My first and only salsa (although i’d like a mk1 spearfish) is a Vaya which i built up as the ‘ultimate commuter’: dynamo, mudguards, heavy tyres. I then continued commuting on my old fixed wheel pompino. and slowly moved the dynamo and other bits to that whilst making the vaya into a gravel grinder.
The salsa then underwent some surgery to shorten the the headtube by about 20 mm; and almost a complete rebuild to lose a few kg (under 10kg now!).
It’s a lovely ride now. So versitile. It’s toured from sussex to amsterdam, 200 km gravel rides, bivvys, a CX race, just bimbling + the commute from time to time.
I really need a new photo as it’s had quite a few new bits on since the most recent photo i have…
[url=https://flic.kr/p/wggryr]IMG_0780[/url] by thom1984, on Flickr
Somewhere in the netherlands.
[url=https://flic.kr/p/pBCojF]photo 1(2)[/url] by thom1984, on Flickr
bivvy
[url=https://flic.kr/p/pSUdeB]IMG_0545[/url] by thom1984, on Flickr
gravel.