!Matthew Allen / Immediate Media
Genesis Equilibrium
The retro vibe is strong hereMatthew Allen / Immediate Media
The Equilibrium range will now comprise just two models, one of which has rim brakes. This tasty retro-styled machine gets 105 R7000 shifting and has a Reynolds 725 chromoly frame with a carbon-legged fork. It costs £1,399.99.
Genesis Equilibrium Disc
The Equilibrium is a cheerful road all-rounderMatthew Allen / Immediate Media
The disc model’s spec sheet listed 105 5800 components but the bike on display featured R7000 too, and comes in at £2,199.99. We’ll amend this when we know which is the correct spec.
Saracen Levarg FB
At what point, you may ask, does a gravel bike become an XCer?Matthew Allen / Immediate Media
This flat bar version of the Levarg gravel bike has a 1×10 Deore setup and costs a rather reasonable £899.99.
Saracen Myst Team 29
The Myst is a proper DH race bikeMatthew Allen / Immediate Media
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This delightfully lairy machine is the latest ride for the Madison Saracen Factory Race Team. Punters can’t buy this exact paintjob but they can have this near-identially specced bike for £5,799.99.
Matthew Loveridge (formerly Allen) is an experienced mechanic and an expert on bike tech who appreciates practical, beautifully-engineered things. Originally a roadie, he likes bikes and kit of every stripe, and he's tested a huge variety of both over the years for BikeRadar, Cycling Plus and others. For a long time Matthew's heart belonged to the Scott Addict, but he's currently enjoying Specialized's sublime Roubaix Expert and having a torrid affair with a Giant Trance e-MTB. At 174cm tall and 53kg, he looks like he should be better at cycling than he actually is, and he's ok with that.
