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The Escapade: Road, trails, gravel, commute, tour, adventure
The subtle steel Escapade fits into your life, for work and fun. It will take you to the office, to the shops, on holiday, to the hills, on adventures, or just to that quiet place where you get some headspace.
Super versatile, the Escapade is a road bike without limitations. A gravel bike for the lighter side of life. Disc brakes all round. Drop bars. Tyres big and floaty, or small and fast. All the fittings for two bottles, rear rack, full mudguards are included, because why limit yourself and your bike to just one thing?
Strip it all down and speed into the City. Load it all up and head off into the hills. Where will your Escapade take you?
Need some extra carrying capacity? We have custom fitted frame bags for the Escapade, to help you carry kit on your adventures in style. Hand made in the UK, just for us. You can add one to your order when buying a bike or frameset, or if you already ride an Escapade you can order one here.
LOVE IT OR YOUR MONEY BACK
Ride any of our products for 30 days and if you're not happy send it back for a full refund.
Find out more about our guarantee...
Your Bike Built For You
We do things differently at Cotic. We assemble every single bike to order, with lots of options to make your Cotic unique to you.
Learn more about YOUR BIKE BUILT FOR YOU...
Reviews
Read road.cc's 4.5/5 review of the Escapade Gold 1x Plus bike:
"An agile, sweet-handling, comfortable bike on multiple terrains"
"The Cotic Escapade is a brilliant bike. I haven't had so much fun in ages off the beaten track....."
Want to learn more about the Escapade?
Click on the tabs below...
New for 2021 the Escapade has three new features
- Updated Inside Out cable routing introduced in 2020 has been adapted for Di2 compatibility. Contact us for parts list required for the installation.
- Gravel specific wide +2.5mm chainline for extra tyre clearance has been adopted to allow up to 650x50 or 700x44 tyres. The full list of chainsets and chainlines useable are listed below:
- Shimano Double GRX600 30/46 or GRX812 31/48. Shimano GRX front mechs only. No Shimano road chainline chainsets fit.
- Shimano Single/1x GRX up to 42t
- SRAM 11spd Double Road maximum 34/50, SRAM 12spd Double Road maximum 35/48 or any SRAM WIDE Chainset.
- SRAM Single/1x Road Chainline max 38t, SRAM WIDE Single/1x Chainline max 42t
- Hope RX 45mm chainline maximum 32/48 double, maximum 40t Single/1x
Front Mech is still 28.6mm bottom pull or Di2 or AXS eTap. Shimano GRX +2.5mm chainline front mechs are required for Shimano chainsets, or SRAM conventional or wide road chainline appropriate for your SRAM chainset. Conventional Shimano road chainline (105, Ultegra, Tiagra etc) DOES NOT FIT.
- The included full carbon RB5 forks have been updated to feature 3 "Anything Cage" style bosses on each leg, to enable light loads to be carried up front.
Size Guide
Frame size Rider Height in centimetres Rider Height in feet and inches Large / 58 180cm - 191cm 5ft 11in and over Medium / 56 173cm - 180cm 5ft 8in - 5ft 11in Small / 54 165cm - 175cm 5ft 6in - 5ft 9in XS / 52 155cm - 166cm up to 5ft 6in
The chart is a guide to frame size for the new Escapade: Ultra Compact Geometry - Road means that the frames are low and long. You'll probably need a 350mm seatpost due to the compact sizing. Note, the sloping top tube design needs to be taken into account if you're comparing seat tube size with other bikes. Drop us a line at size@cotic.co.uk and we'll be happy to discuss size and set up based on what you're riding at the moment.
