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  • Friday is Cotic day…
  • metalheart
    Free Member

    Have to say I’m enjoying Ryan’s bikes, especially the SolarisMAX. All look very nice! Looks better than my b/p mule 😀

    Rubber-Duck
    Full Member

    Yep Mh I like the presentation of Ryan’s bikes and similarly, in particular the Solaris MAX. Nice choice of colours and components.

    TheGhost
    Free Member

    I’m loving the Solaris Max. How does it ride?

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    metalheart
    Free Member

    Ok, I’m bored, it’s a cotic thread so WTF heres a Cotic timeline.

    Part 1: The Soul

    It all started with/like this:

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/4reUNq]Cotic 008[/url] by Sofaboy TT, on Flickr

    It then got, er, a couple of upgrades:

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/5CyGp1]The Cotic – final guise for now[/url]

    To be honest, I didn’t think Pikes were matched to the Soul. So I got some TALAS to try (oh, and wider bars and shorter stem…):

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/7a9DsX]Soul Oct 09[/url]

    And it finally ended up like this:

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/agRWNS]Soul G1[/url]

    It’s now been ‘donated’ to the Loon as he needed a bike and I needed the space… 😳

    metalheart
    Free Member

    Part 2: Soda

    I liked the Soul so much I just *had* to get a Soda:

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/agRXcw]Soda G2[/url]

    Heres a photo ‘in the wild’:

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/br8MqN]What are they doing?[/url]

    Turns out I didn’t really like ti after all and it got punted on.

    metalheart
    Free Member

    Part 3: Solaris

    It started off in orange:

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/bH1NsF]Singletrack Fungle[/url]

    Think that even photo even got a mention on Cotic’s twitter account or something.

    But it had to be that green. Cy relented under intense pressure to get a half consignment in it so I had it buy after that (thanks Cy)

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/df2W8Q]Frame detail #2[/url]

    It got built up like this:

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/df2WhM]Finished (and post ride)[/url]

    It’s had some luggage:

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/Nipm1M]Packed up again, ready to go at 9.00 am sharp…[/url]

    And some bigger boots:

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/LLNVTK]Semi fat solaris[/url]

    slackboy
    Full Member

    @Metalheart – thats a fab story, now finish it with the latest Solaris.

    Heres mine on Harter Fell

    metalheart
    Free Member

    Part 4: The Rocket

    I got a demo bike shipped up north and took it over my favourite route (up the Firmounth/down the Fungle):

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/bCtxno]
    Rocket @Fungle[/url]

    I wrote it up on here and unleashed a shitstorm about steel framed FS…

    And I bought one of my own as a result:

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/bWg2m6]
    Rocket_0192[/url]

    Took it out to GT (another that featured on the Cotic feed…):

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/f5uhhe]
    Pre-puncture. Larsens no use for the sharp loose stuff (schoolboy error I’m afraid)[/url]

    But I hit a slump bike wise and it got moved on (to fund the deposit on a new motorbike… 🙄 ).

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/df2xRf]
    Solaris/Rocket[/url]

    doncorleoni
    Free Member

    Mk1 solaris

    Plus front

    Probably my favorite frankenbike to date.

    andysandes
    Free Member

    Loving the thread. Have a rocket max and it is the dogs wotsits.

    Just got a Solaris max frame (xl) has anyone had issues with clearance of break leavers/shifters on the top tube?

    Running two spacers but they’re hitting the top tube

    metalheart
    Free Member

    Part 5: The SolarisMAX:

    The green Solaris is a medium. Which is great for 2-3 hour jaunts but at 6′ I found to get the right reach I had to push the seat back and this made the front really light on really steep stuff and in truth it was a little short for all day trips.

