Cy wrote his final piece on the new Rocket in our newsletter last week. Here it is in our Geek page. There's a fair bit to it, so make yourself a cup of coffee and grab a few mins to sit down and have a read.

We have confirmed pricing on the Rocket. We are running with four shock options which should cover the bases for most people. As usual, price includes a Hope seat clamp, chainstay protector, bottle boss bolts, hose clips and delivery.

At the moment we don't have a coil option, but if demand is there we can get pricing on BOS Stoy, Marzocchi Roco and Fox DHX should you so wish. Drop me a line if you want to talk it over.

We'll be offering the Hope headset (2H) which is compatible with the 44mm head tube on the frame. Price when buying from us here at Cotic is £65 fitted, plus £10 for the 1.5 to 1 1/8" crown race adaptor if you need to run a straight steerer fork.

The latest newsletter was sent on Friday (sign up here) with a lot of information about droplink, our new suspension platform. For those you not signed up to the mailing list, we've put the information on our Geek section for your reading pleasure. We're warning you, it contains the words anti-squat and rate curve more than once!

For the second installment of the information on the Cotic Rocket, Cy's done a video explaining about the origins of the project, and what he sees as the key points on the bike. We hope you like it.

Here's the overall specification for the bike:

• 150mm rear travel, using Cotic Droplink suspension (more detail on this in the next newsletter).
• Slack, low geometry: 66.5 degree head angle/13.3" BB height with 150mm Fox Float installed.
• Designed for use with 140, 150 and 160mm forks.
• Front triangle constructed from Reynolds 853, swingarm 7005-T6 aluminium, seatstay/shock strut in cromoly, droplink is 1 piece CNC'd 7075-T6.
• 7.6lb frame weight including Fox RP23 shock.
• 44mm standard head tube, designed around zero stack top/external cup bottom for taper steerer compatibility.
• 31.6mm seatpost size for dropper seatpost compatibility, and hose clips for remotes under the top tube.
• ISCG05 mounts.
• Syntace X-12 142 x 12mm rear through axle.
• Loads of tyre clearance. Easily runs with Maxxis 2.5" DH tyres in the rear end.
• Regular 73mm threaded BB shell.
• 15mm pivot axles on both main pivot and Droplink pivots combine with massively stiff 35mm steel seat tube to lock the back end to the front triangle for maximum handling precision.
• Shock options will include Fox Float RL, Fox RP23 Kashima, and custom tuned BOS Vip'r.

For the last 2 and a half years we have been working on a new full suspension frame. It's finally finished and going into production, so we wanted to announce that we're back in the game and they're due in mid-March 2012.

The frame is called the Cotic Rocket. It's a trail bike with 150mm rear travel for 140-160mm forks. We have so much to tell you about, but Cy's going to do that in detail over the next few weeks in (relatively) easily digested chunks via the mailing list.

It has been a long project, and we're incredibly proud of this bike.

Stay tuned!