dimensions in mm
Frame Size
XS/52
Small/54
Medium/56
Large/58
Seat Tube (centre-top)
45cm
48cm
51cm
54cm
Top Tube Length (Effective)
52.5cm
53.7cm
56cm
58cm
Chainstay Length
425mm
425mm
425mm
425mm
Head Angle
71°
71.5°
72°
72°
Seat Angle
73.5°
73.5°
73°
73°
BB Drop
70mm
70mm
70mm
70mm
Head Tube Length
128mm
135mm
150mm
170mm
Reach
360.6mm
370.1mm
382.9mm
397.0mm
Stack
555.1m
563.8mm
580.1mm
598.1mm
Wheelbase
991m
999mm
1011mm
1035mm
Usual Height Range
155cm - 166cm
165cm - 175cm
173cm - 180cm
180cm - 191cm
Stem Length
90mm-120mm
90mm-120mm
90mm-120mm
90mm-120mm
Forks included with frame:
Fork Length
400mm
400mm
400mm
400mm
Fork Offset
45mm
45mm
45mm
45mm
Rear Axle Thread
M12x1.75
M12x1.75
M12x1.75
M12x1.75
dimensions in inches
Frame Size
XS
Small
Medium
Large
Seat Tube (centre-top)
17.7"
18.9"
20.1"
21.3"
Top Tube Length (Effective)
20.7"
21.1"
22"
22.8"
Chainstay Length
16.7"
16.7"
16.7"
16.7"
Head Angle
71°
71.5°
72°
72°
Seat Angle
73.5°
73.5°
73°
73°
BB Drop
2.3"
2.3"
2.3"
2.3"
Head Tube Length
5.0"
5.3"
5.9"
6.7"
Reach
14.2"
14.6"
15.1"
15.7"
Stack
21.85"
22.2"
22.8"
23.5"
Usual Height Range
up to 5'6"
5'6" - 5'9"
5'8" - 5'11"
5'11" and over
Stem Length
3.5"-4.7"
3.5"-4.7"
3.5"-4.7"
3.5"-4.7"
Forks included with frame:
Fork Length
15.75"
15.75"
15.75"
15.75"
Fork Rake(centre-top)
1.75"
1.75"
1.75"
1.75"
- Custom butted Cotic Fe Cromoly frame with Ovalform top tube and smooth integral tapered head tube. Tough, durable, clean, graceful.
- Mounts: Rear Full Rack, mudguards, 2 x bottles.
- Great rear tyre clearance: Big road or cyclo-cross tyres up to 700x44, or how about 650b x 50 Road Plus for maximum float and comfort on the potholes, rough tracks and back lanes?
- Cotic RB5 fork: Taperer steerer, full carbon construction saving 200 grams over the RB4. 12mm thru axle. Massive clearance for up to 700x47c or the 650b x 50 tyres.
- Precision 142x12 thru axle rear dropouts for ease of wheel removal with 'guards or without.
- 68mm threaded BB shell. Chainline is 45-46mm used on the new wide chainline gravel groupsets such as GRX for extra tyre clearance. Road chainline do not fit.
- Confident geometry and handling with semi-compact frame layout.
- Note: both axles included when purchasing frame and fork.
ORDER YOUR FRAME
Complete bikes from: £1799
Rolling chassis from: £939
Bikes are now available worldwide, with free shipping to UK, Ireland and mainland Europe.
We have several levels of stock build which are based around our favourite parts in builds you can trust. We never specify anything we haven't ridden, tested and enjoyed. However, just about everything in your build can be customised to help with fit (contact us if you need help) or to personalise your bike. Want a different fork? Shock? Brakes? Wheels? Tyres? Bars? Stem? Longer drop seatpost? Women's saddle? Colour matched Hope components? No problem. It's your bike.
All the bikes are assembled from a frame right here in the UK by us. We can do everything from bare frame to complete bike: Send us your favourite saddle and grips to fit. Send us your wheels if you have a nice pair you want to use. There's no point you getting kit you don't want. It's wasteful. That gives you almost limitless options to customise and tune your bike to your needs. If you can't see an option you'd like on the order form, get in touch. We all know it's good to head off piste sometimes!
Tap on a build title below to see the default specification and price for that build... then hit the 'CONFIGURE YOUR BIKE' button to see all the customisations you can make to the build. When you select your country at the bottom of the form, sales taxes (VAT), pricing and shipping will automatically update for you. Once you're happy, order your bike!
