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21/03/2025 - Radavist Alpenglow FlareMAX
The Radavist Alpenglow flaremax build
Just look at this! John over at The Radavist has built up his very own FlareMAX into a stunning bike.
After reviewing the bike last year for the popular USA based website, John was so keen on the bike that he wanted one for his own stable.
This C5 Amethyst frame is dripping in some beautiful silver components, and those BTCHN Bullmoose bars are something to behold.
If you love the look of this bike and fancy a bit of this action yourself, we have a couple of Amethyst FlareMAX frames in stock right now in C2 and C3 sizes.
As they are in the building, they currently have a whopping £500 off!
It is also a colour on our A La Carte menu, which means you can choose it not only on your FlareMAX, but also on your Jeht, RocketMAX, Solaris, EscapadeUK853 or Cascade.
You wouldn't be the first, check out these recent Solaris and EscapadeUK853 bikes both using Amethyst:
If you're interested in your very own FlareMAX, or any of our gravel or mountain bikes, don't hesitate to get in touch.
We are always excited to chat about bikes!
Cheers,
Sam.
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21/03/2025 - Opening Times
Opening times
Chesterfield Showroom and HQ bike demos
Our Chesterfield showroom is open:
Wednesday — Friday (10am — 4pm)
PLEASE NOTE: We are closed 10th and 11th April for staff training.
+ Saturday 5th April
+ Saturday 10th May
Find our showroom at:
Cotic Bikes
Unit 1B Broom Business Park
Bridge Way
Chesterfield
S41 9QG
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19/03/2025 - Photos from March 2025 Super Saturday
Photos from March Super saturday
Last weekend was our monthly Saturday open day at Cotic HQ.
It was a great day with busy Women of Steel and Cotic CC rides, some great demo rides and plenty of cake.
Here are some photos from the day.
The Cotic CC headed out for a gravel ride on a new route which Paul had scouted out, heading out of Chesterfield on a mix of towpath, quiet roads and gravel tracks eventually reaching the singletrack Adventure Trail at Silverhill Wood.
A nice route and lovely sociable group, thanks to all who came along.
We have a couple of ideas for the next one for another new route, keep your eyes peeled for news very soon.
There was a great group for the Women of Steel Social Ride too, who enjoyed a ride round our long demo route on a wide variety of bikes. Our Hannah is back from maternity leave now and loved getting back involved with riding, getting out on the Rocket eMTB prototype.
Our next Super Saturday is 5th April. If you like the sound of joining us on a Women of Steel or Cotic CC social ride, want to demo any of our bikes or visit our showroom to check out what we do, get the date in your diary and drop us an email to book your demo ride.
We're looking forward to it.
Cheers,
Sam.
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06/03/2025 - March Super Saturday
March Super Saturday
As you may know, we open our Chesterfield Showroom one Saturday a month, and the next one is coming soon.
Join us for demo rides, owners rides and more on Saturday 15th March.
You can demo any of our gravel or mountain bikes on a sociable group demo ride at 10am and 12pm.
Rides last around an hour on our 5.5 mile demo loop, and are accompanied by one of us to show you the way and chat about the bikes. You can book onto both if you want to try a couple of bikes or sizes.
Can't make the morning, or prefer to do your own thing? No problem. You can demo a bike from 13:30 at your own pace.
To book on, email demo@cotic.co.uk or call 07970 853531.
CC Gravel Ride.
We'll be running a social ride for Cotic owners, wheels rolling at 10:15 from the showroom. We're saying 'Gravel', but as with all off-road riding round here you won't be out place on a hardtail MTB.
Soul, Solaris, BFe or Cascade will be great. If you ride an Escapade, you'll need to have off-road tyres and your brave pants for a couple of places.
Exact route will be finalised next week. If you'd like to join, please drop us an email to let us know you're coming.
The pie van will be there from 13:00 for a post-ride refuel and we'll have plenty of tea and coffee available for free as well.
Women of Steel Ride and Kit Swap.
There will be a Women of Steel Social Ride, which is gravel and MTB friendly and a chilled pace. Ride will be a variation of our long demo loop, so around 12 miles.
As with all Women of Steel rides the focus is on fun, making new friends and a relaxed vibe. The ride is free, and is wheels rolling at 11:00.
Let us know if you'd like to join.
