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In 2008 Genesis launched its most successful model, the Croix de Fer. The steel drop bar model, which could take wide tyres, guards and disc brakes was an early incarnation of the burgeoning gravel bike.
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Montane Icemen (Pete Sissons and Paul Cosgrove) underlined the bikes capabilities as they used a pair of Croix de Fers to circumnavigate the 1600-mile coastline of Iceland in 14 days.
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Genesis bikes became renowned for their use of steel tubing and ethos for function over form.
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Equilibrium Disc– steel or titanium road bike, disc brake
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for the fastest circumnavigation of the globe by bicycle
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335:References
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407:10 July
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219:Vin Cox
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158:History
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