Handbuilt in the UK. Ridden Everywhere

At Cotic, we build steel bikes with soul.

Our bikes are born from a passion to fuse the traditional craftsmanship and beauty of steel with modern thinking. This creates frames that feel alive, connect deeply with the rider, and stand the test of time.

Whether you’re rolling over gravel roads, threading through forest trails, or climbing mountains high and wild, a Cotic moves with you: Alive in your hands, tuned to the rhythm of the terrain, and in harmony with every twist, turn, and pulse of the journey.

If you’re after a bike that rides just right, stands apart, and rides beautifully, you’ve found it.

Since 2003, Cotic has been quietly leading steel bike design. Crafted not for trends, but for riders who value soul and substance.

From the beginning, we’ve blended time-honoured steel frame craftsmanship with thoughtful innovation. Our focus has always been simple: Build bikes that feel alive, that last, and that inspire connection.

Over two decades on, that vision remains. We continue to offer an alternative to mass-produced, fleeting fashions. Cotic's are built with care, with design that’s stood the test of time.

Every Cotic frame is handbuilt in small batches across trusted workshops in Scotland, Nottinghamshire, Portugal, Czechia, and Taiwan.

Each frame is then assembled and carefully tested by our team here in the UK, ensuring every bike meets our exacting standards.

We don’t build for volume or shortcuts. We build for care, detail, and a ride that feels truly personal, because it is.

Whether your journey takes you along gravel roads, through forest trails, or up to mountain summits, Cotic bikes are designed to feel intuitive and responsive.

We focus on geometry and materials that balance performance with comfort, so every ride is enjoyable and engaging.

Cotic is for riders who care about how their bike feels as much as where it takes them.

For nearly 20 years, riders around the world have chosen Cotic for its soul, quality, and quiet confidence.

We’re proud to be part of a community that values craftsmanship and authenticity over hype.

If you want a bike that’s more than just a machine, one that grows with you and rides beautifully for years to come, welcome to Cotic.

Cotic is an independent British bicycle company, founded in 2003. Rooted in decades of steel bike design, we combine traditional craftsmanship with modern innovation to build bikes with soul. Designed to ride beautifully, wherever your journey takes you.

Over 20 years ago, Cy Turner started Cotic to build his dream steel bike. One that blended the latest design thinking with the timeless beauty of handmade steel. That bike was the iconic Cotic Soul, and that passion still drives us today, as we create bikes that inspire riders around the world.

Our award-winning, handbuilt frames have been refined through decades of experience, using only the highest quality steel and materials.

We take pride not only in craftsmanship, but also in creating a truly personal experience. Every Cotic is tailored to how and where you ride, with care and attention at every step.

Whether you’re 5 miles away or 5,000, if you own a Cotic, you’re part of our family.

Handbuilt in the UK. Ridden Everywhere.

We build modern, innovative, handmade steel mountain and gravel bikes—each designed for exceptional handling and timeless style. These aren’t just bikes, they’re dream machines crafted by people who love to ride.

Find your Cotic

As a small, passionate company, we focus on building the bikes we believe in—and that we know many riders will love, too.

• Steel frames, handbuilt with care
• Designed and assembled in the UK
• Distinctive, beautiful bikes that stand out
• Independent and rider owned
• Over 20 years of continuous design and innovation
• Unmatched customer service

Every Cotic bike is assembled to order at our UK headquarters, where our team ensures each build meets our exacting standards.

Our frames are handmade in small batches across trusted workshops in Scotland, Nottinghamshire, Portugal, Czechia, and Taiwan—bringing together global craftsmanship with UK assembly and quality control.

We call it Your Bike Built For You: from a bare frame to a fully specced bike, we offer options to make your Cotic uniquely yours.

Yes, steel is the heart of Cotic. We choose steel because it has beautifully clean lines and a gorgeous, tactile ride quality, and is tough and long lasting.

Some parts of our frames use aluminium where it makes sense, but we no longer use titanium or carbon fibre, both for environmental reasons and to maintain our focus on longevity and soul.

Steel allows our bikes to flex naturally with the trail, enhancing grip and comfort. Whether it’s a gravel bike, hardtail, full suspension model or ebike, they all have that steel feel.

