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Limited stock in Small size only. Restock in new colours due January 2019.
Complete bikes available in the UK and Europe.
Frames available worldwide, including USA, Canada, Australia, shipped direct to your door from the Peak District.
Finance available in the UK.
Bikes from: £2749
There are three build levels available, with lots of parts options, plus our Go Custom programme where you can configure even many parts of your build including shock, fork, wheels and brakes.
Click on ORDER BIKE, choose your frame and base build, and head to the Go Custom button to customise your build.
Frames from: £1,499 including Hope Seat QR and UK delivery.
Air and coil shock options from Cane Creek are also available, as well as select extras like headsets, bottom brackets and Cotic merchandise. Click on ORDER FRAME button to see your options.
The Cotic Rocket is our 27.5" wheel, rough and tough, race proven enduro bike.
The Cotic Rocket is our 27.5" wheel, rough and tough, race proven enduro bike.
Going into its 3rd generation, the Rocket is a race winning Enduro weapon. The Cotic Racing team have been closely involved in the development, and won the PMBA Enduro Series Championship titles in 2016 and 2017 aboard their Rockets.
Away from the race track it's wild and fast and just so much fun, designed to get you down the rowdiest trails with an infectious grin on your face. Progressive new Longshot geometry keeps the bike stable through the rough stuff, and planted in the corners. The super short stem combine with the optimised head angle and frame length make you feel like your hands are directly connected to the front tyre. The Rocket has a swaggering, "let's do this" attitude that you can't help but love.
Whether you're tackling big mountain adventures, laps of the bikepark or the toughest enduro stage, the Rocket will look after you and keep you screaming for more. The best part is, it will happily skip up the toughest of climbs; honed on the tough hills of our native Peak District, the Rocket will get you back up to the top for run after run.
As with all Cotic bikes, the frames' steel construction is compliant and naturally ground moulding. The Rocket uses Reynolds 853 super strong steel, and includes our custom ride tuned Ovalform top tube which helps to deliver sublime trail damping and that signature Cotic feel; lively and fun, yet stable and controlled.
The Rocket is designed around the latest 27.5 x 2.6" wide trail tyres, with clearance to spare even with this monster rubber installed. The new and improved Boost148 rear end brings more stiffness, clearance and style to this iconic bike. The dedicated 1x frame is designed with an integrated One Up chainguide, as well as ISCG05 lower mounts and the neat Syntace 12mm bolt through axle. Simple, solid, secure.
Hold on tight, and get ready to launch your Rocket
Complete bikes start with our no nonsense Silver build, moves up to our high performance Gold level, and finally to the dream bike Platinum spec for all the toys. There are multiple upgrade options for each bike, including all the Hope colours, so you can make your Rocket your own. For more information, click on the tabs below.
Prices start at £2749 frame optionsThe Rocket is also available frame only with Cotic tune X-Fusion O2 RCX, Cane Creek DB Air IL, DB Coil IL. Prices start at £1499
We now have a Factory Collection option on the bikes. Come down to our base in the heart of the Peak District, and we will set up your bike, the suspension, fit pedals, get you all comfortable. You can even take your new Cotic out on its maiden voyage around our demo loop, straight from our workshop door.
Just tick the Factory Collection option on your order and we will look forward to seeing you. We'll contact you once we have received your order, and arrange a day that suits you for your visit (Monday - Friday).
Are you in the UK and would like to demo a FlareMAX? Contact us via our Demo Page to organise a demo ride with us.
Like the idea of droplink suspension, but want something lighter, sharper and more trail orientated? You need the Flare.
Think the Rocket sounds good, but prefer 29er or 275 Plus wheel options? You need the RocketMAX.
Looking for a hardtail with Rocket toughness and attitude? You need the new BFe.
Read our Founder and Bike Designer Cy Turners' theory behind using steel for our full suspension bikes here.....
Read all about the development and features of the Cotic droplink suspension here.....
Return of Straightline - The final installment of the epic Rocketman series
Rocketman 3 - Return Of Straightline from Cotic on Vimeo.
The Rise of Straightline
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What Would Rocketman Ride?
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.
Each frame is dip coated inside and out with zinc phosphate before painting, to prevent corrosion and ensure the best paint finish. After we've agonised over the colours, designs and decals the frames are painted to the highest quality including a protective clear coat, before 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.
