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Alpaca Steel Fork Matte Smoke Grey (+ £149)
(colour matched to frame) ORDER NOW Alpaca Steel Fork Matte Lichen (+ £149)
(colour matched to frame) ORDER NOW Alpaca Steel Fork Matte Nimbus (+ £149)
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Alpaca is our rigid steel fork - Rugged and long for mountain bikes and adventure bikes
Bikepacking, gravel, dirt
The Alpaca fork was developed for our Cascade drop bar dirt bike (read more about that here). It's a long, steel rigid fork that's perfect for bike packing missions, or just simplifying your ride. It's made to Cotic specifications with heat-treated cromoly tubing, taper steerer and is based around replacing 29er 100mm suspension forks.
It has lots and lots (and lots) of bosses and mounts. It's thru axle and short 44mm offset for steering accuracy, and flat mount +20 brake for proper size disc rotors up to 180mm.
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- Cotic Heat Treated Cromoly
- 483mm axle-to-crown
- 44mm offset
- Tapered 1.5/1 1/8” steerer – 300mm uncut
- Boost 110 x 15mm thru axle (included)
- Flat Mount +20 disc mounts for 160 or 180 front rotors
- Minimum width for tyre clearance 87mm
- 1380g uncut
- Fixtures:
- Fender/Mudguard
- Anything Cage both legs
- Low rider rack mounts
- Full and mid/Nitto style front rack mounts
- Internal Dynamo hub wire routing
- Now available in the these popular Cascade colours : Matte Lichen, Matte Army Green
- Price for Lichen : £149
- Price for Army Green : £199
ORDER YOUR FORK
Axle to Crown: 483mm
Steerer: Tapered 1.5" > 1-1/8", 300mm uncut
Front Hub: Boost110 15mm thru axle (axle supplied with fork)
Flat Mount Brakes: Most drop bar brakes are now flat mount, and the Alpaca features a Flat Mount +20 front for 160mm or 180mm rotors. Simply use the regular Flat Mount adaptor: 160mm rotor uses the "140" position on the adaptor, 180mm rotor uses the "160" position on the adaptor.
Post Mount Brakes: Most MTB/flatbar brakes are post mount, and can be fitted with a 180mm rotor using Shimano adaptor SM-MA-F160P/D
Tyres: 29 x 2.6" or 27.5 x 3.0"
Luggage:
- Anything Cage bosses on both fork legs
- Rack mounts for full racks or mini Nitto M18 style racks
- Lo rider rack mounts
- Internal Dynamo light wire routing
- Full fender/mudguard mounts
The Alpaca doesn't just work for our Cascade either. It will fit a bunch of our current and legacy mountain bikes too. You can find the geometry of your older Cotic over on our Product Archive.
Fitting the Alpaca will affect the geometry as follows:
- Current and 2nd Gen SolarisMAX with Longshot geometry – steepens angles by 0.5 deg, drops BB 5mm
- 1st Gen SolarisMAX and all other Solaris – refer to geo charts for 100mm suspension fork
- BFeMAX - steepens angles by 1 deg, drops BB 10mm relative to the 120mm fork geo table
- Soul 275, Soul Gen5 (Longshot) – Maintains geometry of 140mm 27.5” fork if used with 27.5 front wheel. We do not recommend running a 29er front wheel in this fork on these bikes
- BFe275, BFe Longshot (2017) and current BFe – Maintains geometry of 140mm 27.5” fork if used with 27.5 front wheel. We do not recommend running a 29er front wheel in this fork on these bikes
- It is not recommended to run this on any of our droplink or 26” wheel frames
Click here for the Cotic Product Archive
(colour matched to frame)
(colour matched to frame)
(colour matched to frame)
(matte black forks expected April)
Alpaca is our rigid steel fork - Rugged and long for mountain bikes and adventure bikes
Bikepacking, gravel, dirt
The Alpaca fork was developed for our Cascade drop bar dirt bike (read more about that here). It's a long, steel rigid fork that's perfect for bike packing missions, or just simplifying your ride. It's made to Cotic specifications with heat-treated cromoly tubing, taper steerer and is based around replacing 29er 100mm suspension forks.
It has lots and lots (and lots) of bosses and mounts. It's thru axle and short 44mm offset for steering accuracy, and flat mount +20 brake for proper size disc rotors up to 180mm.
- Cotic Heat Treated Cromoly
- 483mm axle-to-crown
- 44mm offset
- Tapered 1.5/1 1/8” steerer – 300mm uncut
- Boost 110 x 15mm thru axle (included)
- Flat Mount +20 disc mounts for 160 or 180 front rotors
- Minimum width for tyre clearance 87mm
- 1380g uncut
- Fixtures:
- Fender/Mudguard
- Anything Cage both legs
- Low rider rack mounts
- Full and mid/Nitto style front rack mounts
- Internal Dynamo hub wire routing
- Now available in the these popular Cascade colours : Matte Lichen, Matte Army Green
- Price for Lichen : £149
- Price for Army Green : £199
ORDER YOUR FORK
Axle to Crown: 483mm
Steerer: Tapered 1.5" > 1-1/8", 300mm uncut
Front Hub: Boost110 15mm thru axle (axle supplied with fork)
Flat Mount Brakes: Most drop bar brakes are now flat mount, and the Alpaca features a Flat Mount +20 front for 160mm or 180mm rotors. Simply use the regular Flat Mount adaptor: 160mm rotor uses the "140" position on the adaptor, 180mm rotor uses the "160" position on the adaptor.
Post Mount Brakes: Most MTB/flatbar brakes are post mount, and can be fitted with a 180mm rotor using Shimano adaptor SM-MA-F160P/D
Tyres: 29 x 2.6" or 27.5 x 3.0"
Luggage:
- Anything Cage bosses on both fork legs
- Rack mounts for full racks or mini Nitto M18 style racks
- Lo rider rack mounts
- Internal Dynamo light wire routing
- Full fender/mudguard mounts
The Alpaca doesn't just work for our Cascade either. It will fit a bunch of our current and legacy mountain bikes too. You can find the geometry of your older Cotic over on our Product Archive.
Fitting the Alpaca will affect the geometry as follows:
- Current and 2nd Gen SolarisMAX with Longshot geometry – steepens angles by 0.5 deg, drops BB 5mm
- 1st Gen SolarisMAX and all other Solaris – refer to geo charts for 100mm suspension fork
- BFeMAX - steepens angles by 1 deg, drops BB 10mm relative to the 120mm fork geo table
- Soul 275, Soul Gen5 (Longshot) – Maintains geometry of 140mm 27.5” fork if used with 27.5 front wheel. We do not recommend running a 29er front wheel in this fork on these bikes
- BFe275, BFe Longshot (2017) and current BFe – Maintains geometry of 140mm 27.5” fork if used with 27.5 front wheel. We do not recommend running a 29er front wheel in this fork on these bikes
- It is not recommended to run this on any of our droplink or 26” wheel frames
Click here for the Cotic Product Archive