- 700c Bike - Gold 1x - SRAM Apex 1x11
- 700c Bike - Gold - Shimano 105 2x11
- 700c Bike - Platinum - Shimano GRX800 1x11
- 700c Bike - Platinum 2x - SRAM Force 2x12 etap AXS Wireless - Hope RS4
- 700c Bike - Platinum - Campagnolo Ekar 1x13 build
- RoadPlus Bike - Gold 1x - SRAM Apex 1x11
- RoadPlus Bike - Gold - Shimano 105 2x11
- RoadPlus Bike - Platinum - Shimano GRX800 1x11
- RoadPlus Bike - Platinum - Campagnolo Ekar 1x13 build
- Rolling Chassis - headset + wheels
700c Bike - Gold 1x - SRAM Apex 1x11 headset Cane Creek Headset 40 Series IS41/IS52 bottom bracket SRAM Road DUB Bottom Bracket wheels Cotic hubs on Deep Section Disc rims tyres Continental Sport Contact 2 37c - full set with tubes finishing kit Cotic saddle and fitted black bartape groupset SRAM Apex 1x11, Rival1 Chainset 40t, 11-42 Cassette, Hydraulic Disc Brakes handlebar Cotic Valley Bars - 46cm Alu Flared Drop stem Cotic 100mm x 6deg Stem seatpost CC Alu 330mm seatpost price £1799 (due June 2022)
CONFIGURE YOUR BIKE
Ultra Compact Geometry - Road
The Escapade uses our Ultra Compact Geometry idea, keeping seat tubes fairly short and frames compact for plenty of room to move on the bike, and a longer seatpost for ride comfort. Actual top tube lengths follow more traditional road geometry, with proportional fit and optimised head angles to maintrain ride feel whilst minimising toe overlap.
The Escapade uses our Fe custom butted Heat Treated Cromoly to design a perfect frame to our exact specifications. It features the Cotic Ovalform top tube for optimised ride and handling, and a smooth integral headset tapered head tube. Custom shaped heat treated cromoly rear end completes the picture for the lightest, toughest, most beautiful riding frame. Durable, clean, graceful.
Full Carbon Fork
The Escapade features our latest fork - the RB5. Full carbon, just 550 grams, it's light, strong, rides beautifully and has tonnes of clearance. 700x45 or 650x50 in the front should you so wish. All modern conveniences are included, with 12x100 thru axle, flat mount brakes and mudguard eyelets.
Thru Axle
The latest Cotic Escapade now features the industry standard 142x12 rear thru axle to match the 12x100 front fork.
Big Clearance Design
The Escapade as been a gravel bike since before there were gravel bikes. It's always had big clearances and discs, but we think that works just as well on road as off it. Frames have big clearances for big tyres. Sure you can speed it up on something like a 700x28c, but we supply the bikes with big volume 37c slicks. They roll really fast, but float over the potholes in the road and bumps in the trail. With the improved clearance on the 2021 frames, you can run up to 700x44 no problem.
Alongside this we have the option for WTB Road Plus, using their fantastic 650b KOM Light rims, and the WTB 650 x 47 tubeless tyres. There's the Horizon slick for smiles and miles, or the radical new Senduro ramped knob tyre, which blurs the lines between road and offroad, and the Byway semi-tread tyre fitting in between as the all rounder. New for 2021, there is more mud clearance and you can fit up to 650x50 tyres.
Smaller rims with big volume tyres give a similar overall diameter to the more usual 700c road wheels, but comfort and grip are massively improved. The larger 47mm wide tyres running tubeless as low as 35 psi float over road imperfections and rough tracks with no weight penalty over the larger 700c wheels and smaller tyres.
Inside Out Cable Management
In response to customer feedback with 1x drivetrain options leaving redundent cable stops on the previous Escapade, the new bike offer multiple cable management solutions, including semi-internal routing for gear cables and optional internal routing for a dropper post.
We Build Your Bike For You
All Cotic bikes are assembled in the UK from and frame up. We have set specifications, but these are just the start. If it's not a choice on the order form, just ask. We have a bunch of wheel options from Hope, tyre options from WTB, and many more things to make your Escapade your own.
When you contact us you are talking to the people who design the frames and will be building your bike. We check it and build and pack it in our award winning bike boxes with the same care we would our own bike, because we know how important it is. We build your bike, for you.
Is the Escapade the bike for you?
Like the idea of the Escapade for bikepacking, but want more offroad capability? Have a look at the Cascade.
Tech Deep Dive
Want to get right into the details about why our bikes are built the way they are? Geek away my friend!
Cotic frames are designed, developed, engineered and tested entirely by us at our base in the Peak District, near Sheffield in the UK. Our founder - Cy Turner - is the lead designer and engineer, and our frames are rigorously ride tested by everyone at Cotic, and our Race Team. They are fully certified and lab tested in excess of the requirements of ISO4210 safety standards.
