Talking Bike Design With Cy Turner From Cotic Bikes
Downtime - The Mountain Bike Podcast
Downtime MTB
4.9 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2022
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
Today I’m joined by Cotic Bikes head honcho and design guru, Cy Turner. In this episode, we chat about the development of the new Gen4 Cotic RocketMAX, their insanely fast enduro bike. Hear how Cy goes about developing a bike, from customer demands, through kinematic design, geometry choices and prototype testing. We get Cy’s thoughts on seat angle, size specific chain stays, coil shocks and plenty more. We also discuss how Cy has got faster by improving his suspension and bike setup over time. So sit back, hit play and listen to this episode with Cy Turner discussing the Cotic RocketMAX.
You can find everything Cotic at cotic.co.uk and give them a follow on Instagram @coticbikes and Facebook @CoticLtd. Their YouTube channel is here.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, I'm Chris Hall and you're listening to the downtime podcast where we delve deep into |
| 0:08.0 | the gravity-based side of mountain biking. First up, I want to thank our supporting partners and that's |
| 0:12.7 | Sprung suspension and Cotic bikes. After a summer on fast, dusty trails, there's no doubt that |
| 0:17.8 | many people's bikes could benefit from a suspension service and Sprung have got a great discount offer for you. Sprung like to take their time with each |
| 0:25.0 | customer so as they understand the rider, their bike and the current settings. This means they |
| 0:29.1 | can return your forks and shock with the optimum settings, any necessary internal tuning, |
| 0:33.3 | and ensure that you're on the best possible set up whatever your level. Sprung is run by Jake |
| 0:38.3 | Ireland, who's got years of experience on the World Cup circuit and is currently the team race |
| 0:42.3 | engineer, MS Mondraker. So they were my first choice when I wanted to get my suspension |
| 0:46.9 | running at its best for the Tweed Valley EWS earlier in the year. They didn't disappoint and |
| 0:52.1 | turned around my suspension in a day, leaving me with a bike that felt way better to ride and was definitely a chunk faster on the trails. Sprung is super flexible so you can send your suspension there or if you're nearby, you can do pickups and drop-offs and they're going to do their best to make it work for you. As a downtime listener, Sprung, I've given you 10% off service and tuning until the 15th of November. |
| 1:12.2 | All you need to do is to use the code downtime 22 over at sprung suspension.com. |
| 1:17.1 | That's downtime or one word followed by the number 22 over at sprung suspension.com. |
| 1:22.5 | While you're here, don't forget to subscribe or follow the podcast so you never miss an episode. |
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