Cy Turner on 20 Years of Cotic Bikes - a podcast by BLISTER
from 2023-03-09T17:13:04
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Cotic Bikes was an early pioneer in the UK’s hardcore hardtail scene, and now 20 years later they’re still doing things their own way — including making a line of (mostly) steel full-suspension bikes to go with those hardtails. So we sat down with their founder, Cy Turner, to get the super interesting story of Cotic’s founding and development; Cy’s approach to bike design and why they do things pretty differently from a lot of other brands; why Cotic puts such an emphasis on custom builds, and a whole lot more.
TOPICS & TIMES:
- 20 years of Cotic (2:51)
- Cotic moving from a side project to a career (3:17)
- Cy’s first real mountain bike (12:10)
- The first Cotic Soul (17:20)
- UK’s culture of hardcore hardtails (20:05)
- Cotic’s first full-suspension bike (22:34)
- Steel full-suspension bikes (28:02)
- The first Cotic Rocket (29:38)
- Suspension layouts & single pivots (35:06)
- Droplink suspension (39:31)
- Frame stiffness (49:12)
- Cotic build specs & customization (57:03)
- Our upcoming RocketMAX review (1:02:02)
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