    So I got a SolarisMAX in large. Being the first built B+ out the door of Cotic it made their front page:

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/R81C2j]SolarisMAX[/url] by CoticLtd, on Flickr

    Only for me to get it and stick a lovely white saddle, barend grips ( 😯 ) and luggage strapped to it then ridden for hours on end and left out in the open while I snuggled down into my tent or bivy bag…

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/ShWTsq]
    Packed and ready to roll[/url]

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/SFvPpt]
    SolarisMAX after its 100 miles maiden voyage on the Moray Way[/url]

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/SsnLxy]
    Weir/bridge[/url]

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/TFhTEL]
    My bivy[/url]

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/V1wiXv]
    Bivy erected (OR Helium)[/url]

    metalheart
    Free Member

    Reprise – Some random Cotic photos:

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/bRoekp]
    Top of the big climb[/url]

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/df2W8n]
    Getting there – Day 1[/url]

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/djFF5D]
    Cotic cubed – lomo[/url]

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/djFEsk]
    S/R/S – 2[/url]

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/dq5qKA]
    Snowy Soul.[/url]

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/Hu7zhd]
    The camp/bivi site (Sandy fannying about)[/url]

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/NqZ5v2]
    Crossing the Fords of Avon #1[/url]

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/MzhE5b]
    Front – damage – unwashed[/url]

    That’s enough… 😀

    Euro
    Free Member

    andysandes – Member
    Loving the thread. Have a rocket max and it is the dogs wotsits.

    Just got a Solaris max frame (xl) has anyone had issues with clearance of break leavers/shifters on the top tube?

    Running two spacers but they’re hitting the top tube

    Hi five fellow RocketMax owner. Dog bits indeed 😀

    Low 5 for top tube clearance on the Solari though. Have the same issue on my Large (20″) 456. As many spacers as would fit under the stem didn’t cut it so higher rise bars (think they’re 38?) and levers more horizontal than needed and helped. Still fouls a tad but not enough to do any damage. Pain in the arse not having that space when riding tough. Tall top tubes are shite on a mtb!

    NormalMan
    Full Member

    Now with a little more Hope

    benp1
    Full Member

    Some old photos, but good memories

    supersessions9-2
    Free Member

    missed this the other week – on holiday. so here’s a pic of my flaremax. it’s a good bike.

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/RCbUTv]First ride.[/url] by Evil Goat, on Flickr

    sb
    Free Member

    Well it’s Friday again and I’ve been enjoying my 2 week old flare more with every ride. It’s perfectly suited to what I mainly ride – forest trails with tight switchbacks etc… I’d spent years in retromtb land thoughrougly enjoying 26″ wheels and skinny tyres and prior to this bike didn’t really get on with my Curtis 29er so the flare ‘lite’ was the obvious choice despite considering all the other ‘flavours’.
    This time last year I owned 8-10 bikes, now I have only this and I don’t think I can say anymore than that….

    ryu1720
    Free Member

    Thanks peeps for the thumbs up on my bikes its nice to see I’m not the only one with a bit of a cotic addiction!
    After having a few bfe’s in various colours I thought I had built my perfect pair of bikes with the escapade and a rather nicely specced rocket … well that was until they released the solaris max and then metalheart ordered his and cotic posted pics of it on social media ..damn you lol
    I’m now the 6th person in my group of riding buddies to own a Solaris all built up in very different ways, it just shows you how versatile the frame is.
    Mine with the plus tyres is a bit of a hooligan of a bike and after seeing Kayla could fit 26×2.8’s in the back of her flare I’m getting another wheelset made up for my rocket to make a mini-max rocket ,hopefully will have it sorted by the middle of next week and will post some pics up when it’s done 😀

    metalheart
    Free Member

    well that was until they released the solaris max and then metalheart ordered his and cotic posted pics of it on social media ..damn you lol

    If it makes you feel any better about things your Escapade build is making me twitchy… If I hadn’t just donated the Soul and sold my TCX due to space limitations I might have pressed the buy button on one now… Cy…. 😉

    kayla1
    Free Member

    Friday, innit? This arrived last week but I didn’t get to ride it until last weekend-

    Mmm… Small BFe 275 with 26+ wheels. It’s veeeeerrrrry nice 😀

    andeh
    Full Member

    I’m off up to the Cotic demo at Dalby tomorrow to try out some of the bouncy bikes, as I’ve been pretty much a die hard-tailer for the last 10 years……wife is hoping I don’t like them too much 😈

    Anyone else going?

    chakaping
    Free Member

    Solaris pressed into XC race duty a couple of weeks ago…

    Gutted I couldn’t race it again at Lee Quarry last night, but was wife’s b’day.

    nixie
    Full Member

    Just waiting on bits for the new rear wheel before I start to build this up :D.

    jambalaya
    Free Member

    @kayla very nice, the red is really lovely.

