I'm sure there are 1 or 2 taking delivery of frames or complete builds today.
I've had my Solaris (mk1) for nearly 3 years now and it has had various tweaks to it's build and set up.
Thought I'd share a picture of the latest guise, with new tyres and after Upgrade Bikes lived up to their name and got my X Fusion forks working the best they ever have!
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Please share pics of your Cotic too!
Oh go on then.
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Probably taking it out for a spin in the sunshine this arvo.
😀
This turned up last week and is currently half built in the garage, awaiting a rear wheel which is at the LBS.
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As the weather has been so nice the other Cotic (Rocket26) went out for an evening ride down the local woods. At the bottom of the valley it was quite spooky...
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(terrible quality to be honest, really need a phone without sand in the sensor)
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Hmmm, much as I enjoy my Mk2 Soul i can feel a Solaris itch developing. Here's mine from last year, might just finish early and head off for a ride on what may be Scotland's summer.
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Best all round bike I've ever had.
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Currently mothballed for at least another 4 weeks (bloody elbow).
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My X on a recent trip down the Sandstone Way
Mine looking a bit sorry for itself yesterday 🙁
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Thats too laidback.
Love my Soul!
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No idea if this will work, as I usually can't post from Google photos, and Flickr seems to have changed on my phone!!
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Edit: Bugger....
Damn the yellow Solaris is good looking. Shame I couldn't find one...
Are drop bars allowed?
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Damn the yellow Solaris is good looking. Shame I couldn't find one...
Don't worry it's actually a Soul
My Solaris- Pikes, XT/SLX, Reverb, bit of Hope.
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Here's my Solaris Max enjoying the evening sun. Wonderful bike and lovely to ride the problem is I just don't like it! It's great ride and handles the trail so nicely. It's just every time I ride it, it feels like I'm riding a bike one size to small for me.
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Go on then...
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They're all old-ish pics. The BFe's hanging on the wall like a hunting trophy at the minute and the Flare has a dropper, black forks and 26+ wheels/tyres.
We had a mooch over to watch a local cricket match last night (Soul) and today we had a brill ride out (Flare) in the sunshine 😀 I'll be using the Soul to bool up to South Shields on Sunday for the food festival, maybe stopping at Latimer's in Whitburn on the way up for tea and kippers on toast, om nom nom...
Quite fancy a Rocket too, to complete the set like...
My third Soul and each one has been better than the one before:
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narrow bars,small wheels and 1 gear, absolute heaven 🙂
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I'm en route to heading out on my SolarisMAX for BAM#5.
Sorry, no pictures aTm as on the phone. Maybe tomorrow....
Besides, plenty of photos of my cotics on here, people must be bored....
Demoing
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Owning
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Last Friday ready for the South Lakes 100#
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Today at a very busy Gaddings Dam
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One from today then.. half way round the gap route on my 'retro' 26 rocket
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Their van went passed me as I left work this afternoon, surprised they let them back in to Nottingham after all this time...
Not new. Should get it on it more.
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An old photo but hope to be back on the pink ferry soon 8)
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Uff , Flickr failure , can someone edit my links ?
Uff , Flickr failure , can someone edit my links ?
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kayak23- did you demo a Flare as well as the Rocket? Much difference?
Cotics.. I've had a few
Mk1 - Solaris (actually the original ex-demo)
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Rocket 26
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Roadrat
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Soul 26
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FlareMax
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Only got the FlareMax now.
BFe's in the wild; at the top of the Nan Bield Pass a couple of weeks ago. Mines Green and the other belongs to a mate 8)
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Here's my Solaris Max enjoying the evening sun. Wonderful bike and lovely to ride the problem is I just don't like it! It's great ride and handles the trail so nicely. It's just every time I ride it, it feels like I'm riding a bike one size to small for me.
That's awful. You should give it to me in order to ease your pain. I've had a Bfe, Roadrat and Escapade and would love to own a Flare, Solaris or Soul one day (plus another Escapade for pootling duties).
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kayak23- did you demo a Flare as well as the Rocket? Much difference?
I didn't actually no. Go big or go home I thought... 😀
Kinda thinking I'd enjoy either.
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Since you asked...
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now with much shorter steerer, different bars/ stem/ tyres.
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Man I really want a solaris!
Need to get rid of the white brakes! Awesome bike though.
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I've literally just finished building my new flare with as much hope as I could afford! First ride on the South Downs tomorrow....
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