This frame is hand made in Taiwan by our specially selected framebuilder, chosen because of their vast experience with our favourite materials, and their top quality finish. They are the best in Taiwan for what we need.
Each frame is dip coated inside and out with zinc phosphate before painting, to prevent corrosion and ensure the best paint finish. After we've agonised over the colours, designs and decals the frames are painted to the highest quality including a protective clear coat, before extensive QC by our agent in Taiwan. Once the frames reach us in the UK, we carry out further QC, and prep the frames for headset and bottom bracket installation.
As always, all complete bikes are built to order by us here in the Peak District, to the exact spec of your choice. We build your bike for you.
Seatpost diameter: 27.2mm (minimum 330mm long)
Seatpost clamp: 29.8mm or 30.0mm (bolt up clamp is included)
Chainline/Chainring: +2.5mm chainline for extra tyre clearance.
- Shimano Double GRX600 30/46 or GRX812 31/48. Shimano GRX front mechs only. No Shimano road chainline chainsets fit.
- Shimano Single/1x GRX up to 42t
- SRAM 11spd Double Road maximum 34/50, SRAM 12spd Double Road maximum 35/48 or any SRAM WIDE Chainset.
- SRAM Single/1x Road Chainline max 38t, SRAM WIDE Single/1x Chainline max 42t
- UPDATED 17/05/2021 - Campagnolo EKAR up to 40t
Front Mech: 28.6mm bottom pull. Shimano GRX +2.5mm chainline, or SRAM conventional or wide road chainline appropriate for your chainset. Shimano road DOES NOT FIT.
Bottom Bracket width: 68mm
Bottom Bracket thread: Conventional English/BSA
Headset: 1⅛"/1.5" tapered. IS41/28.6 top tube, IS52/40 lower cup
Fork: 1⅛"/1.5" tapered steerer, maximum axle to crown length 400mm. Offset 45mm.
Front hub: 12mm x 100 bolt thru
Rear Hub: 142x12 Thru Axle, M12x1.75 Thread
Brakes: Flat Mount front and rear
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The Escapade: Road, trails, gravel, commute, tour, adventure
The subtle steel Escapade fits into your life, for work and fun. It will take you to the office, to the shops, on holiday, to the hills, on adventures, or just to that quiet place where you get some headspace.
Super versatile, the Escapade is a road bike without limitations. A gravel bike for the lighter side of life. Disc brakes all round. Drop bars. Tyres big and floaty, or small and fast. All the fittings for two bottles, rear rack, full mudguards are included, because why limit yourself and your bike to just one thing?
Strip it all down and speed into the City. Load it all up and head off into the hills. Where will your Escapade take you?
Need some extra carrying capacity? We have custom fitted frame bags for the Escapade, to help you carry kit on your adventures in style. Hand made in the UK, just for us. You can add one to your order when buying a bike or frameset, or if you already ride an Escapade you can order one here.
LOVE IT OR YOUR MONEY BACK
Ride any of our products for 30 days and if you're not happy send it back for a full refund.
Your Bike Built For You
We do things differently at Cotic. We assemble every single bike to order, with lots of options to make your Cotic unique to you.
Reviews
Read road.cc's 4.5/5 review of the Escapade Gold 1x Plus bike:
"An agile, sweet-handling, comfortable bike on multiple terrains"
"The Cotic Escapade is a brilliant bike. I haven't had so much fun in ages off the beaten track....."
New for 2021 the Escapade has three new features
- Updated Inside Out cable routing introduced in 2020 has been adapted for Di2 compatibility. Contact us for parts list required for the installation.
- Gravel specific wide +2.5mm chainline for extra tyre clearance has been adopted to allow up to 650x50 or 700x44 tyres. The full list of chainsets and chainlines useable are listed below:
- Shimano Double GRX600 30/46 or GRX812 31/48. Shimano GRX front mechs only. No Shimano road chainline chainsets fit.
- Shimano Single/1x GRX up to 42t
- SRAM 11spd Double Road maximum 34/50, SRAM 12spd Double Road maximum 35/48 or any SRAM WIDE Chainset.
- SRAM Single/1x Road Chainline max 38t, SRAM WIDE Single/1x Chainline max 42t
- Hope RX 45mm chainline maximum 32/48 double, maximum 40t Single/1x
- The included full carbon RB5 forks have been updated to feature 3 "Anything Cage" style bosses on each leg, to enable light loads to be carried up front.
