[Closed] Friday is Cotic day...

Martin hutch, that has to be the soul I saw on Monday on back of car at whinlatter, as I was putting mine back on my car!

It is!

She got a lap of the blue in with me before I was sent to the garage to sort out the gears I clearly hadn't sorted out properly before...

Finally got my B-plus wheels up and running on my Solaris. Relieved to find it's really good, as it's been a lot of hassle and expense...
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I'm thinking of a set of b+ wheels for my sloaris, does anyone know if X-Fusion Trace 29er forks can take b+ wheels/tyres?

Wouldn't have thought so. I had Trace's on my Pyga and with a 2.35 tyre on a decent sized rim, there wasn't a heap of room if I remember right. I have the MqQueen on man Solaris Max and obviously that's fine. Not that helpful tho!

Can you find a tyre/wheel to try?

Prefer - by miles - the chubby's than the 29s. That'll change when it gets soggy tho.

Martinhutch that powdercoat looks great- where was it done?

Any owners with the McQueen forks - what size of 29" tyre will fit?

New (to me) bike day!
Need to fettle the seatpost a bit and figure out how to remove the rear wheel (not had 142/12 before).
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Martinhutch that powdercoat looks great- where was it done?

Triple S in Bingley, West Yorks.

Like I say, definitely not the cheapest option, at least not in that particular colour.

Any owners with the McQueen forks - what size of 29" tyre will fit?

And here's my SolarisMax being ridden on our local trails

I'd like to apologise in advance for:

1) dodgy music choice
2) Pointless iMovie effects
3) Random lighting (it was getting very dark and I had to tweak it in the edit)
4) the cables being in the way. Although you can see the chubby tyre!

It was only my second attempt with my new Garmin Virb. Which BTW is blooming fantastic. Even with you-tube rate butchery and low light, I reckon that looks okay for an un-stabilised image off a bar mounted cam. It is 100 FPS tho.

Thanks Alex that's useful to know. I am thinking of one of them forks, but dithering between a Solaris Max and a Genesis Tarn frame.

Not ridden the Tarn and it looks a nice frame. I'd recommend the Solaris Max tho. I had the original Solaris and though it was a fun bike, this version is significantly more fun again. I've been chucking it off all sorts with a 120mm fork and 12 PSI in the tyres and it's been absolutely fine. The grip (in the dry) is bonkers. Really involving to ride as well in a way my Trek Stache isn't.

I lent it to a mate who had only ridden FS for years. His current bike is a Capra. He absolutely loved it - after some initial concerns abut lack of tyre pressure etc - and was flying on it. Main thing tho was he couldn't stop laughing after every descent.

That's why you should buy a Solaris. Hopefully cy will be along with my cheque later 😉

I'm thinking of a set of b+ wheels for my sloaris, does anyone know if X-Fusion Trace 29er forks can take b+ wheels/tyres?

Yep, running 2.8 nn in mine on the codeine

That's interesting. How much clearance is there? I know you can get a 2.8 in a non boost pike but was sure my x-fusion's were narrower than those. I stand corrected!

Some but not massive lol, be better with McQueen which I may change to in the future.

quick question for anyone who has run their solaris max in both 29'' and 27.5 set ups.
much difference? if any.
I want some new wider wheels for mine, was going to buy 29'' but I suppose having both options would be good.

I've run mine 27.5+ mostly. Tried it on 29s and didn't like it as much. But I'm used to plus tyres, it was horrible weather (hence running 29s with useful mud tyres), and the wheels are cheap and a bit lardy. It just didn't feel as nice/interesting/involving to ride.

I want to try it with the American Classic Boost wheels off my FlareMax sometime. THey'd definitely be better/lighter/more compliant but I reckon I'll still prefer it on the plus wheels.

Definitely noticeable difference. Which one you prefer tho is going to be a personal thing...

Cheers Jimplops.

