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Please could you post Pics and specs of builds
do a forum search Dave. There's been loads of threads with these.
Try [url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-green-cotic-solarisssssss ]this![/url]
Thanks
Found just what i needed
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/simple-or-solaris-for-a-single-speed-build
Quite simply, the perfect mtb........
IMO 🙂
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Frame: Cotic Solaris XL
Fork: 2013 Rockshox Revelation RCT3
Wheels: Hope Hoops on Stans Flows
Tyres: Continental Mountain King 2 Protection
Chainset: 2012 Shimano XT / 34T Race Face ring
Seatpost: Rockshox Reverb
Saddle: Charge Spoon
BB: Hope
Headset: Hope
Seatclamp: Hope
Brakes: 2012 Shimano XT / Ice-Tech rotors / finned pads
Mech / Shifter: 1 x 10 speed Sram XO
Cassette: Sram 1070 11-36
Chain: Sram 1090
Chain device: Paul's chain keeper
Stem: Thomson
Bars: Easton Haven carbon
Pedals: Nukeproof Neutron Alu-Ti flats
Grips: ESI silicon chunky
sh!t - that looks nice.
damn this site. now I want to 'upgrade' my Soul..
cheap this will not be.
Quite simply, the perfect mtb........
It would be pretty close to perfect if it had better tyre clearance
It would be pretty close to perfect if it had better tyre clearance
What size tyres would you want to run on it?
My tyres are 2.2" - wouldn't want to go wider............
Well, you could just fit smaller wheels 🙂
Dave, hope my earlier response didn't come across as being rude, it wasn't supposed to. I was just trying to steer you in the right direction. I don't have any pics but my Solaris build;
Orange medium frame,
Fox f29 100mm
Stans Arch on Chris king hubs
Sram x7 and x9 drivetrain
2013 slx double chainset
Hope tech x2 brakes
hope headset
hope eternity seatpost
fizik gobi saddle
easton low rise bars
maxxis beaver tyres
What size tyres would you want to run on it?
Was running 2.35 nics front and back then changed to a 2.25 on the back. Want to change back to the .35 ASAP. Different strokes mate 😉
Sorry forgot build details:
Medium Blue frame
Reba 100mm maxle
710mm niner bars
70mm stem
DtSwiss 470 rims on hope pro II
XT cranks with hope 32 front ring
XT 10spd cassette
Zee clutch mech
SLX M666 brakes/xT icetech rotors
Specialized henge
van nic Ti post which is being changed to reverb as it broke.
Wowsers! - Just added up my build - comes to £3200 ish.........
blimey adp how tall are you?
6' 3" 🙂
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/8133348@N03/7502715370/ ]Untitled[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/8133348@N03/ ]oxym0r0n[/url], on Flickr[/img]
Don't get one - they're rubbish 😉
Medium frame
Fox F29 tapered qr15 2012/2011
Thomson stem/post
Charge Knife
Thomson clamp
King tapered headset
ProII evo on crest with RR/NN stans tubeless
v old 9 speed XT shifter, XT shadow mech & casette
RF turbine + BB, XY pedals
E13 ring & seatube guide, SRAM chain
Magura marta SL 2006 calipers, 2009 levers with ti bolts
NSB 160-180 fork adapter
Goodridge gear cables/XTR ferrules
Oury grips
Niner alloy bar...
think that covers it!
Wowsers! - Just added up my build - comes to £3200 ish.........
Don't want to tally mine up, I might give myself a bit of a shock!
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/77564901@N06/8035089901/ ]Finished (and post ride)[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/77564901@N06/ ]Metalheart-UK[/url], on Flickr
Medium frame
Reba RL (I think!)
XT (3x)10 speed gears and transmission
Hope M4 braided & floating rotors
Hope headset
Hope Pro2's with Arch EX rims & Ardents 2.25's (tubeless)
Sunline V1 stem and 762 flat bars
Easton EA50 seat pin and Cotic saddle
DX pedals
ODI lock on grips
More photos if you follow the link(s).....
A Single speed one -
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pete68 no worries think my mind is made up,
Now do i buy a simple frame as currently running SS or solaris with tensioner.
Think the later has more options added to the fact that the blue is to die for.
I bought a Solaris for the same reason - I can gear it if I want.
Scienceofficer - What tensioner are you using
Rohlofff.
XL frame
Stans flow on hope pro 2 with Conti rubber Queens
Rockshox Revelation
Rockshox reverb
1x10 xt gears (no clutch on mech)
so.. Pauls chain device
Bars, brakes and saddle from old bike
Brakes are hope v2 and i find im needing them due to my girth and the larger wheels.
I chuffing love this bike..