Front Mech is still 28.6mm bottom pull or Di2 or AXS eTap. Shimano GRX +2.5mm chainline front mechs are required for Shimano chainsets, or SRAM conventional or wide road chainline appropriate for your SRAM chainset. Conventional Shimano road chainline (105, Ultegra, Tiagra etc) DOES NOT FIT.
| Frame size | Rider Height in centimetres | Rider Height in feet and inches |
|---|---|---|
| Large / 58 | 180cm - 191cm | 5ft 11in and over |
| Medium / 56 | 173cm - 180cm | 5ft 8in - 5ft 11in |
| Small / 54 | 165cm - 175cm | 5ft 6in - 5ft 9in |
| XS / 52 | 155cm - 166cm | up to 5ft 6in |
The chart is a guide to frame size for the new Escapade: Ultra Compact Geometry - Road means that the frames are low and long. You'll probably need a 350mm seatpost due to the compact sizing. Note, the sloping top tube design needs to be taken into account if you're comparing seat tube size with other bikes. Drop us a line at size@cotic.co.uk and we'll be happy to discuss size and set up based on what you're riding at the moment.
dimensions in mm
| Frame Size | XS/52 | Small/54 | Medium/56 | Large/58 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seat Tube (centre-top) | 45cm | 48cm | 51cm | 54cm |
| Top Tube Length (Effective) | 52.5cm | 53.7cm | 56cm | 58cm |
| Chainstay Length | 425mm | 425mm | 425mm | 425mm |
| Head Angle | 71° | 71.5° | 72° | 72° |
| Seat Angle | 73.5° | 73.5° | 73° | 73° |
| BB Drop | 70mm | 70mm | 70mm | 70mm |
| Head Tube Length | 128mm | 135mm | 150mm | 170mm |
| Reach | 360.6mm | 370.1mm | 382.9mm | 397.0mm |
| Stack | 555.1m | 563.8mm | 580.1mm | 598.1mm |
| Wheelbase | 991m | 999mm | 1011mm | 1035mm |
| Usual Height Range | 155cm - 166cm | 165cm - 175cm | 173cm - 180cm | 180cm - 191cm |
| Stem Length | 90mm-120mm | 90mm-120mm | 90mm-120mm | 90mm-120mm |
| Forks included with frame: | ||||
| Fork Length | 400mm | 400mm | 400mm | 400mm |
| Fork Offset | 45mm | 45mm | 45mm | 45mm |
| Rear Axle Thread | M12x1.75 | M12x1.75 | M12x1.75 | M12x1.75 |
dimensions in inches
| Frame Size | XS | Small | Medium | Large |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seat Tube (centre-top) | 17.7" | 18.9" | 20.1" | 21.3" |
| Top Tube Length (Effective) | 20.7" | 21.1" | 22" | 22.8" |
| Chainstay Length | 16.7" | 16.7" | 16.7" | 16.7" |
| Head Angle | 71° | 71.5° | 72° | 72° |
| Seat Angle | 73.5° | 73.5° | 73° | 73° |
| BB Drop | 2.3" | 2.3" | 2.3" | 2.3" |
| Head Tube Length | 5.0" | 5.3" | 5.9" | 6.7" |
| Reach | 14.2" | 14.6" | 15.1" | 15.7" |
| Stack | 21.85" | 22.2" | 22.8" | 23.5" |
| Usual Height Range | up to 5'6" | 5'6" - 5'9" | 5'8" - 5'11" | 5'11" and over |
| Stem Length | 3.5"-4.7" | 3.5"-4.7" | 3.5"-4.7" | 3.5"-4.7" |
| Forks included with frame: | ||||
| Fork Length | 15.75" | 15.75" | 15.75" | 15.75" |
| Fork Rake(centre-top) | 1.75" | 1.75" | 1.75" | 1.75" |
- Custom butted Cotic Fe Cromoly frame with Ovalform top tube and smooth integral tapered head tube. Tough, durable, clean, graceful.
- Mounts: Rear Full Rack, mudguards, 2 x bottles.
- Great rear tyre clearance: Big road or cyclo-cross tyres up to 700x44, or how about 650b x 50 Road Plus for maximum float and comfort on the potholes, rough tracks and back lanes?
