Special Report: Salsa Cycles 2013 – by Guitar Ted
Stay tuned for a Special report on some of Salsa Cycles 2013 29″ers and more coming soon. Here is a teaser for you…
Salsa Cycles 2013 Mamasita
I’ll have the complete report ready in a couple days. In the meantime, feel free to ask any questions.
Just generally curious – with Salsa slightly expanding their range (Warbird) are you concerned for the development of their MTB bikes – I mean if they have the same number of engineers creating more bikes, means less time on each bike. I love my 2 Salsa bikes, but they could improve the attention to detail.
Will the 29ers be getting shorter chainstays? Will they offer an XXL size?
“Will the 29ers be getting shorter chainstays?”
Yep – same question here.
“Will the 29ers be getting shorter chainstays?”
Make that three! I’d love a Spearfish with 445mm stays and a 70 deg head angle.
@All- Chainstay lengths stay the same for 2013 on the 29″ers.
moe FATbikes.
any changes to Fargo and Vaya ?
No more Vaya titanium, but a stainless steel S$S coupled model takes its place. Fargos change colors to brown, blue.
I want to get the 2013 Mamasita, but I heard the price leaped upwards. Other than looking way more awesome, what has been changed? Shocks are no longer Reba, they’re Fox… what else?
@WhistlerMama: I’ll have a bit of detail on that model in my follow up post. Stay tuned…
Did you have an opportunity to look at the new El Mariachi Ti and what did you think of the weld quality compared to Lynskey? Also, do you see any disadvantages to the alternator dropout for someone who would rarely if ever use the bike as a singlespeed?
@Mike Neely: The welds looked different upon very close inspection, but not any worse or any better, if that makes sense. Overall, the quality of construction looks very good and I see no visible reasons to elevate one over the other in terms of Lynskey vs. the overseas built titanium.
The Altenators are nice if only from a bail out- fail safe viewpoint. Say you shear a dearilleur into bits out on a ride, the Altenators may prove to be worth their weight in that instance. (I just had a friend have something like this happen on a non-Altenator equipped Fargo and we had to push him several miles back to the car.)
Conversely- anytime you introduce a bolt on element to a bicycle frame at a highly stressed area, or a threaded component, it seems to be a magnet for creaks when things get dirty, corroded, or both. So, you may have extra maintenance due to having an Altenator drop out.
I am of the mind that if the bicycle is going into the remoter areas on extended rides, things like Altenator drop outs are a welcomed feature.
cual es el peso de la mamasita? Es liviana? Favor de coroborar si es posible. Gracias.
@normandia: El peso de la Mamasita es bueno. No tienen un peso específico, pero es razonable en la espec.