We use premium Reynolds 853 tubing and custom heat-treated chromoly, materials carefully selected to deliver strength, elegance, and that special feeling only steel can provide.

Choosing steel isn’t about being different, it’s about building the best bike possible, with character and soul that mass-produced alternatives can’t match.

We sell direct to riders worldwide from our UK HQ. This way, we maintain a close connection with every customer and ensure your Cotic is built exactly for you.

We don’t supply distributors or bike shops, so get in touch directly. We’re excited to help you build your perfect bike.

Buying a Cotic means joining a family of riders who care deeply about the experience.

Our customer service is honest, warm, and approachable. We’re always here to answer questions, offer advice, or help with setup and maintenance.

You can source spares directly from our website, and enjoy exclusive owners-only events and rides.

Cotic was founded and is still owned by Cy Turner. He is a lifelong cyclist, and degree qualified Mechanical Engineer.

We are a truly independent bike company, not a front for a big distributor or corporation. Proud to be rider owned and operated.

The name comes from an ironic, silly nickname given to our founder Cy Turner during his university days: Cy-Cotic, short for 'psychotic'.

It’s pronounced “Cot-ick”, not “Coat-ick.”

Cotic is based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, UK, on the edge of Sheffield’s steel city and the gritstone cycling paradise of the Peak District.

While our roots are local, our bikes are ridden all over the world.

Cotic makes bikes for all kinds of riders, from daily commuters to gravel grinders, trail riders, adventurers to enduro racers.

Explore our range online, and don’t hesitate to reach out by phone or email. We ride all our models and are excited to help you build the bike that’s right for you.

We love where we live and work, and we’re committed to giving back.

We collaborate with local groups like Ride Sheffield to improve trail access and conservation, and we pledge a minimum of 0.5% of our turnover annually to trail advocacy organisations worldwide.

Our values centre on respect, diversity, and inclusivity. We champion equal opportunity and welcome fresh perspectives.

We strive to reduce our environmental impact; recycling in our UK operations, using sustainably sourced packaging, and working to eliminate single-use plastics.

Steel remains our material of choice, not just for its ride quality, but because it’s a more sustainable way to build bikes.

Every day, we aim to be better.

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Cotic was founded, and is still owned, by Cy Turner. Cy is a degree qualified Chartered Mechanical Engineer with 20 years experience across the railway industry as well as in bicycle design. He's ridden bikes since a little after he could walk, and has ridden, raced and crashed more times and places than he cares to remember. In 2001, it was his desire for a modern steel trail hardtail which no one else made that led him to design the Soul. This went into production in 2003 and thus began the Cotic adventure! You can see more about what's happened since, in our first 15 years in business, here.

Paul Dexter runs customer service, admin, accounts and orders, along with being a brilliant test and development rider. Paul has over 20 years experience in bicycle retail, and is also a qualified mountain bike guide and skills coach. He's most likely to be the guy on the end of the email or phone when you contact us. He'll look after you.

Web and graphic design is by Kelvin Owers of Spittingcat. Kelvin is an integral part of the product development team as well as being responsible for all of Cotic's look and feel. If you notice anything missing, or misbehaving, on the website, feel free to let him know be email, or contact any of us here at Cotic, and we'll pass it on.

Sam, Sam, the Demo Man. Sam Capper is the man in the Rocket Bus. He's got a background at a brewery, so as well as being an awesome rider, he knows a thing or two about beer as well. If you want to ride a Cotic, get in touch via any of the options on the Demo Page and Sam will sort getting you a demo ride.

Will is the brother of Rocketman and no less fast. After many years working as a mechanic in the bike trade, he's joined us in the warehouse for building up the fleet of new models we have available. If you want to know a secret trail, a short cut or new ride, Will is your man as he spends more time in the Peaks than the lot of us combined.

Hannah is a key member of the team. She works in demo helping get the demo days and fleet organised. She also works in dispatch, ensuring the bikes are well packaged and couriers are booked to get your bike sent out to you.

Darren is another swiss army knife of a staff member. Whether it's demos, photoshoots, helping out on the spanners in our workshop, or designing a cable routing guide you can actually follow... he's always busy.

