I love Salsa in that i have a Fargo and have had a Mukluk, but i think they are pricing themselves out now, getting to the point where the frames simply aren’t worth what is being charged and bearing in mind they are mostly sold by small independent bike shops, then it is going to hit them i guess.
Doesn’t help that the new Mukluk looks like it has been ridden into the back of a truck, and the Woodsmoke looks like the truck then drove into rear of it!
Trouble is that Specialized and Trek are catching on to soe of these “niche” ideas too and will be competitively priced.