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The all new Solaris is designed to take the best of our legendary Soul trail hardtail and bring all that to the 29" wheel format. We've evolved a new geometry and tubeset for the 29er, starting with the Soul but developed to make the most of the big wheels. The head angle gives similar mechanical trail to the Soul when using 44-46mm offset 29er forks, which is combined with a 10mm longer reach than the 26" wheel bikes to give a good long front centre. A shorter stem keeps your position and works great with wide, flat bars to keep the handling sweet. Chainstays have been tucked in as far as possible without resorting to kinked or offset seat tubes so you can still get proper seat drop and good sizing.
The tubeset is unique to the Solaris and Simple and uses a new lightweight version of the BFe 34.9mm seat tube for better pedalling stiffness and frame precision, along with a dropper seatpost compatible 31.6mm seatpost size. The Ovalform top tube is larger than the Soul to tie down the higher head tube properly and account for the longer frame. It also interfaces beautifully with the new 44mm standard head tube which features zero stack top cup for minimised bar height and external bottom cup for full taper steerer compatibility.
All this combines to give the Solaris an agile and interactive ride, with a compliance and speed across the ground which has to be experienced.
SPECS
Large diameter, thinwall air hardening True Temper OX Platinum steel tubing with Reynolds 853 Ovalform top tube combines with ultra compact frame layout for a supple yet precise ride feel.
44mm standard head tube designed with external bottom cup for taper steerer compatiblity and zero stack top cup for minimal stack height.
Oversized 35mm seat tube gives great precision to the ride.
31.6mm seatpost size is dropper seatpost compatible and the frame has hose clips for the remote under the top tube.
Signature Cotic 4130 cromo wishbone stay rear end. Bridge-less S-bend chainstays with Cotic Hexten gussets for improved fatigue life.
Clearance for big tyres - 2.4" Maxxis Ardents fit fine.
Geometry with commitment! Minimum 80mm travel forks or 470mm rigids. Handles great with 100mm sus forks, strong enough for up to 120mm travel.
Cotic 29er geometry uses long top tube (10mm longer reach than the 26" bikes), short stem set up (60-90mm stems recommended) maintains good weight distribution for great handling.
Sizes - 17.5", 19" and 20.5". The frames are designed to be compact and chuckable.
Weight - 4.9lbs for the 19" |
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