Let's offroad / mountain bike / mtb / ride dirt

(With the advice of @platypus in mind) Any opinions on the Cotic Solaris Max?

It’s out of stock in Medium atm but looks perfect for me with a 120 fork.

it's great, a top notch bike

I love mine

I've got a Flaremax and would 100% buy a Cotic again, especially if they had such a good deal on again.

Shall find it shortly :-)

@platypus 's Marino, with 130mm fork set at about 20% sag, a 150mm dropper post, and clearance for 29x2.6" tyres

67cm ETT, wow.
Looks pretty ideal though. It's very similar to my current frame only mine's* 74.5 and 66.5 degrees with 520mm seat tube. Although it isn't quite as long either at 460 reach

*supposed to be. (geo is with 120 fork, I'm using a 140)

why sliding dropout? Full tuktitude?

67cm ETT, wow

Not much different size-wise to a large Cotic Solaris MAX

Bit more seat tube and head tube, to get a tiny bit more frame bag space

why sliding dropout?

For when he HTFU and runs it as a singlespeed

dont legitimise ETT questions by answering them! Let @PhilDAS learn about stack and reach

dont legitimise ETT questions by answering them!

You have to sit down on the bike sometimes

True

Let @PhilDAS learn about stack and reach

67cm ETT, wow.
Looks pretty ideal though. It's very similar to my current frame only mine's* 74.5 and 66.5 degrees with 520mm seat tube. Although it isn't quite as long either at 460 reach

Did you draw your Triton yet?

no, you are going to

29er wheels, clearance for 2.6"
BOOST 148x12, no sliding dropout
1x with 32t chainring
External brake hose and gear cable routing (full housing)
Internal dropper seatpost routing for 31.6mm seatpost
Fork will be 120mm travel 51mm offset (Rockshox Reba or equivalent)
4x bottle cage bosses, 1 on downtube, 1 on seat tube, 1 on top tube (near stem), 1 under downtube
44mm Headtube to use with ZS44/28.6 and EC44/40
Post mount (seat stay) brake for 160mm rotor

GO!

oh stack and reach of medium Solaris MAX

Why not just buy a solaris max and get extra bottle cage bosses added?

because that would be sensible and I am not

(dimitry would hate me more than he already does if thats even possible)

Lol @ 4 bottle cages

Alivio drivetrain?

If one could get a full custom steel hardtail frame made for UK riding, what would it look like?

Trails & jumps, bit of bikepacking & singletrack. 120ish fork.

What angles, what BB, what tyre clearance, what bosses, what cable routing etc

Not custom, and the price reflects that:

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I've decided that you should take hydration more seriously

Lol @ 4 bottle cages

The top tube one is secretly one of those little triathlon bags