British mountain bike manufacturer shows cyclo-cross bike at London Cycle Show
Renowned for its Roadrat, British-based Cotic has expanded its range into the world of cyclo-cross with the revealing of the CX at the London Cycle Show last week.
The CX, made from 853 Pro Team tubing and featuring a 35mm seat tube, horizontally-ovalised top tube, two sets of bottle mounts on the down tube and weighing 3.7lb, has been built especially for sponsored rider Kate Potter. She needed a 'cross bike for racing on this winter and the CX was hastily built.
As a result, only two exist in the world, and there aren't plans to put it into production until winter 2010. There’s some nice touches revealed with a closer look, such as the wishbone rear end, various gussets and socket dropouts. When it does go into production, the frame will probably have a disc mount,
More at http://x.cotic.co.uk/
why bottle mounts? CX races are usually so short....no chance to drink
with that amount of slope in the toptube portage will not be very comfortable....
maybe i'm missing something.....
Perhaps Kate needs to carry fluids while she's training at home.
