Finally – My green Cotic Solaris is rolling! :)

Collected from my LBS today.

Big up Cycleworld, Arbroath, Scotland! Cheers to Chris and Joe 🙂

Took the bike for a rip along the cycle path tonight and it feels ace! – Just perfect and like i’ve been riding it for years.

Went for an XL ( im 6′ 3″ with long legs! ) and it feels perfect, a L would have been a bit small.

Forks are only temporary, hence the long brake cable, so waiting til a get some nice bouncy ones to trim it.

Ooh, that looks ace! 🙂

Stylee.

Looks fast!

Very nice – never thought I’d say that about a 29er 🙂

Its nice but the Little Tykes Space-Ship stem cap is a bit flashy. Does it not get in the way ?

Like it a lot

Big up Cycle World indeed ; )

Looking good boggles, finally a proper bike for you to ride!
Maybe be able to keep up with me now, get it off road ASAP. I predict a Santa Cruz Nomad for sale very soon.

Maybe I’ll get a Solaris and sell my Soul.

Agree with the stem top cap comment tho, that will defo get in ur way, is it a mask or to stop mud?… Actually.. I know what it is, it is a dust catcher as you will still be eating mine! Whooooosh!

Looks ace.

Very nice indeed!!!!!!!!!

Looks good Alan, mines got the same colour scheme apart from white rims and white RS SID forks, should be building it up on Saturday.

Lurvely! SB8’s look SO right on that..Good work 8)

Nice build, you won’t be disappointed. Rode mine for the first time on Tuesday and it was sweeeeet.

Let me know how it rides with rigid forks as I may head that way over winter.

Alan, where did you buy your Pauls Chain keeper?

no worries alan… looks mint! like the build…ive nicked a few of you photos for the facebook page

Nice bike offset by distint lack of plants in garden so I’m afraid 6/10 😉

If he uses those SB8’s does he not realise that Noah will be rebuilding his ark again…SB8 = Rain

Thanks to all for positive replies.

quentinfarquar – Got the Pauls chain keeper from Jenson USA.

It cost me £46.99, then had to pay £6.09 VAT and £8 Royal Mail International handling fee.

Not cheap, but nicely made and managed to set it up running 1 x 10 with no rubbing 🙂

Cheers 🙂

Alan, it seems you can buy them from bricklane cycles…. I’m not sure if I should do 1×10 or 2×10…

Very very nice i want one need to speak nice to the wife, 😆

I’m not sure if I should do 1×10 or 2×10

Depends on what riding you will be doing on it mate?

I’ve been running 1 x 9 on my SC Nomad for years now and get up most climbs.

On the Cotic:

I opted for 1 x 10 because overall look is much neater.

Im running a 11-36 cassette with a 34T chainring, this should get me up trail centre climbs (will need to wait til a week Saturday to find out! )

Already tried on cycle paths around my local area and get plenty speed! – So for me an excellent range of gears 🙂

Looks lovely. I reckon you should leave shifters and the other brake off – they will only spoil the clean lines.

If it were mine, I’d de-sticker the rims, too – they’re a bit shouty for me.
Also, incredibly sad, I know but what a tidy chainstay protector. Nice.

Very nice the hints of red set it off beautifully.

looks great

Lovely, but loose the rim stickers.

Here for Paul’s chain devices without the import duty 🙂

Meant to say that looks lovely, very lovely.

Nice, I have been trying the solaris rigid too and it works really well, surprisingly capable at speed.

what forks are those?

On One carbon 470mm

Hmm green frame with red bits…….got me thinking now

Lovely, but loose the rim stickers.

This kind of comment really gets my goat, the blokes bike is ace, don’t tell him how it should look, ****!

Love the green one!

very nice, maybe a lil to much red for my liking mind!

post pics of it in action

This kind of comment really gets my goat, the blokes bike is ace, don’t tell him how it should look, ****!

Are you new here?

Mmm, decisions, decisions…………

Due to unforeseen circumstances, im on the market for suspension forks for the Solaris now, so the carbon rigid’s may only be on another month or so 🙂 Want 120mm travel, tapered steerer and 15 / 20mm bolt thru

Any advise?

I was all set to get white forks, but can’t decide now between white and black 🙁

Please advise STW’s 🙂

Got to be white mate, oh and it’s “advice” boggles. Sorry to be a pain, that on annoys me though. Not as much as the “I brought it new.. No you BOUGHT it new”

Anyway I’m going off on a tangent now. Get white forks dude, you know it makes sense and white forks are faster… FACT!

Fox float 34s internally lowered to 120mm,

Excellent forks, light enough, stiff and lovely action.

White it is then great mate 😉

Fox float 34s internally lowered to 120mm

Does doing this keep the axle to crown length the same?

If it does and only limits travel by 20mm, i think the front end would be too high…………..

The Solaris is actually designed around a 100mm fork.

No it drops the fork height. Currently running my 34s at 100mm.

This is my Solaris with white forks, only 100mm though. I nearly went for Marzocchi forks though that can be set at 100/120/140mm

That looks good Frankers, defo got to be white now mate. Looking forward to seeing the bike in the metal boyo.