New Longshot geometry brings a new balance, speed and capability to the Rocket. Long frame, matched with a responsive stem in the 30mm-50mm length range is combined with a slacker head angle to balance out the handling for a beautifully controlled and exciting ride. Better up, better down, better for everyone.
New sizing: Every frame size has been been redeveloped, with attention paid to the riders of that specific frame size.
A new 1x specific swingarm with forged parts brings added stiffness and tyre clearance. Latest generation 27.5 x 2.6" rubber will fit, and Boost spacing and chainline keeps everything futureproof. New 1x integrated One Up top guide (included).
Increase travel up to 157mm at the rear - optimised around 160mm forks, but now certified for up to 170mm travel forks.
Revised Gold build now features the awesome Cane Creek HELM fork for the same price as the 2017 build. Amazing value, amazing performance.
- Radical Cotic Longshot geometry is specifically designed for 30-50mm stems, giving incredible steering responsiveness combined with hugely confidence inspiring capability at speed.
- Reynolds 853 Ovalform and DZB tubed front end brings precision, beautiful ride feel, durability and strength
- 44mm standard head tube designed with external bottom cup for taper steerer compatiblity and zero stack top cup for minimal stack height
- Custom Cotic designed 35mm heat treated cromoly seat tube for super stiff support for the main suspension pivots
- 31.6mm seatpost size is dropper seatpost compatible. Internal 'Stealth' dropper post remote routing
- Regular threaded bottom bracket for reliability and ease of maintence
- Rear mech cable routed internally through the steel seatstay for clean lines and low noise
- Dedicated 1x drivetrain design - maximum width swingarm pivot, low drop, forged construction swingarm heads with integrated One Up Components award winning Top Guide. Combined with ISCG05 lower tabs for maximum drivetrain reliability and security
- 6066-T6 aluminium swingarm with Syntace X-12 BOOST148 x 12 rear axle for maximum wheel stiffness and mud clearance.
- Main and seat tube pivots are 15mm diameter, and droplink thru axle style linkage clamp keep the frame solid front to rear
- 1 bottle mount
- Clearance for big tyres - Latest generation 27.5 x 2.6" tyres
- Optimised around 160mm forks for great balance of speed and precision. Options are open though - bring on the big hits with 170mm fork option
- 157mm of Cotic droplink suspension brings grip, fun and massive bump absorption capability via a strong progression rate on the linkage driven single pivot layout
- Sizes - Small (390mm), Medium (425mm), Large (460mm) or XL (495mm)
- Weight - Gold Spec Bike 30.7lbs w/o pedals
All our bikes are hand assembled to order here in Sheffield by Paul, Cy, Richard or Will. If there's anything on the spec you're not sure about, or don't need, give us a ring to discuss. We'd much rather leave something off you don't need and charge you a bit less than waste a perfectly good part you'll not use when we can put it on someone elses bike. Better for you, better for us, less waste, so better for everyone.
When ordering, you can choose key components to help you get the fit you want on your bike (contact us if you need help), but you can also go custom if you want to personalise your build still further. Many of our builds can be customised extensively, with headset, brake, wheel and fork travel options available.
Build Specification - Platinum- Shimano XTR M9000 Mechanical 1x11 Drivetrain
- Hope 10-48 Cassette
- Race Face Next SL Cinch 175mm Carbon Cranks, Direct Mount 30t Chainring (add amazing Cane Creek eeWing Ti cranks for just £599)
- Hope Tech X2 Brakes, 180/180 Floating rotors (your choice of colours)
- Cane Creek HELM - 160mm or 170mm travel
- Cane Creek DB Air IL Shock
- Hope Tech Enduro wheels or HUNT Enduro Wide
- WTB G2 Series Tyres - Vigilante 27.5 x 2.5 Light High Grip Slashguard Front, Judge 27.5 x 2.4 Tough Fast Rolling Rear, set up Tubeless
- Finishing kit, including:
- Burgtec RW Carbon Bars 800 x 20
- Cotic Shortstem
- Hope AM Stem 35mm (+£50 - any Hope colour)
- Hope AM Stem 50mm (+£50 - any Hope colour)
- X Fusion Manic dropper seatpost, 125mm drop small/medium, 150mm drop large and XL
- Cotic Cromo Rail Saddle
- Hope Headset
- Pedals not included
- 0% Finance Now Available. Use the order page to calculate your payments.
