This Saturday, 10th October, we're at our first Glorious Gravel event, the Gravel X at Sherwood Pines, near Clipstone in Nottinghamshire.

On the stand from 7am until 3pm:

• Cascade : Drop bar MTB, adventure, bikepacking - Size Large (5ft 11in - 6ft 2in)
• Escapade : Gravel. Fast, far, supple speed - Size 56cm (5ft 9in-5ft 11in)
• Solaris : Our Ultimate 853 Steel Hardtail - Size C4 (5ft 11in-6ft 2in)

Come and have a proper look, and a quick spin if one fits.

There are still tickets available for the main Gravel X event if you want to get involved after coming to see us, or if that sounds a bit much, the waymarked singletrack trails around Sherwood Pines are great. We're certainly planning to sneak a lap in at some point.

I was about to make the title "recent beautiful bikes", but all the bikes we send to customers are beautiful, whether they are mad custom or not. These three are just some particularly unusual builds from the last couple of weeks.

Cascade XS A La Carte Crimson Gloss with White Highlight

Not only has this Cascade got an amazing paint choice, the owners wanted the best, so it got eeWings titanium cranks to go with Hope everything else. It's going to be so lovely to ride.

Solaris Silver Trail Build in A La Carte Golfie Green Gloss

This Solaris caught my eye not for some mega build spec (although it's nicely upgraded with fast HUNT wheels and Vittoria tyres), it was how different it looked in the lustrous Golfie Green compared to the more usual Limestone. Big fan.

Escapade Gold Build with Hope Everything and Fox Suspension

This Escapade is a real conversation starter. The owner wanted something that would be comfortable and capable on some rocky downhills, but still wanted the smooth speed of the Escapade for the majority of his riding. The 40mm suspension fork swaps in perfectly, as we have designed our latest gravel fork with this in mind. Really interesting one.

As the weather changes here in the Northern Hemisphere, a great hardtail is a brilliant bike for simple riding enjoyment as the weather gets wet. To celebrate, and help you get into the spirit of the season, we have dropped the price on our BFe Bronze build to 1,999. Just order before the end of September to get this special price.

What do you get for your two grand?

• Tough yet comfortable BFe frame
• Plush Rockshox Pike Select 140mm fork
• Shimano Deore M6200 1x12 drivetrain
• Powerful Shimano SLX 4piston brakes
• Shimano/Rodi wheels with 30mm rims
• WTB Vigilante/Trail Boss 2.6" Tubeless Tyres

It's an amazing bike that you can have in full 29er or mullet.

Order Your BFe Bronze Bike

This week we have extended our Cotic Upgrade Shop to support the original Escapades, Gen 1 and Gen 2, from 2014-2017. If you have as Escapade with a steel fork and the QR rear axle in a horizontal "track end" style dropout, we have got you covered.

The new pack allows you to upgrade to a Shimano CUES 1x11 drivetrain with clutch mech, wide range cassette and, mostly importantly given most of these bikes had mechanical disc brakes, it has hydraulic brakes. Because you are getting the kit from us, we will build you a brakeset that will fit your IS mount frame, something that is very hard to get off the shelf in these days of Flat Mount everything.

That's the beauty of the Cotic Upgrade Shop. Kit guaranteed to fit.

If you have an older Escapade, give it a look. This also fits our original cyclocross bike the X too.

The latest Escapade review is out, and it's a belter! Head to offroadcc to read the full thing, but here's some quotes:

"It’s one of those bikes that you can lose yourself on, covering big mileage in total comfort."

"It’s not designed as a gravel racer, but it still feels on the nippy side, and through the frameset’s feedback, it gives great involvement from a rider/bike point of view"

"With some wide, slick rubber fitted, it felt efficient, and with the right gearing fitted, it would make for an ideal all-road, mixed-surface touring machine, or even a commuter giving plenty of route choices."

"VERDICT: Excellent UK build quality, matched by a stunning ride quality and easy to live with geometry"

We're over the moon with the review, especially as they clearly "got" the bike, understood the advantages of Sureshot geometry, and felt the Cotic ride feel shining through.

We're currently booking build slots for delivery in October to December depending on size. We have 54 and 56cm demo bikes available to test ride at HQ in Chesterfield any weekday, and the next Super Saturday is on 17th October if you can't get to us during the week.

Head over to the Escapade page to learn more.

Announcing our next Saturday Demo, Super Saturday is back on 17th October.

Want to try out a Cotic? We are leading demo rides at 10 and 12. We have Escapade and Cascade gravel bikes, Solaris and BFe hardtails, Jeht full suspension and Rocket ebikes available. Email demo@cotic.co.uk to book on.

Not got time to ride, but want to see the latest Cotics in real life? Showroom is open 0930-1530.

We have the best coffee, Yorkshire Tea, biscuits, and an all round nice day.

Chesterfield Showroom and HQ bike demos

Showroom opening times:

Monday — Friday (10am — 4pm)

+ Saturday 17th October (9:30am — 3:30pm)

Office Hours

You can catch us for emails and phone calls on the following hours:

Monday — Friday (9am — 5pm UK time)

Call us on: 07970 853 531