As above, lets see your builds (and if you don’t mind listing total build cost)

Thank you

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Merckx LXM – Campag Record throughout, Fulcrum Zeros, Speedplay pedals, Conti GP4000s tyres – Cost £4000ish

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Bianchi FG-Lite – Campag Record throughout, Dalkiia wheels, Speedplay pedals, Conti GP4000s tyres – Cost £4750ish

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A few bikes, didn’t have the space to include the MTBs

Is it me or is not a single one of them a Roadrat?

What’s a road rat?

Ha! I think he means a Cotic Roadrat!!

D’oh 😳

but nice bikes!

I though a roadrat was any old tatty bike you ride to the pub on? That or a good bike made to look naff so no-one nicks it. And the Cotic.

How many bike do you have Joxster, if you don’t mind me asking?
( I think if I show your collection my five or so bikes might not get moaned at as much 🙂 )

Rearrange this popular phrase- money sense than more

Around about 20, there are a few that I’ve lent to up and coming youngsters.

Mr Frosty,
I was a Pro for a couple of years so I’ve built up a collection.

no need ‘mr frosty’. God stw stays true..

http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt252/squiff/P3310083.jpg?t=1241353403

Had this about a month and I love it, looking into up grading the wheels, but not sure which one’s.

Try again

*bangs head on desk*

Pro so they did nt cost you then ? if so fair play. A bit show pony for me thou(sorry) rather see ti with less decals

Do you mean one of these Houns…??

i bought the above frame, this was the pic i got from the guy who sold it to me, but i was a little too big, so sold it

mr frosty – Member

Pro so they did nt cost you then ? if so fair play. A bit show pony for me thou(sorry) rather see ti with less decals

Not all were freebies, but were certainly not retail. I’ve had a few Ti frames but I kept snapping them.

Thanks Neil + RD

RD what size was it? Was it the long or the short frame?

rOcKeTdOg are the forks in the right way round?

Yeah the disc tabs are on the right leg

Doesn’t that put a lot of stress on the bolts/welds?

Clearly not

http://www.cotic.co.uk/geek/

Houns – it was the large, and the original frame Cotic did before doing a frame to accomodate drops. I sold it to RD. I bought it in Cotic fanboy mode (owned a Soul and a Soda), built it up and though I liked the way it looked I found I much preferred riding my Cross-Check.

Houns, where are you based? Your more than welcome trying mine for size if you want. Its a medium long version.

Clearly not

Maybe so, but there was a fork recall on the early ones, including “mine”. Not sure why.

Cheers neil + johnners. I’m based in the Mids, think the long will be too long for my dodgy back so i’m thinking of a short with flat bars.

Just contemplating a bit of a project for the next couple of months…

large and it was before they started doing long/short versions, so i’m not sure which was original

Im in Erdington, Birmingham. So if you want to try it just let me know. Usually ride Cannock and starting to ride Wyre if thats any help.

Here’s another angle. The front brake hose needed work, but I never bothered in the end.

Cool neil, will do, thanks!

Keep the pics coming

Main bits are:
Alfine drivetrain
Deore 160mm discs
Shimano T565 front and Mavic MA4 rear wheels.
LX cranks
Schwalbe Marathon 35mm tyres.

Total cost was probably between £800-£1,000

-j

Large long frame. Total cost was about £650

al

I am doing C2W scheme…could i build a roadrat for sub £1000? Would the bike shop do it for me?

I believe cotic only sell the frames not the rest?

Halfords and Evans are the two companies I can use.

typical weight of a road rat (£1000 build)?

What sort of ratio do people use on a road rat?

And lastly what sort of average speed do people get out of them? I ‘spin out’ my SS crosser at about 21-22mph but that is 42 x 16.

AW – Cotic do full builds starting at around £600, they also do the C2W scheme. I currently run 39/16 on a mixture of road and bridleway and spin out at similar speeds to you. I am about to try 39/14 with proper road tyres on, hopefully my knees will take it!

aw let me know your email address i need to contact you

Running mine with 44 16 ratio

Houns my email address is…wheelnut64@googlemail.com

The delay in coming back to you was I was inspired so I went out for a spin on my SS crosser (with 42 x 16). What a ride! I was buzzing charging up hills and flying along the flat. The crosser handled most hills even steep ones with a little out of the saddle work.

I love single speed 🙂

I bought one of Cotic’s standard builds. Long mdium with flat bars. Run 44:17 for my commute – 12.5 miles each way. changes have been:

A set of London fixie spacers so that I can run a 17t groove armada sprocket.
Recently swapped the front v brake for an Avid BB7
Swapped saddle to a Specialized BG one.
Added mudguards which is more hassle than it should be.

Overall very happy with the bike. Good fun commuter.

£600 for base bike. Probably ~ another £100 or so for additions/changes

Have you an idea of weight richcc?