- Price - £4799 including UK mainland delivery
- Use the framebuilder to spec your bike
As well as being able to spec the post, bars and stem for the best possible bike fit, and upgrade the rear shock, our builds can additionally be customised by changing any of the following:
- Hope parts are available in all the Hope colour options (black, silver, orange, red, blue or purple)
- Disc brakes: choose between 2 Shimano and 2 Hope options
- Gearing: Swap to a 10-44 Hope cassette for closer ratios
- Shock: Go coil and swap your DB Air IL shock for a DB Coil IL
- Many more options... click on the link below to see them all...
- GO CUSTOM based on a Platinum build
- SRAM Eagle GX 12spd, 10-50 Cassette
- SRAM Eagle GX Cranks, 175mm, 32t X-Sync 2 Chainring
- Deore XT M8000 Brakes, 180/180 rotors
- Cane Creek HELM fork - 160mm or 170mm travel options
- Cane Creek DB Air IL Shock
- Hope Hoops Tech Enduro wheels or HUNT Enduro Wide
- Finishing kit, including:
- Cotic Calver Bar - 780 x 25 rise
- Your choice of Stem from the following options:
- Cotic 35mm Stem
- Cotic 45mm Stem
- Hope AM Stem 35mm (+£50 - any Hope colour)
- Hope AM Stem 50mm (+£50 - any Hope colour)
- X Fusion Manic dropper seatpost, 125mm drop small/medium, 150mm drop large and XL
- Cotic Cromo Rail Saddle
- Hope Headset
- WTB G2 Series Tyres - Vigilante 27.5 x 2.5 Light High Grip Slashguard Front, Judge 27.5 x 2.4 Tough Fast Rolling Rear, set up Tubeless
- Pedals not included
- 0% Finance Now Available. Use the order page to calculate your payments.
- Price - £3899 including UK mainland delivery
- Use the framebuilder to spec your bike
- Shimano Deore XT M8000 1x11 Drivetrain, 11-42 Cassette
- Race Face Turbine Cinch 175mm Cranks, Direct Mount 30t Chainring
- Deore XT M8000 Brakes, 180/180 rotors
- Cane Creek HELM fork - 160mm or 170mm travel options
- Cane Creek DB Air IL Shock
- Hope Hoops Tech Enduro wheels or HUNT Enduro Wide
- Finishing kit, including:
- Cotic Calver Bar - 780 x 25 rise
- Your choice of Stem from the following options:
- Cotic 35mm Stem
- Cotic 45mm Stem
- Hope AM Stem 35mm (+£50 - any Hope colour)
- Hope AM Stem 50mm (+£50 - any Hope colour)
- X Fusion Manic dropper seatpost, 125mm drop medium, 150mm drop large and XL
- Cotic Cromo Rail Saddle
- Hope Headset
- WTB G2 Series Tyres - Vigilante 27.5 x 2.5 Light High Grip Slashguard Front, Judge 27.5 x 2.4 Tough Fast Rolling Rear, set up Tubeless
- Pedals not included
- 0% Finance Now Available. Use the order page to calculate your payments.
- Price - £3899 including UK mainland delivery
- Use the framebuilder to spec your bike
As well as being able to spec the post, bars and stem for the best possible bike fit, and upgrade the rear shock, our builds can additionally be customised by changing any of the following:
- Hope parts are available in all the Hope colour options (black, silver, orange, red, blue or purple)
- Disc brakes: choose between 2 Shimano and 2 Hope options
- Wheels: Lighten up your Rocket with 30mm internal HUNT Trail Wide instead of Enduro wheels.
- Forks: Swap your fork to an X-Fusion Sweep HLR and save £300
- Gearing: Swap to a 11-46 cassette for easier climbing gears or upgrade to the Hope 10-44 or 10-48 cassette to save some weight and add more range
- Shock: Go coil and change the Cane Creek DB Air IL to a DB Coil IL
- GO CUSTOM based on a Gold build
- Shimano SLX M7000 1x11 Drivetrain
- Shimano SLX M7000 11-42 Cassette
- Race Face Affect Cinch 175mm Cranks, Direct Mount 30t Chainring
- Deore M615 Brakes, 180/180 rotors
- X Fusion Sweep RL2 - 160 travel, 15mm axle, taper steerer
- X Fusion O2 RCX Shock, Cotic tune
- Shimano MT15 Wheels
- Finishing kit, including:
- Cotic Calver Bar - 780 x 25 rise
- Your choice of Stem from the following options:
- Cotic 35mm Stem
- Cotic 45mm Stem
- Hope AM Stem 35mm (+£50 - any Hope colour)
- Hope AM Stem 50mm (+£50 - any Hope colour)
- X-Fusion Manic Dropper Post, 125mm drop small/medium, 150mm drop large/XL
- Cotic Cromo Rail Saddle
- Cane Creek 40 Series Headset
- Continental Trail King Pure Grip 2.2"
- Pedals not included
- Price: from £2749 (UK only).