They are still the only 29" I've seen that doesn't look ridiculous (admittedly not seen one yet in the flesh).
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Shocks Reba RL
Drive train is all Shimano SLX
Hope bottom bracket
Hope hubs/Mavic 317 rims
Nukeproof headset
Hope x2 brakes
Sunnline V1 bars (quite wide)
Hope eternity seat post/Charge
Some other hope bits and pieces
on-one skinny thinnie pedals
ESI silicon chunky grips
Ohh I do like my Solaris.
why arent they made out of 853?
...and what [i]common[/i] ferrous are they forged?
Thought i could ignore this thread, but now I'm thinking i should sell the soul and start a new build. Will probably spend weeks agonising over the cotic website. Nice looking bikes, is there an obvious difference in the ride between the soul and solaris?
From the Cotic website:
Large diameter, thinwall air hardening True Temper OX Platinum steel tubing with Reynolds 853 Ovalform top tube combines with ultra compact frame layout for a supple yet precise ride feel.
Just finished this yesterday 😀
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Hope Hoops/Stans Crests
Rockshox Revs shortened to 120mm travel
Hope headset
Shimano XT 2 by 10 tranny/Shadow + rear mech
XTR Shifters
Hope Tech M4's 160/203 rotors
Thomson seat post / stem
DMR Vault pedals
SDG Belair couch
Easton EA 70 bars
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdymond/7901091190/ ]Lake District Solaris[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/jdymond/ ]James Dymond[/url], on Flickr
XTR 1x9
XT brakes with KCNC rotors
Rebas
Stans ZTR Crest wheelset
Maxxis Ikons
KCNC stem
USE Atom flat bars
~23lb
ACE 🙂
Is there an obvious difference in the ride between the soul and solaris?
It sits 1 1/2" higher off the ground 🙂
Davesport - are your forks running 120?
Looks almost as good as mine 😉
I wish you lot would stop posting these Solaris pics! My trigger finger is getting itchy but I've got to sell at least one bike first or the missus will kill me!!
JamesD - Old school 'Cotic' decal?
Nah, Cotic-AQR team decals 🙂
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdymond/7163701388/ ]Solaris[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/jdymond/ ]James Dymond[/url], on Flickr
Ooooh! 🙂
Can anyone recommend or suggest a set of tyres for my new Solaris + Reba 120mm? I've bought some Hans Dampf 2.35s but they're too big. Rims are Flow Ex.
I want some big robust tyres that I can run tubeless without any bother.
Done all the usual internet research but as always there are people who love those who hate just about every tyre out there so it's quite confusing.
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Large 19"
RS Sid Forks
XT Grouset and brakes
ZTR Arch EX with King Hubs
Niner Carbon bars
SDG carbon post + Bel Air saddle
Alan, yup, forks reduced to 120 travel. I've not ridden it yet 🙁 So no idea what they feel like other than having had a quick pogo on them in the workshop.
My Orange Solaris
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Spec:
Large frame with hope headset and seat clamp
Fox F29 Fit RLT 15mm
Stans arch ex rims on superstar components Tesla hubs
Hope M4 brakes
1x9 xt/xtr setup and ethirteen 34T chain ring
(1x10 Sram xo with Shimano Zee cranks and Roter Q-ring 34t chain ring coming after the winter)
Kore OCD bars
Nukeproof seatpost
Specialized Phenom saddle
Some lovely bikes on here. Nice to be reminded of the orange ones too. [Massively obvious comment alert] I love that colour.
In answer to the tyres question - For dryish riding, I love Maxxis IKONs, especially the EXO 3C ones. Right now my Solaris is wearing Bontrager XR Muds which are ace winter tyres. Really want to try the 2.2 Conti Mountain King 2 now they're available in 29".
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/60453579@N07/8243575001/ ]Solaris[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/60453579@N07/ ]verrimedia[/url], on Flickr
On the way into work this morning. It's a bit claggy on the SDW at the moment.
XL Solaris
Exotic carbon Rigids
Hope hoops (Crest)
Conti Mountain kings
Niner flatbar
XT brakes
X9 gears
XT chainset
Spoon
Hope, Thomson
Just great fun.
Lex
Arg, they all look brilliant. 6foot-ers, what size are you all riding? Medium Soul was too small for me, but from riding a mate's medium Specialised Carve, I think a medium Solaris may do the trick...
I am 5 11.5 and agonised over size. Went for a mwdium in the end ^ with 80mm stem and 710 bars. Feels very chuckable and not too short but I could prob ride a large quite comfortably with a shorter stem. It was tricky to decide as I am used to a 19 seat tube but somehow you need to downsize frame a bit with a 29er provided you've got the reach.