- Cotic RB5 fork: Taperer steerer, full carbon construction saving 200 grams over the RB4. 12mm thru axle. Massive clearance for up to 700x47c or the 650b x 50 tyres.
- Precision 142x12 thru axle rear dropouts for ease of wheel removal with 'guards or without.
- 68mm threaded BB shell. Chainline is 45-46mm used on the new wide chainline gravel groupsets such as GRX for extra tyre clearance. Road chainline do not fit.
- Confident geometry and handling with semi-compact frame layout.
- Note: both axles included when purchasing frame and fork.
ORDER YOUR FRAME
Complete bikes from: £1799
Rolling chassis from: £939
Bikes are now available worldwide, with free shipping to UK, Ireland and mainland Europe.
We have several levels of stock build which are based around our favourite parts in builds you can trust. We never specify anything we haven't ridden, tested and enjoyed. However, just about everything in your build can be customised to help with fit (contact us if you need help) or to personalise your bike. Want a different fork? Shock? Brakes? Wheels? Tyres? Bars? Stem? Longer drop seatpost? Women's saddle? Colour matched Hope components? No problem. It's your bike.
All the bikes are assembled from a frame right here in the UK by us. We can do everything from bare frame to complete bike: Send us your favourite saddle and grips to fit. Send us your wheels if you have a nice pair you want to use. There's no point you getting kit you don't want. It's wasteful. That gives you almost limitless options to customise and tune your bike to your needs. If you can't see an option you'd like on the order form, get in touch. We all know it's good to head off piste sometimes!
Tap on a build title below to see the default specification and price for that build... then hit the 'CONFIGURE YOUR BIKE' button to see all the customisations you can make to the build. When you select your country at the bottom of the form, sales taxes (VAT), pricing and shipping will automatically update for you. Once you're happy, order your bike!
- 700c Bike - Gold 1x - SRAM Apex 1x11
- 700c Bike - Gold - Shimano 105 2x11
- 700c Bike - Platinum - Shimano GRX800 1x11
- 700c Bike - Platinum 2x - SRAM Force 2x12 etap AXS Wireless - Hope RS4
- 700c Bike - Platinum - Campagnolo Ekar 1x13 build
- RoadPlus Bike - Gold 1x - SRAM Apex 1x11
- RoadPlus Bike - Gold - Shimano 105 2x11
- RoadPlus Bike - Platinum - Shimano GRX800 1x11
- RoadPlus Bike - Platinum - Campagnolo Ekar 1x13 build
- Rolling Chassis - headset + wheels
| headset | Cane Creek Headset 40 Series IS41/IS52 |
|---|---|
| bottom bracket | SRAM Road DUB Bottom Bracket |
| wheels | Cotic hubs on Deep Section Disc rims |
| tyres | Continental Sport Contact 2 37c - full set with tubes |
| finishing kit | Cotic saddle and fitted black bartape |
| groupset | SRAM Apex 1x11, Rival1 Chainset 40t, 11-42 Cassette, Hydraulic Disc Brakes |
| handlebar | Cotic Valley Bars - 46cm Alu Flared Drop |
| stem | Cotic 100mm x 6deg Stem |
| seatpost | CC Alu 330mm seatpost |
| price | £1799 (due June 2022) |
The Escapade uses our Ultra Compact Geometry idea, keeping seat tubes fairly short and frames compact for plenty of room to move on the bike, and a longer seatpost for ride comfort. Actual top tube lengths follow more traditional road geometry, with proportional fit and optimised head angles to maintrain ride feel whilst minimising toe overlap.
The Escapade uses our Fe custom butted Heat Treated Cromoly to design a perfect frame to our exact specifications. It features the Cotic Ovalform top tube for optimised ride and handling, and a smooth integral headset tapered head tube. Custom shaped heat treated cromoly rear end completes the picture for the lightest, toughest, most beautiful riding frame. Durable, clean, graceful.
The Escapade features our latest fork - the RB5. Full carbon, just 550 grams, it's light, strong, rides beautifully and has tonnes of clearance. 700x45 or 650x50 in the front should you so wish. All modern conveniences are included, with 12x100 thru axle, flat mount brakes and mudguard eyelets.
The latest Cotic Escapade now features the industry standard 142x12 rear thru axle to match the 12x100 front fork.