- Use the framebuilder to spec your bike
As well as being able to spec the post, bars and stem for the best possible bike fit, and upgrade the rear shock, our builds can additionally be customised by changing any of the following:
- Headset: upgrade your Silver build to a Hope headset
- Discbrakes: choose between 2 Shimano and 2 Hope options
- Wheels: upgrade your Silver build to Hope or HUNT wheels
- Tyres: Go tubeless and high volume with WTB G2 Series Tyres
- Forks: upgrade your Silver build X Fusion RL2 fork to the Roughcut HLR damper, or upgrade to Cane Creek Helm or RockShox Pike forks
- Gearing: Change to an 11-46 cassette for easier climbing gears or upgrade to the Hope 10-44 or 10-48 cassette to save some weight and add range (only available in conjunction with Hope wheels)
- Shock: upgrade your Silver build X Fusion O2 RCX shock to Cane Creek DB Air IL or DB Coil IL
- GO CUSTOM based on a Silver build
NOTE: Specifications subject to change without notice. Because of this, bikes shown in videos and photos are likely to feature a different spec to that currently offered.
The chart is a guide to frame size. Longshot Geometry means that the frames are low and long, with plenty of standover room. You can take this two ways: We recommend going for the size suggested for your height on the chart, and getting all the benefits of running a super short and responsive 30-35mm stem. If you prefer a more conventional setup, you could go for the next size down with a long dropper post to keep pedalling height, and run a 45-50mm stem. Make sure you consider your leg length as well. If you upsize you might not be able to fit a dropper post with 150mm drop due to the collar hitting the seat tube top or the dropper post bottoming out on the seat tube droplink pivot. If you are unsure about that or anything else, drop us a line at size@cotic.co.uk and we'll be happy to discuss set up based on what you're riding at the moment and what seatpost you are planning to use.
160mm travel forks
| Frame Size | Small | Medium | Large | XL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seat Tube (centre-top) | 390mm | 425mm | 460mm | 495mm |
| Top Tube Length (Effective) | 590mm | 616mm | 642mm | 674mm |
| Head Angle | 64.5° | 64.5° | 64.5° | 64.5° |
| Seat Angle (Effective) | 75° | 75° | 75° | 75° |
| Chainstay Length | 437mm | 437mm | 437mm | 437mm |
| BB Drop | -10mm | -10mm | -10mm | -10mm |
| Head Tube Length | 100mm | 110mm | 120mm | 130mm |
| Reach | 435mm | 458mm | 481mm | 510mm |
| Stack | 589.5mm | 598.5mm | 607.5mm | 616.5mm |
| Wheelbase | 1199.0mm | 1226.4mm | 1253.9mm | 1287.0mm |
| Usual Height Range | 165cm - 172cm | 169cm - 180cm | 178cm - 188cm | 186cm - 195cm |
| Stem Length | 30-50mm | 30-50mm | 30-50mm | 30-50mm |
| Frame Wheel Travel | 157mm | 157mm | 157mm | 157mm |
| All measurements are static based on 160mm travel fork. | ||||
6 ¼" travel forks
| Frame Size | Small | Medium | Large | XL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seat Tube (centre-top) | 15.35” | 16.7” | 18.1” | 19.5” |
| Top Tube Length (Effective) | 23.2" | 24.3" | 25.3" | 26.5" |
| Head Angle | 64.5° | 64.5° | 64.5° | 64.5° |
| Seat Angle (Effective) | 75° | 75° | 75° | 75° |