    So 26+ means the biggest bounciest tyres you can fit into a BFe 275 ?

    chakaping
    Free Member

    That looks bitchin’ with the CCDB Coil. Think you made the correct choice there.

    NormalMan
    Full Member

    Fittingly I rode my Cotic today too. Although no pics, but it did happen!

    kayla1
    Free Member

    @kayla very nice, the red is really lovely.

    So 26+ means the biggest bounciest tyres you can fit into a BFe 275 ?

    I think so although I don’t have any 650B wheels to try in it! They’re the wheels with 2.8 Rangers I used in my Flare. You might be able to squeak a 26 x 3.0 without a chain device though.

    I really don’t need another bike, this is my only one at the minute after stripping my Soul 26 to build it and selling some other stuff and I know I prefer HTs, but I’m having impure thoughts involving a matt green Rocket with 26+ wheels and black bits and maybe purple pedals with a small Hulk sticker in place of the headtube badge… Hulk smash!

    nixie
    Full Member

    That looks bitchin’ with the CCDB Coil. Think you made the correct choice there

    Going to run it and and see what I think. The build isn’t light weight anyway so what’s a little more going to matter :).

    colournoise
    Full Member

    Kayla. Cool looking BFe.

    Can’t resist adding to the mashed-up 26+ Cotic party, so here’s my Rocket+ earlier.

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/WGt9B5]2017 07 21 bike 56 04[/url] by Rob P, on Flickr

    Poopscoop
    Full Member

    Colournoise, great bike and even nicer pic!

    nixie
    Full Member

    So much orange. Love it.

    dantsw13
    Full Member

    I’m in the market to replace my ageing Heckler. I like the idea of a RocketMax. How do you owners think it would stand up as my new Alps bike?

    colournoise
    Full Member

    Had my Rocket (in standard 27.5 guise) out in Chamonix last summer. The bike lapped it up, so I’d guess a RocketMax would be even more effective.

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/KDw8kt]2016 07 03 bike 08[/url] by Rob P, on Flickr

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/LqR5Nq]2016 07 02 bike2 02[/url] by Rob P, on Flickr

    colournoise
    Full Member

    nixie – Member
    So much orange. Love it.

    Cheers. Less orange now than it had – with the standard 27.5 wheels in there it has orange hubs and nipples too.

    I likes a bit of colour coordination…

    dantsw13
    Full Member

    Thanks – I always like a bike that is a bit different, this seems right up my street.

    kayla1
    Free Member

    Nice Rocket 26+ colournoise!

    davewalsh
    Free Member

    Oops, broken link

    nixie
    Full Member

    It’s Friday so……

    Now built up. Yeah haven’t sorted cable routing just yet and the drive/garage is a mess.

    ton
    Full Member

    Friday, Cotic, go on then.

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/W73yCC]2017-08-03_10-22-54[/url] by 20ston, on Flickr

    mccraque
    Full Member

    A few of the Solaris in bulldozer mode….

    Saturday’s 50 mile rain race to Eastbourne (we won by 5 mins)….

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/WNnXTJ]cotic4[/url] by justincarrick, on Flickr

    Springtime –

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/X9xGBU]cotic3[/url] by justincarrick, on Flickr

    Devils Dyke just before a wasp lodged itself in my helmet strap.

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/WNnY4o]cotic2[/url] by justincarrick, on Flickr

    Wiggle Ride

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/WNnXZf]cotic1[/url] by justincarrick, on Flickr

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