It's been a cold wet winter of gritty climbs and plowing through trail rivers, perma-puddles, and quagmires on the way back down. Despite my local trails in the Tweed Valley probably riding better when wetter, the pre-ride Gore-Texing and post-ride de-mudding every ride was getting tiresome. Luckily my filth-bashing Cotic SolarisMax longtermer build has been an absolute delight, keeping it fun out on the trails and battling the elements without complaint.
Even by Scottish standards, the first part of the year has been an unrelentingly wet winter of MTB discontent with 29 percent more rain across the three winter months than the long-term average Thankfully, summer seems to finally be taking hold and celebrating the return of dry(er) trails and longer days I thought it was about time I gave the Cotic SolarisMax a spruce up so it’s sorted for summer.
