Also had great customer service from Hunt last week when I changed my mind about the wheels I ordered and they’d sent me. After a chat on their online chat they sorted me out and a day or so later rang me to let me know they were sending my new wheels out. All around new year as well.

Ta @cy. I ordered a set of Maxxis WT tyres for my 30mm 29 wheels last night. I placed an order last week for an XL in red dwarf after seeing some great photos of a bike in that colour (not sure if solarismax) made up on Cotic’s flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/coticltd/46867722484/in/photostream

I was so close to pulling the trigger on a Mercury with some orange or pink hope bits, but those photos swung it in the end!

Sorry to say I also went 130mm travel but I figured I could reduce it down the line.

I stopped counting at 15 dings on it.

I’ve got a set of Hunt trail wides on the way to me tomorrow 🙈

Thanks for the advice @cy. I’d also be interested to hear what 120 travel would be like with 27.5+, although I’ll be on 29s to begin with.

Glad I found this thread! I’m 189cm and thinking of pulling the trigger on an XL SolarisMax. I’ve got some Hunt trail wide wheels on the way and will be using groupset and brakes from my old Boardman hardtail.

I’ve spent the past few days trying to find a new rockshox fork, but it’s been an absolute minefield trying to find one that’s in stock, right spec and I can afford. So I think I’m going to go with the Xfusion Mcqueens rough cuts direct from Cotic since people seem to rate them quite well.

Used to be massively into road biking but running is my main thing nowadays but I still commute by road bike and ride on an indoor trainer pretty regularly, so the MTB will be purely for fun escapes to local trail centres (Cannock and Pines) and day/weekend trips to the Peaks and beyond.

Coming from 120mm Rebas, I’m thinking of going 130mm on the Mcqueens since the Rebas always felt a bit sketchy going downwards, but I mostly enjoy going upwards – does 130mm seem like a good compromise?

Then I need to choose the bloody colour – loving mercury atm.