New bike.. Haterz gonna hate content.

No, not an Orange Five..

But a Salsa Vaya.

Picked up this evening from Tim @Sideways.

Needs a few tweaks, but the initial leg over test™ proves with a few changes, it’ll be awesome.

Proper pics to follow..

Needs more suspension 😮

and less gears

Still damn nice though

Rug & floor nice

Is that picture on the wall straight?

Nice mate!

Wot no dropper post?

I like the look of those Vayas. Nowt to hate about touring bikes.

ace, want, agree with moonter. 8)

I loves it – apart from the saddle and the excessive bottlecageness

I loves it – apart from the saddle and the excessive bottlecageness

Regal saddles might be the world’s most comfortable secret. Three bottle would be a minimum requirement for an extended tour somewhere hot.

hah saw that on his FB page today.

I’ve gone ott on the bottles, I know.. Just wanted to see what it looked like.

One will be getting removed.. 😳

Needs gold rims, they’re the future.

Interesting, the bars look HUGE and the forks tiny.

I like the floorboards.

Drac – Moderator
Needs gold rims, they’re the future.

Gotta say, apart from creaking like a bastard, yours do look ace!! 🙂

Cheers, hope to fix that this week needs a good service.

My browser hasn’t loaded the photos but I’m going to dive straight in and say that there’s something wrong with your home/garden that should be fixed immediately, certainly before you entertain the idea of riding your new bike.

Oh and there is a really specific aesthetic detail of your bike that offends me greatly. I command you to change it to suit my tastes NOW.

I think it’s awesome

Want

My browser hasn’t loaded the photos but I’m going to dive straight in and say that there’s something wrong with your home/garden that should be fixed immediately, certainly before you entertain the idea of riding your new bike.

Oh and there is a really specific aesthetic detail of your bike that offends me greatly. I command you to change it to suit my tastes NOW.

Haha!!!

Fair one.. Just for you fella, the pic from the shop, so you can complain about Tim’s place. 😆

Thanks.

You might want to extinguish that carpet fire, and for god’s sake replace that hideous bottom bracket.

Nice, Nick. I’m still thinking…

I like it, lose the bottle cages and fit Vincero bottle mounts, fit mudguards and an inline seatpost/Fizik Gobi saddle and i’ll take it off your hands and give it a good home, can’t say fairer than that – email address in profile.

😉

Very nice, I was thinking about getting a frame and swapping everything over from my dew drop, just because its steel 😆

Want that one ^ (in a little britain style voiceover)

Not seen nor heard of a Vaya before, but i want one now, with mudguards, and a rack, maybe a bell as well and a handlebar bag……i may as well join the ctc now, my credibility has been destroyed by that outburst.

Very nice, I was thinking about getting a frame and swapping everything over from my dew drop, just because its steel

Do it, the frame and forks are a bargin at £330 at the minute…

Just ordered one of these on Friday in the same colour from CTBM… Nice to see I’m not alone

Excellent bikes, but you home disappoints , I am struggling to criticise it.

Really like the look of that, Teetosugars.

I’m considering a very similar build on a Vaya or Peregrine. I don’t suppose you could post the specs, could you? In particular, what wheels do you have on there?

Here you go fella…

56cm Vaya
Full 105 5700 50:34- 12:25.
Wheels are XT hubs, mavic 719 disc rims, DT spokes.
Tyres are 700x 40 Clements Xpolr MSO
BB7 Road discs,
CK Headset
FSA Carbon seapost
FSA Stem, & vero compact bars.
San Marco Regal Saddle.
Elite Ciussi bottle cages

Love it…

Needs full length mudguards to stop your beard catching in the spokes

Steve-Austin – Member
Needs full length mudguards to stop your beard catching in the spokes

😈

Happy belated birthday BTW.. :mleh:

Nice looking bike…

And I must say any bike would look awesome when photographed in the fires of Hades….

Thanks for posting the spec and those extra pics. I’m definitely fighting a losing battle as I try (not that hard) to resist ordering something similar.

Sniggers @ Steve Austin

You’re ordering spd sandals too right?

The veya is the bike I’ve been oogling and googling over the past 6 weeks or so. Still haven’t bought one :O/

Some nasty stains on that rug. Nice bike though 🙂

Looking good. Touring bikes are ace 😀