New Cotic Rocket is a steel frame ebike with external battery

“It’d be interesting to know why their frame only offering is really just a fully custom build.”

They’ve said it’s to meet legal requirements for selling ebikes. Does anyone sell frame-only e-bikes?

I asked as Bird were intending to sell frame/motor etc only ebikes and Static currently do.

Riding my fatbike this morning, which has a full inner triangle frame bag, it got me thinking that if the Cotic maybe had a custom frame bag that hid the battery and allowed a small amount of zipped storage above, I’d be quite into that.

I don’t mind a bike with a frame bag and the lovely slender steel tubing would work well with a bag.

I’ve expertly mocked up a professional Photoshop rendering of it.

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I can’t stop imagining using this as a basis for a cotic pinion bike. Frame minus and e-gubbins, plus adapter to fit a pinion gearbox.

Intradrive’s motor-gearbox wouldn’t even need an adaptet, jus’ sayin’…

That Intra-drive looks good, even bolted to an Orange. But how much, £10k? I’d also need to budget a few belt tensioner spares.

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/intra-drives-combined-motor-and-gearbox-fits-bikes-designed-for-shimano-ep8.html

https://www.intra-drive.com/product_EMTB/