1997 Salsa El Kaboing

[Tizumo]

Run out of camera battery after taking just one pic.. I'm testing how it's going to work with a WTB titanium bar but I also have a black Raceface riser to try, not from the right years though . NOS WTB ti saddle and Raceface XY seatpost already fitted, and the bottom bracket + some ti bolts for the Paul brakes are on the way .

The Z2 is also in mint condition, quite early one.

 

[blilrat]

Looking good! I think my next bike will be orange. It's such a great color.

How did you date it to '97? I have an El Kaboing that I'm guessing is a '96, but I'm not really sure.

 

[Tizumo]

To be honest the frame must be originally 1996. Easy to date without the frame number as:
- it's for sale in a finnish mtb magazine from 1996
- according to the shop owner it's the only Kaboing frame imported here

The frame itself remained the same from 1996 to 1998 so I took the freedom to build it as close to 1997 as possible. Really wanted to use a Z2 too which was first available late 1996. Somehow thought it would be an interesting mixture of skinny steel tubes, first real suspension fork and the aluminum rear end. Times were changing!

Btw, the frame number is 1920!