So it arrived last night!
Yes, I know the chain is too long - I'm fitting 40/28 rings later on today so will trim it then.
The seatpost also looks waaay high in the pics - it looks a lot less stupid in reality. It is the right size...
One of only 4 in the world right now - they won't be available for a while longer.
Better pics later.
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Did you actually take it to school to build!?
Only to finish of doing the brake hoses and gear cables. I need to ride it tonight and so it was my only chance!
It's hard to see but I am sure it's very nice. Salsa must be one of the oldest surviving niche American brands. IIRC didn't Brant Richards ride an A La Carte with Pace straight blade 531 forks or was it Jason McRoy? I distinctly remember a test with the Salsa and I think a Fat Chance in MBUK.
BTW that is a loooooong seat post. How much have you got in the frame?
You need some better pics of that Gee.
Just need a new phone camera now.........
didn't Brant Richards ride an A La Carte with Pace straight blade 531 forks or was it Jason McRoy? I distinctly remember a test with the Salsa and I think a Fat Chance in MBUK.
I think I've ridden one, but Jason raced one. I had a Yo Eddy (for a bit).
Brant thinking about it the review I saw was between the Salsa and Fat Chance Wicked. I remember being in the school library in Sixth Form reading it when I should have been doing my history assignment; funny the details you remember. This would have been 1990; didn't the Yo Eddy come a few years later (in which case it was just you doing a test not owning the bike)?
I also remember there being a small stuffed toy strapped to the front of the bike, an Etto helmet being worn and a heck of a lot of desire and envy being felt! Oh an didn't you call yourself Zak Tempest?
I also remember there being a small stuffed toy strapped to the front of the bike, an Etto helmet being worn and a heck of a lot of desire and envy being felt!
This is what I remember. [url= http://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6221 ]Pace and Fat Chance test[/url]
That's it! Thanks Matthew, suddenly that October day in the sixth form library seems much less hazy!
Rest of the article would've been handy, not just the view of someone's ar5e. 🙄
Rest of the article would've been handy, not just the view of someone's ar5e.
Click on the image. The whole article is there
I rode in that shirt last week. JT Dalmation. Got the shorts too somewhere 🙂
20 year old shorts! Eww!