The Escapade as been a gravel bike since before there were gravel bikes. It's always had big clearances and discs, but we think that works just as well on road as off it. Frames have big clearances for big tyres. Sure you can speed it up on something like a 700x28c, but we supply the bikes with big volume 37c slicks. They roll really fast, but float over the potholes in the road and bumps in the trail. With the improved clearance on the 2021 frames, you can run up to 700x44 no problem.
Alongside this we have the option for WTB Road Plus, using their fantastic 650b KOM Light rims, and the WTB 650 x 47 tubeless tyres. There's the Horizon slick for smiles and miles, or the radical new Senduro ramped knob tyre, which blurs the lines between road and offroad, and the Byway semi-tread tyre fitting in between as the all rounder. New for 2021, there is more mud clearance and you can fit up to 650x50 tyres.
Smaller rims with big volume tyres give a similar overall diameter to the more usual 700c road wheels, but comfort and grip are massively improved. The larger 47mm wide tyres running tubeless as low as 35 psi float over road imperfections and rough tracks with no weight penalty over the larger 700c wheels and smaller tyres.
In response to customer feedback with 1x drivetrain options leaving redundent cable stops on the previous Escapade, the new bike offer multiple cable management solutions, including semi-internal routing for gear cables and optional internal routing for a dropper post.
All Cotic bikes are assembled in the UK from and frame up. We have set specifications, but these are just the start. If it's not a choice on the order form, just ask. We have a bunch of wheel options from Hope, tyre options from WTB, and many more things to make your Escapade your own.
When you contact us you are talking to the people who design the frames and will be building your bike. We check it and build and pack it in our award winning bike boxes with the same care we would our own bike, because we know how important it is. We build your bike, for you.
Like the idea of the Escapade for bikepacking, but want more offroad capability? Have a look at the Cascade.
Want to get right into the details about why our bikes are built the way they are? Geek away my friend!
Cotic frames are designed, developed, engineered and tested entirely by us at our base in the Peak District, near Sheffield in the UK. Our founder - Cy Turner - is the lead designer and engineer, and our frames are rigorously ride tested by everyone at Cotic, and our Race Team. They are fully certified and lab tested in excess of the requirements of ISO4210 safety standards.
This frame is hand made in Taiwan by our specially selected framebuilder, chosen because of their vast experience with our favourite materials, and their top quality finish. They are the best in Taiwan for what we need.
Each frame is dip coated inside and out with zinc phosphate before painting, to prevent corrosion and ensure the best paint finish. After we've agonised over the colours, designs and decals the frames are painted to the highest quality including a protective clear coat, before extensive QC by our agent in Taiwan. Once the frames reach us in the UK, we carry out further QC, and prep the frames for headset and bottom bracket installation.
As always, all complete bikes are built to order by us here in the Peak District, to the exact spec of your choice. We build your bike for you.
Seatpost diameter: 27.2mm (minimum 330mm long)
Seatpost clamp: 29.8mm or 30.0mm (bolt up clamp is included)
Chainline/Chainring: +2.5mm chainline for extra tyre clearance.
- Shimano Double GRX600 30/46 or GRX812 31/48. Shimano GRX front mechs only. No Shimano road chainline chainsets fit.
- Shimano Single/1x GRX up to 42t
- SRAM 11spd Double Road maximum 34/50, SRAM 12spd Double Road maximum 35/48 or any SRAM WIDE Chainset.
- SRAM Single/1x Road Chainline max 38t, SRAM WIDE Single/1x Chainline max 42t
- UPDATED 17/05/2021 - Campagnolo EKAR up to 40t
Front Mech: 28.6mm bottom pull. Shimano GRX +2.5mm chainline, or SRAM conventional or wide road chainline appropriate for your chainset. Shimano road DOES NOT FIT.
Bottom Bracket width: 68mm
Bottom Bracket thread: Conventional English/BSA
Headset: 1⅛"/1.5" tapered. IS41/28.6 top tube, IS52/40 lower cup
Fork: 1⅛"/1.5" tapered steerer, maximum axle to crown length 400mm. Offset 45mm.
Front hub: 12mm x 100 bolt thru
Rear Hub: 142x12 Thru Axle, M12x1.75 Thread
Brakes: Flat Mount front and rear
