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 mmmmm Salsa frames. Classic designs, the best paint in the business and that special spicy something, that you only get from Salsa.
Be it a classic Cro-moly frame or something from the new Scandium collection, Salsa have a frame, at a great price to suit your riding needs.
Remember, most of the frames on this page can also be ordered as complete bikes. Talk to your local dealer or email us for more info'.
Casseroll (framekit)
The Casseroll is our most versatile road frame ever. With a grocery list of features and possibilities, it’s the perfect solution for asphalt-slaying role-playing.
So just what is Casseroll? Well, it’s a road bike with real road bike geometry, not a cross bike or hybrid bike. It’s definitely not about road racing though. Casseroll is about road riding, whether for commuting, fitness, or looking at the scenery. Casseroll is the dish. You pour in the ingredients, stir it up, and ride.
Our Casseroll recipe begins with double-butted Salsa Classico CroMoly tubing for both frame and fork. Steel sure is real, especially in the urban environment that we envision the Casseroll spending at least some of its waking hours. We utilize a semi-sloping geometry to provide a fit-friendly platform and increased rider comfort.
Casseroll accepts really large tires so you can take on some potholes and rough roads or just add a bunch of comfort to your ride. The frame and fork have clearance for 700c x 35mm road tires so you can run some really big rubber. Designed for use with a long-reach brake, the Casseroll can take up to 700c x 32mm tires while running full fenders!
Interested in running a singlespeed or fixed gear setup? Casseroll’s investment cast and partially polished, stainless steel, forward-entry horizontal dropouts offer one full inch of wheel adjustment for no-hassle chain tensioning. Angled dropouts help keep your rim and brakes aligned as you move your wheel forward or back.
Finishing touches include fender and rear rack mount braze-ons, and a pump peg.
Build Casseroll to be your perfect commuter. Or go for a daylong adventure down that road you’ve seen, but never ridden. Run it with flat bars or drops…hmmm, maybe a mustache bar? Add a rear rack and fenders. Or just throw on a 40 x 16 and call it good.
Casseroll. Truly one hot dish.
La Cruz (framekit)
The La Cruz frameset is your ticket to the mixed bag world of pavement and dirt…dirt and pavement. A fine cyclocross steed: race it if you like, but ride it you must. Ask your local ‘cross posse, and they’ll tell you there’s nothing better than riding a skinny tire off-road!
The frameset is crafted of True Temper OX Platinum. Steel and cyclocross go together like chips and salsa, bread and butter, milk and cookies…er, you get the point. Steel balances feel and performance. It is comfortable, but not at the expense of performance.
Disc brake only, the La Cruz is clean and elegant. You’ll appreciate those stoppers racing in the muck or commuting on sloppy rain and snow filled streets.
Throw down at the weekend’s grassroots ‘cross race. Or hit that singletrack shortcut between sections of pavement on the morning commute. Spin a skinny tire'd signature in the dirt.
La Cruz. The 700c version of a split personality.
El Mariachi (framekit)
Crafted from True Temper OX Platinum tubing, the El Mariachi brings the great feel of steel to the 29’er platform. Its Bushnell eccentric bottom bracket and vertical dropouts add versatility. Run gears or run it single…that choice is yours. Disc brake only, El Mariachi provides more than generous standover height through the use of its added seat tube brace. The OX Platinum CroMoto Grande fork provides sure tracking while reducing a surprising amount of trail chatter.
Most importantly, El Mariachi rides right. It feels nimble, carving tight turns while delivering tons of traction. Soak in the pleasure of a supreme singletrack run. Lean the bike over and feel your tires bite. Roll over the roots and rocks while you look ahead to the next corner. Whether you’re one of the 29’er-committed crowd or just someone who believes a big-wheeled bike is ideal for some of the trails you ride, El Mariachi offers you one sweet ride.
El Mariachi. Large and in charge.
Dos Niner (frame)
The Dos Niner stands proudly as a definitive part of modern Salsa history. Our first 29’er design, the scandium pivotless softie continues to earn praise from the folks that ride it. Its Relish shock provides 1" of rear wheel travel, which is just enough to take the edge off things when combined with the extra smoothness provided by its 29" wheels.
Our custom-drawn scandium tubing makes the pivotless Dos Niner possible. Scandium’s increased fatigue life allows the chainstays to withstand the flex cycles that would cause other materials to fail.
Disc brake only, the Dos Niner presents a clean, minimalist profile.
With clearance for tires up to 2.3" in the rear and generous standover height, the Dos Niner rolls on as a formidable off-road machine. It delivers high-speed 29’er fun with traction to spare while smoothing out roots and rocks better than a smaller wheel.
Dos Niner. Getting the job done in English, Spanish, or any other language.
Mamasita (frame)
Mamasita brings her 29-inch wheels to the starting line and starts swinging her hips. Look out!
Designed as a racing frame, our scandium/carbon Mamasita is the evolution of our Moto Rapido into the 29’er format. There’s a lot more than big wheels happening here though folks. The specially shaped scandium chainstays (similar to our Dos Niner model) and our new carbon seatstays eliminate lateral flex. This stiffens the bottom bracket area and rear triangle, and maximizes the efficiency of each pedal stroke.
The chainstays and seatstays also work together to soak up trail vibration, while not removing the feel of the trail from beneath your wheels. Our goal was to design a frame that took the sting out of the surface, without making the bike feel dead.
Geometry-wise, we’ve spiced Mamasita up. Optimized around an 80mm travel RockShox Reba 29’er fork, the Mamasita’s handling is just slightly quicker than that of our Dos Niner and El Mariachi. We believe the go-fast crowd will appreciate the nimbler handling, especially while keeping the bike pinned on the racecourse.
Mamasita. Not just pretty fast. Pretty and fast!
Ala Carte (framekit)
In a world filled with unobtainium wonderbikes, the Ala Carte is a reminder that what worked ten years ago actually still works today, and that steel is still real.
The Ala Carte’s True Temper OX Platinum frame is lovingly paired with our suspension corrected CroMoto fork. The disc-brake only design keeps the frameset clean and uncomplicated.
The balanced Salsa geometry lends itself equally to climbing and descending while the steel tubing provides the durability and ride quality it’s famous for. The CroMoto fork is well mannered and provides a surprising amount of trail dampening. The young pups in the audience might not know it, but everybody used to ride rigid!
So whether you’re a retrogrouch or someone who just likes to keep things simple, functional, and realistic, the Ala Carte stands as a contemporary tribute to mountain biking’s historic past.
Ala Carte. A classic ride with classic good looks.
Moto Rapido (fame)
Moto Rapido is our 26-inch wheeled ‘go fast’ bike. Crafted of custom-drawn scandium and carbon seatstays, the frame is a weight-weenies dream come true.
Designed for use with an 80mm travel suspension fork, the Moto Rapido is quick and responsive on the trail. Stand up on the pedals and you’re going no place but forward. While it is certainly racer-bred, it’s also ideal for off-road speed freaks that want their bikes light, comfortable, and efficient.
For 2008, the Moto Rapido evolves into an even better frame. We’ve added the flattened chainstays and carbon seatstays of its 29’er cousin, Mamasita. These changes add comfort and trail damping, while preserving lateral stiffness and efficiency, and make the Moto Rapido the nicest feeling, 26" rocketship we can build.
Moto Rapido. Putting the ‘easy’ in hardtail.
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