Morning Folks,
A couple of weeks ago I finished my current build - A Cotic Soul 2010.
Seemingly not a very conventional build with 100mm stem & 115mm fork - but it works for me 😉
Apart from a few pootles around the block I had not had a chance to ride the bike properly......until Sunday 😈
Summer tyres fitted, quick once over then off.
I have ridden a load of hardtails over the years built from a range of materials. I have always had a penchant for steel even over Ti.
Well after 15 minutes of being out on the Soul I am well impressed. It was as though I was riding a short travel full sus in the rough and a carbon HT when climbing 😯 amazing stuff.
After an hour and a bit i had to stop as I had ridden harder in that hour than I had on any ride in the last few years.
[b]Credit where credit is due - Cotic seem to have gotten it spot on, well for me anyway![/b]
A big thank you must also go to the lads at [url= http://www.cycle-world.co.uk/ ][b]Cycle World[/b][/url] who put together an awesome package of parts for me - Cheers Chris & Joe 🙂
Looking forward more than ever to the next ride now.......
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Bike as she was prior to summer tyres and platform pedals being fitted.
Mark 🙂
Please ignore t'other thread 😳
many thanks mark....enjoy! its looks really good....
Is that high roller on the right way?
Hope the sledgehammer wasn`t required to make parts fit.......
Lovely bike.
What size is that front tyre? It looks enormous. Oh, nice looking bike by the way. Liking the orange.