I’m in the market for steel HT frame (100mm max) (so I can keep the silly lightweight scandium voodoo for racier duties) The salsa ala carte looks to fit the bill. I like the fact it has swappable dropouts to convert to singlespeed if i want (so I can perhaps meet up with the tollah and his SS only rides 😉
I know gee off here races both the steel and ti version
The ti review on bikeradar is laughable
Then you launch yourself across bumpy terrain on a well-sorted titanium structure like this it feels as though it gains energy from the bumps, and shimmers you across them before they’ve had a chance to become obstacles.
It’s not as radical as the action of a spring unloading (because a taut frame can’t really ‘unload’) but more like the reverb of a tuning fork, offering precisely the note you were looking for.
So anyone got one? or know someone that has?
the green colour looks AWESOME.
I think i’d be looking at the small size as the 595mm (23.4″) top tube on the medium (18) seems a bit too long for me.
How do you think it would compare to a sanderson life/ cotic soul?