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Chay AKA Straight-line is our longest serving ambassador. Joining the ranks way back in 2013 to race Enduro on the new Rocket. Since then he’s been instrumental in the development of all the top-end enduro frames and offering constant real-world feedback, whilst being the most approachable, fastest & hardest grafting individual we could hope for. He’s stuck with us through thick & thin and is a cornerstone of steel-bike-love in the Peak District.
@chaymoose

Kel joined us in 2017 just before a life-changing trip to Switzerland where she got to put the Rocket through its paces in the big mountains. She’s been a huge help in getting the Women of Steel rides rolling and is perfect example of how far positivity & kindness can take you.
@kellyjaynecollinge

Dave Camus, the Lord of Bolehills BMX Track and the King of stoke! DC joined us for the launch of the first long shot BFe, using our piste map to navigate all the shred-spots in the city of Sheffield. He’s sent Crabapple hits, survived Whistler Bikepark and battered countless laps of Scottish hills all aboard his hardtail BFe. He finally moved onto a Rocket for 2020 and will be stepping up again to a RocketMAX in 2022. Ask him about the DJ project too sometime...
@davecamus

Abby is a gravel adventure queen who took up long distance cycling relatively recently to help recover from an illness. Since then (and since upgrading from her dad’s old Zaskar) she’s completed the Dales Divide, the Steel City Downhill (on a RocketMAX mind!) and an epic ride from Cape Town to Kenya on her Cascade. She’s a beacon of joy in a World that worries too much about not having the right kit or the right plan. Abby gets it all done with a smile.
@abby_popplestone

An aspiring BMX racer, Esme is the youngest ambassador at Cotic. She borrowed her dads BFe after outgrowing her old mtb and we've since sorted her out with a brand new one of her own. Her first trip to Sheffield ticked off Bolehills, Hillsborough and the infamous SCDH with the Women of Steel gang in tow. The future is bright.
@cranky_es

Tom's been a friend to us at Cotic for a long, long time. We're so proud to have him as our newest ambassador. He's a rider, runner, adventurer, writer and photographer. He will be bringing us views from the mountains and inspiration for our own rides and trips.
@24tom

INTRODUCTION

We value your privacy. It's extremely important to us. This policy covers Cotic Limited's use of personal information that Cotic Limited collects when you use the www.cotic.co.uk website and as part of any transaction with us, including, but not limited to, registering for an account, placing an order, submitting a warranty claim, or responding to marketing or promotional activity. This policy also gives you information about cookies and our use of cookies.

We control the ways your personal data are collected and the purposes for which your personal data are used by Cotic Limited and are the “data controller” for the purposes of the UK Data Protection Act 1998 and EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

In order to receive or use services on our website you are required to give us some personal information about yourself.

By entering your details in the fields requested, you enable Cotic Limited and its service providers to provide you with the services you select. Whenever you provide such personal information, we will treat that information in accordance with this policy. When using your personal information Cotic Limited will act in accordance with current legislation and aim to meet current Internet best practice.

PURPOSE AND LAWFUL BASIS FOR PROCESSING YOUR DATA

We have two purposes for processing your personal data:

• To sell our products to you, including back in stock notifications and account enquiries, and carry out any logistics for the delivery or return of goods whether this be for sales, service or warranty purposes. This purpose allows Cotic Limited to lawfully process your data for contractual and legitimate interests and our legal obligations to tax and revenue authorities.
• To inform, inspire and engage with you about our products, services and exclusive offers. This purpose allows Cotic Limited to seek your consent to process your data for communication, education and marketing purposes. We never use order data for this purpose. We have a mailing list which we occasionally send information out to keep you informed of what's going on with Cotic. We cannot and do not add email addresses to this list. You have to sign up for yourself on our contact page. You can unsubscribe using the links at the bottom of every marketing email.

The purpose and lawful basis for processing your data may change from time to time, where this policy will be updated.

 

HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA

-To manage your orders and provide our services to you

When you purchase from us, or seek advice, we use your information to perform our services in relation to your purchase or enquiry, for example to provide you with product information, tailor specific advice to your needs or manage warranty or service requirements.

