Archive: Escapade (Original)
Years of production: 2014-2016
Discontinued, superseded by Gen2. This page is kept as an archive record for owners and for anyone researching an older Cotic Escapade.
The original Cotic Escapade was a super-versatile drop-bar "life bike": disc brakes all round, mudguard and rack mounts, tyres from fast and skinny to big and floaty, and a choice of derailleur gears, hub gears, or singlespeed via horizontal Dogsbody2 dropouts with a solid mech hanger and chainstay disc mount. Built from custom butted Cotic Fe cromoly with the Ovalform top tube, paired with a Cotic RB3 cromoly fork (9mm thru axle, disc only).
Geometry
Rigid fork, dimensions in mm.
| Small | Medium | Large | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seat Tube (centre-top) | 48cm | 51cm | 54cm |
| Top Tube Length (effective) | 54cm | 56cm | 58cm |
| Chainstay Length | 425mm | 425mm | 425mm |
| Head Angle | 72° | 72° | 72° |
| Seat Angle | 73° | 73° | 73° |
| BB Drop | 60mm | 60mm | 60mm |
| Head Tube Length | 145mm | 155mm | 165mm |
| Reach | 364.5mm | 381.6mm | 398.6mm |
| Stack | 574.9mm | 584.4mm | 593.5mm |
| Usual Height Range | up to 175cm | 173-180cm | 180-191cm |
| Stem Length | 90-120mm | 90-120mm | 90-120mm |
| Fork Length (included) | 400mm | 400mm | 400mm |
| Fork Rake | 45mm | 45mm | 45mm |
Component sizes
- Seatpost diameter: 27.2mm
- Seatpost clamp: 29.8mm or 30.0mm (bolt-up clamp included)
- Front mech: 28.6mm, bottom pull
- Bottom bracket width: 68mm
- Bottom bracket thread: conventional English/BSA
- Headset: 1⅛" only
- Fork: 1⅛" steerer, maximum axle to crown length 400mm, offset 45mm
- Front hub: 9mm bolt thru or 9mm QR (fork has closed end)
- Rear hub: normal 135 or 130 x 10 QR