We are also running a kit swap! If you have some riding gear you no longer need or use, bring it along and swap it for something you will!
Kit must be clean and in good condition, anything left will be donated to Dean Trail Volunteers, who sell used riding gear to raise money for trail building and maintenance in the Forest of Dean. An area we often run demo days.
Kit swap is open all day, from 9:30.
Just fancy dropping in for a brew and a browse? The showroom will be open from 9:30 - 16:00 with our full range of bikes to check out.
Hopefully we'll see you there.
Cheers,
Sam.
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04/03/2025 - New BFe Frames In Stock
New BFe in stock now
Great news, the BFe frames have arrived!
The brand new BFe is our hardcore hardtail, incredibly capable and packed with heritage.
All sizes are now in stock.
The latest in a long line of genre defining steel hardtails, the BFe features our new Double Decker Dropout, making it possible to run the bike either as a full 29er or a dedicated 'mullet' with the 27.5 rear wheel.
130-160mm forks, big tyre clearance and geometry that's ready for anything.
The BFe is a bike you can ride all day, on all trails.
Sizes C1 to C5 are all in stock now, in both Gunmetal and WhiteCMYK colourways.
Frame only is just £699 / $889 / €845.
Complete bikes start from £2099 / $2669 / €2537.*
*USD and EUR prices correct as of 4th March 2025.
As with all Cotic bikes, each BFe is built to order. You can customise the build to almost any spec, click the link below to create yours:
Frames are ready to ship, so you could have your new BFe in time for Spring.
We're looking forward to hearing from you.
Cheers,
Sam.
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Want a lighter, faster hardtail? Check out Solaris…
26/02/2025 - Abby Africa Part One
Abby in africa - part one.
Dust Devils and Ubuntu: Grit and Connection on Two Wheels Through Africa.
One year on from her epic African bikepacking mission, Cotic Brand Ambassador Abby Popplestone is reflecting on her incredible trip in a series of articles. Grab yourself a brew and get stuck into part one. Over to Abby...
The ancient Namibian desert stretched before me, a panorama etched as far as my eyes could see in rich shades of ochre and burnt orange. It’s a scene so breathtakingly vast I held my breath in awe.
It was my first day under the searing 45C heat and neither my mind nor my body were prepared. The ferocious headwind slammed into me, and the corrugations of deep sand determined to buckaroo me off my bike meant progress was glacial.
And I was running out of water.
I reached for my water bladder and took a tentative draw, resisting the urge to gulp whatever liquid remained. No matter, really, because when your water is the temperature of a perfect cup of tea, no amount quenches your thirst.
Glancing at my wahoo I realised I had another 50km to the next water supply, and at the rate I was pedalling it would be hours before I’d reach it. The horizon, a distant promise, shimmered with heat, and my water bladder was almost empty - there was no way I’d make it.
Trying not to panic (and risk sweating more liquid), I pedalled forward concentrating on keeping my breaths calm and heart rate down.
And I prayed.
Soon, I heard the rumbling of tyres speeding behind me. I pulled my buff around my face and braced for a dust attack when the noise subsided. I looked over my shoulder to see the coolest army green van pull up alongside me, the driver leaned out the window and casually asked ‘hey, you want some ice cold water’?
SORRY?!
Was this a dream? A mirage? Or had I actually died?!
Like an angel appearing on dry ice, he pulled a 5l bottle of ice cold water from the fridge, its packaging dripping delicious condensation.
These guys were a father and son team who were overlanding across Namibia. Once I realised they were real and I wasn’t hallucinating, I fumbled my bladder out of my bag as fast as I could, eagerly awaiting the icy liquid. He sloshed the water inside my bag and once it was full to the brim I took a deep gulp which burned my throat. I wanted to resist drinking the whole thing but nothing could stop me - I necked it. He laughed and offered me more. Not wanting to deprive them of their water and my British politeness finally kicking in, I declined, but they insisted and showed me another 30L of water and assured me they’d get more in an hour. This sweet angel filled all my bottles and I was ready to crack on again. With renewed energy and hydration I found extra power in my legs that afternoon, I finally made it to my destination just as the sun was setting.
WHY?
Why did I choose to cycle almost 4,000kms across Africa? A great question.
