New Cotic – the Jeht

Very happy with my flare max gen 2 but if this had been available at the time I think i would of gone for it . I assume this means no more flare max132 , speaking of which has anyone modified their flare max to the 132 version ? any different ?

Me.
Running 132 rear and 140 front plus put a -2 headset in.
Brilliant. Safe & stable, perfect for my limited skillset on the steep Valley trails.
The only advantage I could see with the Jeht is that I could get a 200 dropper in rather than just the 170.

And yes, I have a bottle cage on mine but just a small 330ml one, and the rest of the time I use a bag.

I like it but I’d happily wait for the Taiwanese one. Sometimes I’ll pay to support UK manufacturing but sometimes I just can’t.

If you’re buying a bike, it’s less than 10% more.

@lawman91 you’re not but the newer graphics have grown on me since they originally started using them. Still much prefer the old wrap though.

Hate the name but, if I was buying a bike today that’d be in the running. Nice to see more seatpost insertion, that’s (imo) something that all long travel bikes should be doing- if you can’t fit a proper long dropper in a 2020 bike it’s not fit for purpose.

Entirely Taiwan made? (except the launch edition)

Entirely Taiwan made? (except the launch edition)

Taiwan built frames? Yes. Welded and painted in Taiwan. Bikes are put together in Calver though. And I presume the 853 tubes are still drawn in the UK? Not sure many things are “entirely” made in any one country these days.

Launch edition has swingarms welded in Taiwan, front-ends welded in Scotland, hardware made in England, painted in Scotland, frame put together in Calver.

https://www.cotic.co.uk/product/jeht#origin

Oh dear. Still loving my MK1 Soul but can’t help thinking that looks the perfect FS if I wanted to get one….

Was holding out for Orange to release a new stage five. But this looks interesting and ticks a lot of boxes.

Any news on a new five from orange?

I thought the Stage Five was pretty contemporary, and just the 27in Five was due an update.

However neither are on the site at the mo. Wonder if they are gonna merge them as a single 29er model?

On a similar note, is this the first Cotic 29er not to be appended with MAX? Sign of things to come?

Running 132 rear and 140 front plus put a -2 headset in.
Brilliant. Safe & stable, perfect for my limited skillset on the steep Valley trails.

good to know , I’m a regular visitor to the valley  and am getting withdrawal symptoms at the moment . Think I will go for it when I get the suspension serviced .

Was holding out for Orange to release a new stage five. But this looks interesting and ticks a lot of boxes.

Any news on a new five from orange?

Lad on retrobike that has a Orange selling bike shop reckons there are no plans for a 2021 5 or Stage 5. Glad I got my S5 earlier this year!

Don’t care for the Jeht name, sounds daft but it’s better than just calling everything MAX! Would like a go on one though.

kelvin
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Taiwan built frames? Yes. Welded and painted in Taiwan. Bikes are put together in Calver though. And I presume the 853 tubes are still drawn in the UK? Not sure many things are “entirely” made in any one country these days.

Wasn’t having a poke, just it’s a bit of a change from the Five Lands frames/half frames.

Wasn’t having a poke, just it’s a bit of a change from the Five Lands frames/half frames.

I didn’t think you were poking! I think the confusion is because it might look like as if in future everything is coming via FiveLand… it isn’t… it was always the case that “fully Taiwan” frames would keep coming, including this new model. What’s different for this one, is that the main production batch is “fully Taiwan”, but there are also some “uk front end and painted” frames being built… whereas the other models are one or t’other.

Heart was set on a Flaremax to replace the trusty Five 29 but I’m loving that TBH

Perfect time to introduce the first electric Cotic, the E-Jeht 😀

Gone all quiet on the Jeht front…

Have they shipped/made it into the wild yet? All the UK frames sold out on the website for a couple days.

And I’ll just leave this here…

I think you will find The jehT is for boys and girls