Next question, what width rims??

quick question for anyone who has run their solaris max in both 29'' and 27.5 set ups.
much difference? if any.
I want some new wider wheels for mine, was going to buy 29'' but I suppose having both options would be good.

er... I will advise once I finally get out on the new 29er wheels.

I'll leave this for the moment as a teaser though...

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Next question, what width rims??

I agonised over this and went with 35mm, which I would recommend.

My fork is a Pike though.

Next question, what width rims??

For the SolarisMAX I went 35mm. Northwind did a whiney ( 😉 ) B+ is shit thread and Cy popped up saying that after exhastive testing 35mm was the best compromise for weight to tyre profile... plus I have scrapers on the Sherpa and they ain't light!

Next question, what width rims??

I'm running 29mm internal rims.

No pictures to hand, but imagine metalheart's Soul without the layback, with XT discs, and with Crossmax SLRs, and you'd have a near identical bike to mine, even down to the finishing kit! The F-series forks feel like they were made for it.

Funny how we can end up with near identical bikes when at the time they were only sold as frames!

As promised, it arrived and i've built it. I'll make no apologies for not lining my tyre logos up or for the stem spacers, i've not decided how high I want the bars yet. I've left my forks at 160mm to try em out but i'll prob drop em to 150mm next week
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Here you go, here's my BFe 27.5 having a rest in the forest.

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No new BFes yet then?

Right then, lets try this, Bfe, Medium with loads of stem spacers and no lawn (although my wall could do with a repaint)
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Urgh! I'm lusting after a new BFe, they've finally sorted the issues that were stopping me from upgrading my old blue one 😈

Just fitted a Brand-X 150mm dropper, if it's as smooth and reliable as the previous 120mm one then its another bargain. First ride last sunday was a riot, absolutely mental 🙂
Anyone fitted 26+ to theirs yet?

Ok it's not Friday and not a new bike but I started this thread so I will take the liberty of posting this:

Great to hear a bit of behind the company chat with Cy.

Normal Man - Member
Ok it's not Friday and not a new bike

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BFe/beefy-

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A couple from my recent travels/outtings... (new wheels, does that count? 🙂 )

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Metalheart what are the XFusion Mcqueens like? I'm thinking of getting some 🙂

Metalheart what are the XFusion Mcqueens like? I'm thinking of getting some

Not really the best person to ask as they're set up pretty firm and they don't really get a thrash due to them being fitted to the b/packing mule... However I think I'd go the extra for the HLR's (mine are the RL2's... I think!) if I was getting again.

IIRC I set them up based at the recommended pressure +5 as they'd be fully loaded. Think I might have backed them off a little after the first ride. After that I've not touched them...

Not had any problems or issues with them though. Work fine for my purposes (definitely like the 34mm stantions).

After much time and mega faffing, I have finally got round to building my Bfe, finished for about a month now.

Enjoying riding again: [url= https://postimg.org/image/1mneg5kfx7/ ][img] https://s1.postimg.org/5nzdujoja7/B51_C3494-2033-4_AAA-9_C06-5_F86_F9_BCF9_CD.jp g" target="_blank">https://postimg.org/image/1mneg5kfx7/ ][img] https://s1.postimg.org/5nzdujoja7/B51_C3494-2033-4_AAA-9_C06-5_F86_F9_BCF9_CD.jp g"/> [/img][/url]]Orange Bfe[/url]

@ gribble - really like that. I love orange bikes but somehow don't own one!! 😯

Solaris with me woofer this arvo...

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Normal Man - thanks, pleased with the colour. At least it looks ok, even if I am slow...

Here is a picture from earlier this week. Seemed like the right day to share it!! 😆

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Hey, I've done a review of my Solaris, in case anyone's interested...
http://unduro.co.uk/mtb/review-cotic-solaris/

🙂

Solaris being used for some bikepacking tomorrow. Took me ages to get my winter orientated tyres sorted tubeless but now good to go

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Had it a week or so but seeing as it's Friday.....

@ssboggy

Really nice bike.