Cotic roadrat - new frame colour

what should i go for ?? builders tea or espresso ??

http://www.cotic.co.uk/product/roadrat

Buy either one, strip it and paint luminous pink.

The old black one is better.

The current options look like stool samples.

tea

yea, I think i prefer tea, or might just try and get hold of the old black frame ??
it is a sexy bike, just cant make up my mind over these new colours! arrr

Pompino?

No thanks, I've just put one out.

I think the darker one (espresso) is a bit nicer. I have the original black one and always wondered when they'd offer a more interesting colour

Black....

That's the colour of poo !

What colour shit do you want? Indian diarrheas shit? or normal kebab shit?

i think they're really nice colours. it's pretty juvenile to bring poo into it. the tea colour especially is really unusual.

Espresso is nicer, tea more an eye-catcher.

hybrids are normally silver/black/white as they are cheaper colours to produce.
painting them a nicer colour doesn't really make a hybrid any more attractive.

tea

btw, i owned both versions of this bike (the long & short) i had some toe overlap problems with the shorter 'drop bar' model .. my advice would be to go with the 'original' longer model regardless of your bar preference.

nice versatile bike, always attracted compliments from curious cyclists who thought they'd seen everything :)

you can def buy a lighter bike though if you want to keep it as a stripped down speed machine .. but its nice and versatile .. i ran avid bb7 road discs with drop levers brakes .. although cane creek now market a nice 'v brake' drop lever that will work with standard bb7s that IME work a bit better.

peace.

Thanks v.much for tips D Mars
I am just going to buy the frame and fork then build bike up over summer hol,
The one beauty of being a teacher :)

Just had a look round cotics website. Never seen em before and damn they make some nice stuff!
Tea every time.
Enjoy your summer hols, you git. ;)

I love my Roadrat (mine is black) but I would have chosen the tea colour if I had the choice at the time.

Roadrats on flickr
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=cotic%20roadrat&w=all

i just got the old black frame and forks... really happy, think i will love this bike... need to get wheels and drop bars and pedals and chain and stuff now :)

hahaha! wtf is that, a road bike for people who have no idea what a road bike is?

^bikesnoblondon

not snobbish, just realistic.

haven't you got a proper bike now though V?

hybrids are great for learning on, but once you want to ride properly you need to progress to something suitable ;)

I still can't ride properly so the Roadrat is perfect.

mikec has one for sale maybe try him first

VeeVee treat yourself to a proper bike, you deserve it.
riding an overpriced hybrid is much like a teenage dalliance with shakin stevens or nick kershaw you will look back and wonder what the hell the attraction was.

mike c has cotic road rat for sale last time i saw him
old school and in black not poo, tea, latte, or any fancy new metrosexual colours