Incoming modern steel salsa p9 Gone

[The History Man]

Re: Incoming modern steel salsa p9 done ish

Black grips incoming. Keeping stem. Soooooooooo nice to look at. Stay protector a bit meh. Scalpel will tidy it up. Cutting steerer was fun.

 

[Mike Muz]

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Hoo flipping ray!

It's finished!

Must be your prettiest bike. Not that there's much competition for that accolade!






Mate

Got to add the wink and mate, don't want you to be offended

Mate

 

[The History Man]

Re: Incoming modern steel salsa p9 done ish

Do you think that mech cage is long enough!

 

[Mike Muz]

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Now you mention it!

What the gear ratios?

 

[The History Man]

Re: Incoming modern steel salsa p9 done ish

I have no Idea. Wysiwyg. Not even sure how many nuts got. 30 I tink.

 

[Mike Muz]

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I have a spare M750 XT rear mech that would look less Meccano'ey

 

[The History Man]

Re: Incoming modern steel salsa p9 done ish

X looks a bit vulnerable down there.

 

[Muddy paw]

Re: Incoming modern steel salsa p9 done ish

Yep that rear mech does look rather low :shock: but other wise this bike looks gorgeous ..

 

[The History Man]

Re: Incoming modern steel salsa p9 done ish

First proper ride. Very very nice and light, well for me anyway. Bought some digital luggage scales 12.6kg. I thought that was pretty good for a humongous steel 29er.

Rides like a much shorter smaller bike. Top tube feels shorter than my other 29ers. Very responsive but not twitchy. Brakes were not as sharp as hydraulics but bedded in to give a reasonable progressive feel.

Snapped the chain. My bad i think. was fitted with an old 7sp extractor. Didn't have a quick link but did have a tool so took, my time, sat in the woods near my gate and took the link out. I reckon this could make the hardtail cooker redundant as i didn't miss the RC30 forks but did notice the lack of weight on the steering.

Drool


Close up for super-drool. That frame set is absolutely gorgeous.



After the rough downhill we went up on the HONC (through the woods) to MY GATE



Who needs boing?

Came back spattered in mud and sheepness. Grinning like a loon. A real contrast to the first ride on the Zaskar.

 

[ultrazenith]

Re: Incoming modern steel salsa p9 done ish

Gorgeous!