thought so was thinking of buying a satmap with my birthday money it can't be as good as that ? 🙂

went out for my first SS ride yesterday and although it was very hard going I kind of like it 🙂 I would start of with smaller rides to begin with to let your legs get used to it and the singlespeed conversion was cheap, £15 for the spacer and 18t cog and £15 for the single speed chain so not bad really ….give it a go ! by the way my frame has sliding drop outs so that helps loads .

I dont think I have the legs for SS in Cwmcarn that's a very techy climb 🙂

sounds like fun then I'm fed up of spending out on new chains cassettes etc ……

would this mean that alloy freehub bodies are no good for single speeding …..?????

might be better will look at stell freehubs would they fit pro 2 hubs and can you buy them on CRC?

thanks guys its a deore cassttee should it be a xt then on alloy freehub bodies ?

I use an e13 XCX and it works fine , it came with some spacer washers which I used and that made a difference …love my 1×9 set up

Hi Dave

I used to own a cotic soul and was very pleased with it's performance 🙂 the back end really does have a spring in it and I found it comfy when I went to north wales . My build had a set of 140mm bolt thr forks and although this was good for downhills it did wonder slightly up hill ( not much ) so with 120mm forks this would be perfect 🙂 I'm 5ft 10 and the medium was fine for me but bare in mind these frames are ment to be compact and chuckable which is exactly what they are like trust me , if you have any doubts phone cy at cotic he is very pleased to help , hope this helps

Richie

I have owned a spicy 5160, different bike I know and to tell the truth it was very hard going apart from pointing it down! on singletrack I was overtaken by hardtails which was embrassing but you could say I had the wrong tool for the job ! dont believe the hype as they say 🙂 best bike I have ever owned was a titus motolite that was rapid everywhere .

thanks guys for your help I have managed to seal my tires after your tips and watching the notubes website video ….think I might treat myself to a compressor , how much are they ?

did'nt think about soapy water do you just soak the bead ??? seems like the bead of the tyre is not sitting to the edge of the rim , always in the centre of the rim ! thanks for tips

Richie

I had the same problem and was told the pads that come with the brakes are rubbish and don't last long so I changed them , also what made a massive change was puting goodridge hoses on them , in my experience it transformed the performance ….or might of been they just needed bleeding from the factory ? love them now nice feel to them 🙂

ok thanks guys for your input i'm a little clued up now …I will look at these websites and see which is best 🙂 maybe I should of bought a faster car in the first place 🙂

Richie

looks like a re-map it is then dont really like the sound of a box as it might give problems 🙁

sorry its a ford focus , I thought re-mapping was about £400 so was put off ! but £250 sounds good , have a website?

cheers for the feedback people …the sdg bel air was comfty but in a few months the seems at the sides were bursting , things don't seem to last anymore !

you are right about the look , Ti is beautiful !!!!! but very expensive a litespeed frame is £1700 ouch !!!! but there are cheaper ones out there , not sure if they are any good ?

I'm running 2.2 mountain kings at the moment might swap to slightly larger tyre ??????

me too !!! I have Magura thors 140mm bolt through , love the angle it gives you and for the hills I wind them down to 100mm ….awesome !!! what sort of size tyre are people running on souls these days ????

ok cheers guys for help will do some chnges here and there …might let the rear tyre down a bit think I have about 40psi in there at the moment

I owned a 08 carbon yeti 575 and found that it flexed so much that it gave up and snapped !!!! The carbon looked like a waver thin biscuit , also I found that it bobbed badly and I was been overtaken on the uphills by everyone even with propeal on !!!!! looked great but I think 575 of travel is way to much ? another classic example od media hype dont believe it , my titus motolite was better !!!

Thats what I thought been on my cotic soul for a week now and you feel more connected to the trail and you have to think more which makes my local trails more fun !!!

Thanks will look into it

Richie

It does say on the cotic website that the soul might be the last bike you will ever buy ? thats a bold statement lol

cheers guys cant wait to pick my cotic up and see was the steel feel brings

Richie

I think Geometry is very important dont get me wrong but I personally have comfort first as you could always get used to the geometry ?? thats my way of thinking everyone is different

I wanted a orange p7 pro with some upgrades but was told they are not making anymore more until july so I said bugger to that ….luckily they had a cotic soul frame in my lbs so going to build that up ….cant wait !!!!!!lol bored of full suss bikes …does anyone have the same feeling ???

sorry its a medium and has 160mm of travel …..forgot to mention this

Hi

sorry forgot to say that I have the talas 36 so could drop the fork down to 130mm …

cheers

Richie