We can hardly believe it, but we are going to an actual event this weekend! In the flesh! One of our absolute favourites which has been absent from the calendar since 2018, we are going to Ard Rock Enduro Festival!

Rained off (which is a bit of an understatement) in 2019 and obviously it couldn't happen last year, so it's been a long time since we rode and partied in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales, and we are very excited to be heading back. It will look a little different this year, with a bit more space and a more chilled vibe on the menu, but it will be great to be involved with a bike event in the wild again.

Sam, Paul and Rich and heading up and we'll have a stand open from 9am Friday, Saturday and Sunday (unless we manage to sneak entries for ourselves to the intro race Sunday morning!). We are showing off some stunning display bikes and well loved staff bikes, and are very much looking forward to chatting to you all, catching up with familiar faces and making new friends. Please do swing by our stand and say hi, check out our bikes and hang out. As usual, the stand will be open into the night so come join us for a beverage.

Perhaps the most exciting part of all, we'll be going for the first Cotic CC group ride in 18 months! If you'll be at Ard Rock with your Cotic, please join us for a social spin at 6:30pm on Saturday from the Cotic stand. Most likely a lap of the demo loop, the pace will be full social.

Probably around an hour/90mins and we are aiming for chats, beers, wheelies and skids. We can't stress enough how much we are looking forward to this. If you're racing on the Saturday, bring extra jelly babies so you can join us! We are aiming to start pedalling at 6:30pm, so please to be at the stand a little before then.

We won't have any demo bikes this year I'm afraid, any Covid concerns aside, we simply don't have enough parts to build any up. We will have some very pretty droplink bikes for you to ogle, including something very special, drop by our stand to check it out. If you've been hankering over pretty photos of our bikes for the last few months, this is a great opportunity to see them up close and personal.

We have a full squad of Cotic shredders getting stuck in between the tapes; Dave Camus, Chay Granby, Kelly-Jayne Collinge and Mel Fife will all be flying the Cotic flag at full speed. Be sure to give them a good cheer if you are watching trackside.

Best of luck if you're racing, hopefully we'll see you there.