In lockdown 2020 I read Desert Storm by Helen Lloyd which details her solo ride through the west coast of Africa. The story is incredible (it’s a must read!), I found myself reading it open mouthed whilst a fire lit up inside me. I wanted to cycle across Africa! Yet, I immediately felt hesitation, like it was too big and scary a place to consider travelling to which was strange because i’ve travelled all over the world by myself, why did I feel resistance about travelling to Africa?
These thoughts occurred during the height of the Black Lives Matter movement, so I decided to interrogate why I felt this way. What was it about Africa or, rather, what I thought I knew about Africa that made me react in this way?
As I mulled it over I realised the only reason I was so anxious about visiting this continent was because of all the stories I’d absorbed from Western media. I figured if Helen could cycle the West coast and have an incredible time, then maybe I could, too?
Looking at the map I realised how big Africa was - surely there’d be a safe route? I began researching stories of others who’d made a similar journey and it turns out there’s quite a few! I wanted to make my own mind up about Africa, so decided that one day, I’d make the journey.
Fast forward a couple of years and a woman I’d met at Sisters in the Wild (a phenomenal female/enby cycling space) said she wanted to ride across Africa but didn’t want to go alone, and asked if I’d join her. It was an opportunity too good to pass up.
Rolling out.
Landing in Cape Town both of us were nervous. We had all the gear, but did we have any idea? Kind of. Not really. This was by far the biggest trip we’d ever done and I wasn’t sure if it was too much. A friend of mine compares our comfort zones to being like an elastic band, she told me the perfect level of adventure is one that expands your elastic band to its very limit, but doesn’t snap it. If you snap it, you’ll probably be too terrified to begin. I felt like my elastic band was stretched to the max and could possibly snap at any second. I was at my adventure limit.
The first few days were spent assessing our gear, tweaking our set up and deciding on a route out of the city. Whilst I questioned how ‘dangerous’ the west paints Africa as being, I was nervous about riding out of Cape Town. It’s no secret that the city suffers from high crime rates and it felt exposing being on bikes with expensive gear. My riding partner had the genius idea of reaching out to local women in the cycling community to see if they would have any tips, or if they wanted to ride out with us. Luckily, some of them said yes!
Finally, we were ready to roll.
We met 3 women at the iconic yellow frame at the V&A waterfront before beginning our ride out of the city. It felt incredible to ride out as a girl squad and really set the tone for the adventure. Once we were safely out of the city we said goodbye to our new pals and suddenly, we were alone with nothing but the big open road in front of us.
This was it.
We were doing it.
Little did I know how much the journey ahead would test my limits, but also reward me with moments of profound beauty and connection.
Abby rides a CASCADE, our genre defying adventure bike which you can build either as a drop bar or flat bar machine, starting at just £1849.
We have a handful of XS and XL frames in stock, and a fresh batch in all sizes is coming in the spring.
If Abby's ride has inspired you, get in touch to chat about pre-ordering yours.
Look out for more instalments from Abby soon.
Cascade…
Solaris…
18/02/2025 - Our next Super Saturdays
Next Super Saturdays
After another lovely day of bike chat this Saturday, here's the next few Super Saturdays we have planned... Saturday 15th March and Saturday 5th April.
Put the dates in your diary. Come and see us if you can't make it over Wednesday - Friday.
Book your demo…
Browse our hardtails…
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Browse our gravel bikes…
Get ready for our electric bike…
12/02/2025 - The First Super Saturday of 2025
February Super Saturday
This Saturday 15th February is our first Super Saturday of 2025.
We're throwing our showroom doors open for our monthly weekend open day, join us to demo a bike and much more.
You can demo any of our gravel or mountain bikes on a sociable group demo ride at 10am and 12pm.
Rides last around an hour on our 5.5 mile demo loop, and are accompanied by one of us to show you the way and chat about the bikes.
Can't make the morning, or prefer to do your own thing? No problem. You can demo a bike from 13:30 at your own pace.
To book on, email demo@cotic.co.uk or call 07970 853531.
The pie van will be there from 13:00 for a refuel and we'll have plenty of tea and coffee available for free as well.
You could test ride the brand new BFe!
Just fancy dropping in for a brew and a browse? The showroom will be open from 9:30 - 16:00 with our full range of bikes to check out.
Hopefully we'll see you there.
Cheers,
Sam.
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