| Chainstay Length | 17.2" | 17.2" | 17.2" | 17.2" |
| BB Drop | -0.4" | -0.4" | -0.4" | -0.4" |
| Head Tube Length | 3.9” | 4.3” | 4.7” | 5.1” |
| Reach | 17.1" | 18.0" | 18.9" | 20.1" |
| Stack | 23.2" | 23.6" | 23.9" | 24.3" |
| Wheelbase | 47.2" | 48.3" | 49.3" | 50.7" |
| Usual Height Range | 5ft 5in - 5ft 8in | 5ft 7in - 5ft 11in | 5ft 10in - 6ft 2in | 6ft 0in - 6ft 5in |
| Stem Length | 30-50mm | 30-50mm | 30-50mm | 30-50mm |
| Frame Wheel Travel | 6.2" | 6.2" | 6.2" | 6.2" |
| All measurements are static based on 6.3" travel fork. | ||||
170mm travel forks
| Frame Size | Small | Medium | Large | XL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seat Tube (centre-top) | 390mm | 425mm | 460mm | 495mm |
| Top Tube Length (Effective) | 591.5mm | 617.5mm | 643.5mm | 675.5mm |
| Head Angle | 64.0° | 64.0° | 64.0° | 64.0° |
| Seat Angle (Effective) | 74.5° | 74.5° | 74.5° | 74.5° |
| Chainstay Length | 437mm | 437mm | 437mm | 437mm |
| BB Drop | -7mm | -7mm | -7mm | -7mm |
| Head Tube Length | 100mm | 110mm | 120mm | 130mm |
| Reach | 430.5mm | 453.6mm | 476.9mm | 505.5mm |
| Stack | 593.0mm | 602.0mm | 611.0mm | 620.0mm |
| Wheelbase | 1204.0mm | 1231.4mm | 1258.9mm | 1293.0mm |
| Usual Height Range | 165cm - 172cm | 169cm - 180cm | 178cm - 188cm | 186cm - 195cm |
| Stem Length | 30-50mm | 30-50mm | 30-50mm | 30-50mm |
| Frame Wheel Travel | 157mm | 157mm | 157mm | 157mm |
| All measurements are static based on 170mm travel fork. | ||||
6 ⅔" travel forks
| Frame Size | Small | Medium | Large | XL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seat Tube (centre-top) | 15.35” | 16.7” | 18.1” | 19.5” |
| Top Tube Length (Effective) | 23.3" | 24.4" | 25.4" | 26.6" |
| Head Angle | 64.0° | 64.0° | 64.0° | 64.0° |
| Seat Angle (Effective) | 74.5° | 74.5° | 74.5° | 74.5° |
| Chainstay Length | 17.2" | 17.2" | 17.2" | 17.2" |
| BB Drop | -0.275" | -0.275" | -0.275" | -0.275" |
| Head Tube Length | 3.9” | 4.3” | 4.7” | 5.1” |
| Reach | 17.3" | 18.2" | 19.1" | 20.3" |
| Stack | 23.3" | 23.7" | 24.0" | 24.4" |
| Wheelbase | 47.4" | 48.5" | 49.5" | 50.9" |
| Usual Height Range | 5ft 5in - 5ft 8in | 5ft 7in - 5ft 11in | 5ft 10in - 6ft 2in | 6ft 0in - 6ft 5in |
| Stem Length | 30-50mm | 30-50mm | 30-50mm | 30-50mm |
| Frame Wheel Travel | 6.2" | 6.2" | 6.2" | 6.2" |
| All measurements are static based on 6.7" travel fork. | ||||
Seatpost diameter: 31.6mm (get 380mm long minimum)
Front Mech: Not applicable - 1x drivetrains only.
Fork: Minimum 150mm. Maximum 170mm travel, 561mm axle-crown (without sag)
Bottom Bracket width: 73mm
Bottom Bracket thread: Conventional English/BSA
Chainring: Single only, boost chainline
Chainguide Mounting: ISCG05 bottom 2 tabs. Integrated Cotic x OneUp Components Top Guide (included with frame or bike)
Headset: 44mm for Taper Steerer forks: Hope 2H, Cane Creek ZS44 Top/EC44 Bottom, Chris King Inset I7
Rear Hub: Boost148 x 12 bolt through
Rear Axle: Syntace X-12
Rear Mech Hanger: Syntace X-12 Type 1 (Conventional or Shimano Direct Mount)
Shock: 200 x 57
Shock Fittings: 15.75 x M8 Down Tube End, 24.0 x M8 Seatstay End
Dropper Post Routing: Stealth via the down tube
Rear Brake Mounting: I.S. Compatible with up to 203mm diameter rotors
