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The Tonic: Beautiful, light Titanium for Road, trails, gravel, adventure
The luxurious Tonic is our drop bar dream bike. All the fun and capability of the Escapade, but crafted from gorgeous, head turning Titanium. Fast tarmac, gravel, touring; the Tonic does it all in style.
Lightweight and comfortable, the Tonic will tackle whatever surface takes your fancy. Sleek, tough and durable; it is ready for you to follow the tarmac out of the city and onto the dirt, or load it up with bags for epic adventures. Our titanium drop bar superbike is just as special with fast and racy tyres as it is with floaty gravel rubber.
With it's stunning polished finish, this is a bike that will bring you big grins for countless miles. The Tonic simply oozes class.
The Tonic uses butted 3Al/2.5V seamless titanium tubing, saving over 600 grams compared to its steel sibling the Escapade. The included forks are our full carbon RB5, which have been updated to feature 3 "Anything Cage" style bosses on each leg. Add one of our UK made custom fit frame bags and you have the makings of a seriously fast, fluid and fun map crossing machine.
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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 Tonic: 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.
The Tonic is now only available in one size, XS/52. Please check out the steel Escapade for larger sizes.
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 3Al/2.5V Titanium frame with Ovalform top tube and smooth integral tapered head tube. Tough, light, durable, clean, graceful.
- Mounts: Rear Full Rack, mudguards, 2 x bottles on the frame, luggage bosses on the fork legs.
- 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. For full compatibility see the What's New Tab above
- Confident geometry and handling with semi-compact frame layout.
- Note: both axles included when purchasing frame and fork.
Ultra Compact Geometry - Road
The Tonic uses our proven - and award winning - 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 Tonic uses butted 3Al/2.5V seamless titanium tubing. It features the Cotic Ovalform top tube for optimised ride and handling, and a smooth integral headset tapered head tube. Custom shaped rear end with great clearance completes the picture for the lightest, toughest, most beautiful riding frame. Durable, clean, graceful.
Full Carbon Fork
The Tonic 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 and luggage bosses on each leg.
Thru Axle
The Cotic Tonic features the industry standard 142x12 rear thru axle to match the 12x100 front fork.
Big Clearance Design
The Tonic is based on our Escapade, which has 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. 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 provided by the latest Wide Chainline gravel cranks, you can run up to 700x44.
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
The Tonic offers multiple cable management solutions, including semi-internal routing for gear cables, full Shimano Di2 compatibility 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 Tonic 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 Tonic the bike for you?
Like the idea of the Tonic for bikepacking, but want more offroad capability? Have a look at the SolarisMAX.
Remember, the Tonic is based directly on our fantastic, slinky steel Escapade.
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, and have been making our frames to our high standards since day one.
After careful finishing, the frames receive 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: 31.6mm (minimum 330mm long)
Seatpost clamp: 34.9mm (Hope 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
- Campagnolo EKAR up to 40t
Front Mech: 34.9mm 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
The Tonic: Beautiful, light Titanium for Road, trails, gravel, adventure
The luxurious Tonic is our drop bar dream bike. All the fun and capability of the Escapade, but crafted from gorgeous, head turning Titanium. Fast tarmac, gravel, touring; the Tonic does it all in style.
Lightweight and comfortable, the Tonic will tackle whatever surface takes your fancy. Sleek, tough and durable; it is ready for you to follow the tarmac out of the city and onto the dirt, or load it up with bags for epic adventures. Our titanium drop bar superbike is just as special with fast and racy tyres as it is with floaty gravel rubber.
With it's stunning polished finish, this is a bike that will bring you big grins for countless miles. The Tonic simply oozes class.
The Tonic uses butted 3Al/2.5V seamless titanium tubing, saving over 600 grams compared to its steel sibling the Escapade. The included forks are our full carbon RB5, which have been updated to feature 3 "Anything Cage" style bosses on each leg. Add one of our UK made custom fit frame bags and you have the makings of a seriously fast, fluid and fun map crossing machine.
| 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 Tonic: 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.
The Tonic is now only available in one size, XS/52. Please check out the steel Escapade for larger sizes.
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 3Al/2.5V Titanium frame with Ovalform top tube and smooth integral tapered head tube. Tough, light, durable, clean, graceful.
- Mounts: Rear Full Rack, mudguards, 2 x bottles on the frame, luggage bosses on the fork legs.
- 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. For full compatibility see the What's New Tab above
- Confident geometry and handling with semi-compact frame layout.
- Note: both axles included when purchasing frame and fork.
The Tonic uses our proven - and award winning - 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 Tonic uses butted 3Al/2.5V seamless titanium tubing. It features the Cotic Ovalform top tube for optimised ride and handling, and a smooth integral headset tapered head tube. Custom shaped rear end with great clearance completes the picture for the lightest, toughest, most beautiful riding frame. Durable, clean, graceful.
The Tonic 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 and luggage bosses on each leg.
The Cotic Tonic features the industry standard 142x12 rear thru axle to match the 12x100 front fork.
The Tonic is based on our Escapade, which has 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. 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 provided by the latest Wide Chainline gravel cranks, you can run up to 700x44.
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.
The Tonic offers multiple cable management solutions, including semi-internal routing for gear cables, full Shimano Di2 compatibility 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 Tonic 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 Tonic for bikepacking, but want more offroad capability? Have a look at the SolarisMAX.
Remember, the Tonic is based directly on our fantastic, slinky steel Escapade.
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, and have been making our frames to our high standards since day one.
After careful finishing, the frames receive 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: 31.6mm (minimum 330mm long)
Seatpost clamp: 34.9mm (Hope 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
- Campagnolo EKAR up to 40t
Front Mech: 34.9mm 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
