[Closed] Salsa Selma SS build and pics

Oh and the King's now 11 years old and in it's 8th frame!

Very nice that.

Any close up pics of the chainstays and seatstays? Looks like they flatten out a bit for a bit of rear end cush.

They do indeed - it's the same as the Moto Rapido. If you ride behind one round Thetford you can see the rear brake hose flex up and down as the stays flex a bit. I'll be at SSUK on it doing a bit of shameless Salsa promotion!

I might have to trade you a go on that for a go on my "explosion in a spaggetti factory" bike. 😉

Lovely.

lovely

EDIT: so good it needs to be said twice

Whats the chainstay tyre clearance like?Saw a pre production one and it was pretty tight.

EBB is [u]not[/u] a new dsign, it's the commonly used Busnhell EBB, also available from Bushnell directly.

I've had one in my EBB 29er SS since 2003 and very nice and easy to use they are too.

The "round metal spring" simply holds it all together out of the bike and maintains side to side alignment of the three main parts within the BB shell when you're fiddling with the EBB position.

See here: [url= http://www.bushnelltandems.com/eccentric.html ]BUSHNELL SITE LINK[/url]

Thanks for explaining it - I'm glad it's a Bushnell as I've heard they're the best EBBs, but until now I'd never seen one! Happy days.

Tyre clearance is better than pre-production - the one we had at the Bike Show was very tight but this one is fine - as good as my 26er race bike anyway. It's fitted with 2.1 Crossmarks and it's fine, finger width at least all round. Its bent around the tyre - square section tubing.

Ison seem to have some larges in stock now [url] http://www.ison-distribution.com/ison/english/product.php?part=FMSASE9L [/url]

Just need some new forks now...

GB

Ummed and ahhed over one since I first saw them but have put the money back in the piggy bank,one third (ish)of the way towards a Steve Potts custom.Keep saving.

nice.
how does it ride then ?

Don't know yet! Should find out next weekend...

First ride!

Very smooth to ride, way more compliant than the Rig it replaced. Very stiff, very quiet, very lovely. Faster handling than the Rig too - TT is 15mm shorter and head angle is a bit steeper. Seatstays are a smidge longer though.

Brilliant.

Well, it was until I hit someone coming the other way round a corner pretty fast, totally blind, no-one's fault and thank god the bike's fine. Blew the front tyre off but no big worries. Somehow the other chap's rotor got bent, not quite sure what by. Big thanks to his riding buddy who stuck my eyebrow back together again. My helmet nice and mullered. Scary. Apart from the eyebrow, neither of us were hurt at all, absolute miracle.

There you go boys and girls - wear a helmet.

GB

Oh dear, you bearing battle scars for Crow tomorrow then!?

Can you get your saddle any further back 😉

Nice looking bike there, glad it's OK!

round a corner pretty fast, totally blind, no-one's fault

Somehow I don't think that's entirely true...

Why not? If it's a blind bend on a two-way trail there's not a lot that can be done, short of making everyone ride really slowly. #

Arguably both at fault, rather than no-one at fault if you really want to be pedantic.

Yeah it was unavoidable - there was a big, dense bush on the inside of the bend and we hit literally on the apex of the bend. We both agreed it was no-one's fault. Where we hit the trail is sort of downhill leading to it in both directions. The trail is usually ridden the way I was going, but there are no one-way signs at Swinley so people do what they want. I'm surprised it's not happened before. We were both very, very lucky not to get more seriously hurt.

GB

Heh Nick - yeah it's a way back! It looks worse than it is - it's only in the middle of the rails.

You know - the last time I crashed badly was into you. Something of a habit.

Not doing Crow tomorrow - only a Cat E and I'd rather go for another 3-4hrs on the Selma! Trying to cut down on the driving this year, even though Crow is only just up the road I don't need to do it so I'm not going.

You going?

Fancy a ride next weekend?

GB

Well if you will buy a car that gets 20 mpg on a good day! I'm going, it may only be Cat-E, but I need some points in the bag, so I can afford to break the bike in a few more races!

Definitely up for a ride next week yes!

Oh yes - did they fix it again? Surely last chance saloon for Spesh now? If that was mine they'd have had it back by now. You did very well not to a) kill yourself or b) launch the bike into the trees at Dalby.

GB

They have, this is definitely their last chance. If I could get hold of a Top Fuel 9.9 they'd have had it back by now! No point in giving it back and not being able to get anything to replace it!

nice bike, looks light!

hope you're ok

Yes, good point. I like those 9.9s too... Apparently none until 2010?