-To communicate with you and manage our relationship with you

Occasionally we may need to contact you by email and/or telephone for administrative or operational reasons, for example in order to send you confirmation of your purchases and your payments, to notify you when back-ordered products are available or to notify you of any disruptions or problems such as delivery delays.

Please be aware that these communications are not made for marketing purposes and as such, you will continue to receive them even if you opt-out from receiving marketing communications.

We will also use your personal data if we contact you after you have sent us a request, filled in a web-form through our website or contacted us on social media.

Your opinion is very important to us, so we may send you an email or other means of messaging to seek your feedback.

We will use the communications you exchange with us and the feedback you may provide in order to manage our relationship with you as our customer and to improve our services and experiences for customers.

-To personalise and improve your customer experience

We may use your personal data in order to tailor our services to your needs and preferences and to provide you with a personalised customer experience.

We may also collect information on how you use our website, which pages of our website you visit most, what products you search for and what products you buy, in order to understand what you like. We may use this information to tailor the content and offers that you see on our website and, if you have agreed to receiving marketing communications, to send you relevant messages that we think you like.

If you are in the process of making a purchase and you leave our website before your order has been placed, we may contact you in order to help you easily complete your purchase.

-To inform you about our news and exclusive offers that you may like

If you have signed up to our mailing list, we will send you marketing communications. If you have signed up to receive marketing communications, we will provide you with news from us such as new products that you may be interested in, reviews, exclusive early offers on new products or services.

-To contact you to follow up after demo ride

If you make use of our demo service, we require you to submit personal data in order that we can safely manage the rides and contact you if schedules change, or so we can contact someone to help you should you injure yourself in the course of a demo ride. We do not charge for demo rides, but the transaction requires you to submit your email and personal data to allow us to contact you at least once for marketing and feedback reasons after the ride. There are always unsubscribe options to these emails, but it is a condition of riding a demo bike that you supply us with this personal data.

Please note that we do not share your contact details and other personal data with other companies for marketing purposes.

If you do not want to receive marketing communications from us, simply reply to the communication asking to be removed from the list. You can also choose to opt out from receiving marketing communications at any time, by clicking on the relevant unsubscribe link at the bottom of any marketing related email you may receive from us.

-To improve our services, fulfil our administrative purposes and protect our business interests.

The business purposes for which we will use your information include accounting, billing and audit, credit or other payment card verification, fraud screening, security and legal purposes, statistical and marketing analysis, systems testing, maintenance and development.

-To comply with our legal obligations

We share your data with the following categories of companies as an essential part of being able to provide our services to you, as set out in this statement:

• Companies that do things to get your purchases to you, such as payment service providers, warehouses, order packers, and delivery companies
• Professional service providers, such as website hosts and eCommerce website providers who help us run our business
• Credit reference agencies, law enforcement and fraud prevention agencies, so we can help tackle fraud
• Companies approved by you, such as social media sites (if you choose to link your accounts to us)

Wherever we use data processors such as the above, each processor is required to be GDPR compliant to safeguard your personal data.

YOUR RIGHTS AS A DATA SUBJECT

At any point while we are in possession of or processing your personal data, you, the data subject, have the following rights:

• Right of access – you have the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you. As part of the new GDPR regulations, you have the right to request and understand more about the data we hold about you. For this request please email data@cotic.co.uk with your name, email and postcode along with an outline of your request. We’ll get back to you with an initial response in a week and hope to deal with your request within 30 days.
• Right of rectification – you have a right to correct data that we hold about you that is inaccurate or incomplete.
• Right to be forgotten – in certain circumstances you can ask for the data we hold about you to be erased from our records. However, if you have purchased from us we will not erase your records completely as we need to maintain your transactional data for our legal obligations to the local tax and revenue authorities.
• Right to restriction of processing – where certain conditions apply you have a right to restrict the processing.
• Right of portability – you have the right to have the data we hold about you transferred to another organisation.
• Right to object – you have the right to object to certain types of processing such as direct marketing.
• Right to object to automated processing, including profiling

USERS 16 AND UNDER

If you are aged 16 or under, please get your parent/guardian's permission beforehand whenever you provide personal information to Cotic Limited's website. Users without this consent are not allowed to provide us with personal information.