MegaSack DRAW - This year's winner is user - rgwb
We will be in touch
In the continued hunt for lovley singlespeedy big wheelers I'm looking at these as options,similar price etc, but which is nicer? I know the swifts are quite short in the top tube and don't have great danglies clearance but they look ace. The salsa also looks fab but some reviews suggest it's a bit of a barge.
can't speak for the salsa but swifts are luvverly
+ salsa is imported by ison or similar and swifts are designed and brought in by an a top Aussie in England on the end of a phone/email/twitter/FB or appearing at most race venues, on this fact alone i know which i'd plump for
swift...............nicest riding h/tail i ever owned.
no salsa owners for balance?
get a salsa otherwise I will have to sell the swift as you will prove it can go alot quicker with you on board and that would be bad!
i have a swift, but I like the look of the Salsa - especially the drop outs
I'm 6ft, 34" ish inside leg on a large Swift and have no stand over issues for the kind of riding it is designed for and likely to encounter as a rigid S/S. The fork is ace (better than the on-one carbon rigid) and the whole bike rides very well, although I guess as much of this is down to wheel and tyre choice as it is to the frame. Works better with a short stem too in my experience, keeps it nimble (70mm here with some Niner flat top bars).
I prefer the elegant look of the Swift too, the Salsa is a bit generic BSO. The blue is fantastic in real life, especially with the decals in cream. Very retro in a modern kind of way.
I think they have been updated in geometry as well since I bought mine to be more compatible with suspension forks. But I may be wrong.
If it helps here is a pic of mine:
[IMG] 
[/IMG]
swift...............nicest riding h/tail i ever [s]owned[/s] [b]sold[/b]
fixed it for you 😉
I have a Mamasita with gears and it is the best mtb I have ever owned (and I haven't sold it). It is also the only 29er I have ridden so I can't help much with comparisons, but I really like the way it rides.
I don't know if the geometry is the same on the elmariachi but the mamasita is quite racy rather than being trail/all mountain oriented.
If it is of interest, if I were to change it I would get a trek superfly 100 or a spearfish but that is mostly becuase of some back problems I developed last year.
Noooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ton might be selling the Ventana
aaahhhhh!!!!!!! don't do it
ton - Member
21'' ventana el capitan?Posted 1 day ago # Report-Post
fatboyjon - Member
Ton, if Bream isn't interested in the Ventana, what are you asking for it and might you be interested in a swap for my Lynskey or something else? I'm having a clearout of frames/bikes and they're all in big sizes. 26 and 29" MTB's and CX.Posted 1 day ago # Report-Post
Bream - Member
Thanks for the e-mail ton, a very nice frame but I need a short travel lightweight model.The Lynskey sounds nice also but I want a short travel FS frame.
bloomin heck, is this a first?
Agreement on STW,
or Sam's fanboys don't do any work in the daytime 😀
Swift is great but my Niner mcr is a better ride. Niner sir? The new pace looks ok.
Decided yet?
my ride fast weight weenie keeps dragging me off to look at niner scandiums and carbons 🙄
I'm far too fat slow and old for such racey delusions I'm sure some nice comforting steel is what I need really, at least I can have an excuse for bimbling then 😀
and sam hasn't got back me to yet either
Taz if you would like to try out my swift your welcome, or you could just get one 🙂
that's very kind of you Mr Sweden, I'll have to catch up with you niche mongers for a ride soon. You can have a go on my plebeian's bike and catch a dose of "normal" 😀
i'm ok thanks i have enough plebian nichecore to keep me happy 😯