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Jun 5, 2023 at 9:41
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Video: Testing the Difference Between Steel & Aluminum Frames
The steel project definitely started out as a discussion about how to inject some reliability into the frames after last season, but it's moved on from there. Through iteration of the details Neko has overcome the aluminium durability issues, so now it's all about which will make a better race bike. I don't actually know what the weight delta to the aluminium front end is, but based on the tubing specs I was designing against, it's not going to be much, and where it is heavier it is stronger.
cotic-bikes edspratt's article
Jun 5, 2023 at 9:34
3 days
Video: Testing the Difference Between Steel & Aluminum Frames
@trillot: Most brands don't make even prototypes or mules themselves, they have to get their frame vendors to do it. And most aluminium frame vendors aren't set up at all to manufacture in steel. Also, if they mainly use aluminium and are comfortable and experienced using it, and they have half an eye on a production run, that would be another reason to go aluminium for mules.
cotic-bikes cotic-bikes's article
May 31, 2023 at 1:35
May 31, 2023
Cotic Launches UK Made FlareMAX Gen5
@Paco77: No problem. We do our due diligence on sizing. It's super important for a direct sales brand that we really understand how all the sizes feel, but the fact our sales guys ride the smaller sizes and I ride the largest helps bracket it nicely.
cotic-bikes cotic-bikes's article
May 30, 2023 at 2:27
May 30, 2023
Cotic Launches UK Made FlareMAX Gen5
@Paco77: We have no plans for size specific stays. We have done some work on it, but ultimately our staff who test the small/C1/C2 sizes all really like the handling balance of those bikes, and I (riding an XL/C5) haven't found any advantages to going longer, so we leave it. Being completely honest, being a small volume manufacturer (100s per year not 1000s) the extra difficulty it would add to our development and production flexibility far outweighs any tiny perceived handling benefit.
cotic-bikes cotic-bikes's article
May 22, 2023 at 6:15
May 22, 2023
Cotic Launches UK Made FlareMAX Gen5
@Kebabroll: Noted.
cotic-bikes cotic-bikes's article
May 20, 2023 at 23:03
May 20, 2023
Cotic Launches UK Made FlareMAX Gen5
@andrewbikeguide: It can take a normal bottle cage, just in our experience fidlock are a little more secure. I used I little o ring to loop around the spout of my bottle and did a full EWS without losing my bottle.
cotic-bikes cotic-bikes's article
May 20, 2023 at 23:02
May 20, 2023
Cotic Launches UK Made FlareMAX Gen5
That is so good to hear.
cotic-bikes cotic-bikes's article
May 20, 2023 at 23:01
May 20, 2023
Cotic Launches UK Made FlareMAX Gen5
@chakaping: It looks great in the metal, but those blue SIDs are surpringly marmite. I love em!
cotic-bikes cotic-bikes's article
May 20, 2023 at 23:01
May 20, 2023
Cotic Launches UK Made FlareMAX Gen5
We are really sorry too. Brexit it so stupid. At least in this case the UK made element is so large that you wouldn't pay import duty on a frame. You would just the 22 euro handling fee and French VAT when it arrived. Drop us an email if you are interested. We miss our European neighbours. We are European, despite what any stupid referendum says.
cotic-bikes cotic-bikes's article
May 20, 2023 at 22:58
May 20, 2023
Cotic Launches UK Made FlareMAX Gen5
We used to. No one bought it so we had to stop. We love 27.5 inch wheels, but we can't keep a product in production if it sells less than 100 per year. We lose money. In the last year of production, combined 27.5 sales across Flare and Rocket were 55 total.
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