Not the best pic and I know the brickwork needs cleaning and the cement around the waste pipe is a little untidy.

Should get her maiden ride on Tuesday 😀

Very nice. Love the colour. I think you’re going to like it a lot.

Bol, this purchase is down to you 😀 👿

Well my influences aren’t all bad then. 😀

Love the hammer in shot. A useful tool when building a bike!

Man, the yellow cable outer for your dropper post looks pretty hefty…

It needs trimming as well Steezysix

lol at hammer and dropper hose.
a plastic mallet for putting cranks on, please 🙂

Love that kind of colour on bikes, I’m sure it’s because of my old Raleigh Lizard as a child

looks fantastic, let us know what you think after maiden ride

That looks lovely mate. I’ve just ordered mine in the same colour. Just out of interest, what size is that?

Got mine sitting in the office with a box of bits waiting to build up, mines a large green one

Joe joe, it’s a large.

Lovely.

Loving the Hozelok Dropper.

Great, I’ve ordered a size large and its looks spot on in terms of wheels size/frame size ratio. How tall are you? I’m a tad over 6ft and opted for the large instead of the medium. Joe

6’2″; starting off with a 90 mm stem but may change that as things progress

Looks lovely Ben

Would be interesting to see how different it rides when I eventually get my Highball built up. Have you weighed it?

Cheers
another Houldsworth

Looks lovely, but I think your gear cable routing is going to cause some indexing issues?

Looks great! Loving that green! 😀

So how was it?

It was awesome! I’ve only ever ridden steel hard tails and to be honest I didn’t think there could be such a big difference between 2 bikes of relatively similar design (previous Unit 2-9) but it’s night and day.

I took it up the edge of the Peaks (only an hour or so) but found it incredibly sure footed, tracks through rock gardens and is very chuckable and inspires confidence; it rides like a bike smaller and lighter than it is.

I’ m not the most technically gifted rider but the Solaris makes me want to go and look for steep stuff, the Kona made me want to squeeze my brakes when things got tech.

Looks great – loving my blue one – enjoy!

Nice colour, last time I saw that color it was on my first proper MTB…way back in the dark ages…a Orange Evo 2 in slime green!

Just finished my Solaris build last Wednesday and loving it already. I had a Cotic Simple in large before so this is in a medium given the longer TT and the difference is already noticable. It seems smaller, lighter and more chuckable but this climbs so much easier and seems to roll / soak up the the rocks far better. I stuck narrower bars (580MM)on it which makes it a little more twitchy on the technie bits, need to source some wider bars me thinks.

Built it up with a Rohloff so it’s not the lightest but I’ve blinged / lightened most of the other bits. Current weight is bang on 28lb and I recon I can shave another 0.5lb+ from it when I change all the bolts for Ti.

So far I’m not regretting the switch from 26″ and getting shot of the FS Orange 5 / Cotic Simple.

Cotic Solaris by Rosscopeco, on Flickr

Ben, what chain device are you using? I’m currently building a soul.

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I recon I can shave another 0.5lb+ from it when I change all the bolts for Ti.

Half a pound, on bolts alone? Really?

Quentin, running an MRP x1; piece of p*ss to install, no chain rub with standard spacers and the chain stayed in place on rocky descents in the Peaks.

I ran a Paul’s Components on my Unit 2-9 which worked pretty well and is very nice looking; I’d have got on again but struggled to find one.

On a separate note my large frame inc QR and headset cups weighed in at 5.3 pounds, 1.2 pounds lighter than my Unit 🙂

Half a pound, on bolts alone? Really?

If you include ALL the bolts then ‘yes’, I think it wont be too far away. In fairness I’ve included ‘altering’ the QR seat clamp to a simple bolt and nut and swapping both wheel QRs to Ti bolts / nuts alone. Everything adds up in the end.

Yes….I know….before you all say it….if I just watch what I eat for a few weeks I’ll drop several pounds…and its free!

This project was always going to be the ‘perfect’ build with no compromises so hence the effort. Once the bolts are done, then the only other item I can save weight on, without affecting longevity, would be on the pedals. I’ll wait until they break first…

Loving the Solaris’ (what is the plural – Solari?)

Can’t wait for mine to arrive – Cotic said it would be tomorrow.

Ben and Ross – did the courier contact you before delivery to give you a time slot? Can you remember which company Cotic use?

I feel like a kid at Christmas!

Joe joe, they didn’t contact me but I spoke to Cy before dispatch and he explained it would be next day delivery between 9 and 5 so I let the neighbours know and all was good

Thanks Ben good to know all is on course for tomorrow’s delivery.

Likewise joe joe, Cy was very helpful. My better half was ready and waiting for it…I didn’t allow her to go out until it had arrived 😀

got mine and it looks fantastic, only fitted rebas so far..
I did weigh it out of the box.
fitted with seat clamp, and nukeproof h/set and the bits of plastic it comes with 5.1 lbs in medium.

mike

2nd ride last night on my Solaris, usual midweek ride, and am really happy with it.

Everything seems so much quicker and no problem with initial acceleration.

Will my other biked get used now… Cotic Soul & Turner Flux

That looks fantastic.
I reckon one of them would look great alongside my green BFe!

This is mine

Would be great if one of you can measure your front centres please, especially if they are a large/19″ frame, cheers

What’s a front centre?

Distance from the centre of the bottom bracket horizontally to the centre of the front axle, just wanted to compare to my current bike. Cotic mention how it has a long one a lot on their site but then dont give the figure now the wheelbase which would allow you to work it out from the chainstay figure

Mine is also awesome. I must take some pitchers. 🙂