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Re: Has anyone used gorilla cages on their longitude forks?
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 10:23 am
by deano
Try contacting Kerry at kLite & ask about his 2 or 3 hole adapters. I'm shore he'd be happy to post them to Cuba if you don't think they'll arrive in the uk from here in time.
http://www.klite.com.au/#!product/prd1/ ... ge-adapter
http://www.klite.com.au/#!product/prd1/ ... ge-adapter
Deano
Re: Has anyone used gorilla cages on their longitude forks?
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 9:10 pm
by Farawayvisions
Update on the communication from Madison (Genesis)
"Dear Dan
This is how they are meant to be, the ones by the brakes are at a different angle so there is clearance next to the brakes, a new fork will not help as the mounts will be in the same place. We have not had this issue with any of the other Longitude so I am unsure why you are having a problem. I would advise speaking to your local bike shop who may be able to advise with the bike in front of them as to how to resolve the issue."
So it seems that the people at Madison think we are a pair of idiots. Despite sending them further images as requested.
I'm posting up another image of the 'faulty' right hand fork for those of you who have a Longitude in your possession to do a comparison. I'd be really grateful if somebody would take a similar pic of their right hand fork so we could have something to compare this one to. We can't get to an 'expert' in our LBS until Friday, by which time we will be pushing the time limit to the max.
Re: Has anyone used gorilla cages on their longitude forks?
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 9:28 pm
by ScotRoutes
I can see what they're getting at. If the mounts on the disk side were the same as the non-disk side then they'd interfere with the brake mount.
Of course it begs the question - why not angle them both out the same as the disk side?
I can only assume they've been placed in such a way as to enable the carriage of something narrow like a water bottle rather than something much wider. Seems like a fundamental misunderstanding of what an Anything Cage is designed for.
Re: Has anyone used gorilla cages on their longitude forks?
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 9:33 pm
by fatbikephil
8mm cable ties work a treat for attaching anything or bottle cages to forks.
Re: Has anyone used gorilla cages on their longitude forks?
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 9:46 pm
by jBay
Far - Pics sent of mine sent via Twitter
A shot from above the crown & directly behind the wheel would be handy
Re: Has anyone used gorilla cages on their longitude forks?
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 10:52 pm
by Farawayvisions
Thanks Jbay, I've grabbed a couple of screen shots from twitter. The position of the bosses is definitely too far back on Dan's bike. Hopefully Genesis will agree when they see the two pics side by side.

- Dan's fork
- IMG_1472.JPG (98.23 KiB) Viewed 3943 times
jbays fork
Re: Has anyone used gorilla cages on their longitude forks?
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 11:20 pm
by barney
Fingers crossed Genesis sort you out but if not give me a shout, good luck.
Re: Has anyone used gorilla cages on their longitude forks?
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2015 12:27 am
by Cheeky Monkey
There must surely be manufacturing / design drawings? Ask for those and then compare with what you've got. That would help show they weren't as intended.
Seems like a pretty average response from Genesis

Re: Has anyone used gorilla cages on their longitude forks?
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 2:06 pm
by Shuhockey
https://goo.gl/photos/v5f168Xtc1JzKmuUA
Just had a look at the photos I have taken of mine "as its for sale!!!" Full album here:
https://goo.gl/photos/FM4yUWLM4YXVYJrm7
In the pictures mine do look more outward facing than in your picture.
Re: Has anyone used gorilla cages on their longitude forks?
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 2:58 pm
by belugabob
How about one and a half packets of these? (And maybe an extra packet for spares)
Bottle cage mounts
I've used these to provide a second bottle mounting point on one of my bikes, and found them to be satisfactory.
There are other manufacturers available, but I can't remember where
Re: Has anyone used gorilla cages on their longitude forks?
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 7:05 pm
by ianfitz
belugabob wrote:How about one and a half packets of these? (And maybe an extra packet for spares)
Bottle cage mounts
I've used these to provide a second bottle mounting point on one of my bikes, and found them to be satisfactory.
There are other manufacturers available, but I can't remember where
These are solid. I've used them for my bottle cage for ~20,000 off road miles
Re: Has anyone used gorilla cages on their longitude forks?
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 10:12 pm
by Farawayvisions
Update:
New forks on their way.
Thanks for the kind offers and suggestions.
Meraid & Dan

Re: Has anyone used gorilla cages on their longitude forks?
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 10:24 pm
by belugabob
So, did Genesis come to the rescue?
Re: Has anyone used gorilla cages on their longitude forks?
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 12:03 am
by jBay
Great news
Re: Has anyone used gorilla cages on their longitude forks?
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 12:49 pm
by Adventurer
I've used these cages on my forks and work very well.
Only one bolt in my troll forks and adapted two halfords bottle cage mounts to fit other two gorilla adapters
Use the cage with the alpkit thicker bags.
Pictures below
https://flic.kr/p/znN36o
Re: Has anyone used gorilla cages on their longitude forks?
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 6:55 pm
by Farawayvisions
All sorted now. Forks have been replaced.

Thanks a million for all the great responses.
Re: Sorted: Has anyone used gorilla cages on their longitude
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 11:18 am
by Cheeky Monkey
So what happened after the first response from Genesis?
Glad to hear you're sorted. Now please go, I'm sick of hearing about impending Cuba trip
(sorry - jealousy makes me cranky, sounds fantastic

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Re: Sorted: Has anyone used gorilla cages on their longitude
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 11:21 am
by Farawayvisions
It was a bit of a saga, they wanted us to send the entire bike back at first. then Genesis sent another fork to a local bike shop, it's not new or perfect either but it works.
Did I mention we were going to CUBA, Cheeky Monkey? Two more sleeps. Come new year and I'll bombard you with pics and tales.

Re: Sorted: Has anyone used gorilla cages on their longitude
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 2:05 pm
by Cheeky Monkey
Farawayvisions wrote:It was a bit of a saga, they wanted us to send the entire bike back at first. then Genesis sent another fork to a local bike shop, it's not new or perfect either but it works.
Did I mention we were going to CUBA, Cheeky Monkey? Two more sleeps. Come new year and I'll bombard you with pics and tales.

Wow, that sounds a right PITA from Genesis, especially as it looks, to all intents and purposes, like their F-up. Replaced with a secondhand one as well? Hope they give you a new one in due course. Sounds a bit p!ss poor IMO. Still, sooner you get gone the better
I look forward to the stories and pics. Have a great trip
