This is the new fifth incarnation – hence Gen 5 – of Cotic’s 29er short-travel ripper the FlareMAX. Besides looking very pretty in the bluebells, what is it all about?..
29in wheels at both ends as standard, though as with most of Cotic’s latest full suspension bikes, you can run in mixed wheel mullet if you want to. The Downcountry-tstic amount of 125mm travel at the back is delivered via Cotic’s long-established Droplink system. Fork-wise, you can run up to a 140mm travel fork up front. Or you can go all the way down to 120mm. Or you can split the difference and run a 130mm travel fork, like the one featured here.
