It will be just ‘A Bike’ I’m guessing.
And of course "just a bike" is also a marketing label.
😀
(Source: I work in marketing)
An, er, ‘flat bar gravel bike’ which takes 2.2″ tyres and a 100mm fork might be interesting to me. Especially if it’s steel.
In the meantime I shall carry on with my El Mar.
Didn't you just describe the El Mar?
That Cotic looks exactly like mine only mine's red. And I think the HA is a touch slacker.
@molgrips Might have done, yes 😛
Think the El Mar head tube is 71º vs 68-69º for the Cotic.
Edit: Cotic also has about 40mm shorter reach for the equivalent size, and I can't tell what the standover is, but otherwise there's not much in it
Pffft, it's just a Raleigh Bomber with a few more gears
Yeah that's a Cotic Cascade up there. Think quite a few people are running them with flat or alt bars, me included, so they're now showing it like that as well. I've got rigid carbon bars on mine rather than suss fork.
Mmm 🤔 wonder if my 05 Stumpy frame that’s sitting in the loft would take a 700 wheel? I’d be ‘bang on trend’ for the first time ever
I ran 29er wheels with 1.95 tyre in a 26" Ragley blue pig for a while! It worked alright.
Stick a carbon fork on it and that looks like a pretty good commuter bike to me. I find hybrids too upright and road bikes too low for charging about through traffic and hoping on and off bike paths
I’ve got rigid carbon bars on mine rather than suss fork
That should have said rigid carbon fork not bars.....
@13thfloormonk see the thread below for more details. No need for a shorter stem due to short toptube on a 2016 xc bike. They were about £60 on aliexpress
https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/surly-corner-bar-on-a-gravel-bike/#post-12760774
I quite like the look of that Boardman. Not sure if the Rudy fork is worthwhile though.
From the limited information it sounds livery similar to my flat bar Cascade. The Cascade geometry with a 100mm travel fork is very similar to my old XC bike but with better brakes, gears and suspension.
