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Despite being professionally repaired and painted white (I painted the Rasta Flags on there) about 11 years ago my Ala Carte had now become decidedly tatty and in need of TLC. Some of you may have followed my thread quite a few years back that followed my journey with this frame since buying it...

Hi, I'm just wondering if there is anyone out there owning a pair of Bontrager Comp forks who could measure the axle to crown race dimension? I used to own a pair of these BITD - the ones with the black crown and chrome legs. They came with my Salsa Ala Carte 91, and I'm currently rebuilding the...

I always loved the white tyres BITD, so couldn't resist these folding beauties from the Planet X website sale for just £7.99 each reduced from £39.99 !!! Fill your boots, while stocks last. p.s I don't work for them, just very chuffed !

Well the trusty Ala Carte just keeps on rolling on !! 24 years old now ! It's been a while since my 'Salsa Ala Carte Through the Ages' thread, so I thought I'd post a few recent pics of it. New for this year are some old Mavic Crossmax Ceramic wheels, spruced up Rock Shox Judys and a Ringle...

Been having a clear out in the shed today and found this. I'd forgotten about it. Brought back a few memories. Lets see if we can dig out pics of Ettos from BITD. Cheers

I bought this frame last year off Fleabay for £11 and have spent the winter drawing up the graphics for the decals, making the decals, deciding what to do with it and then finally painting it. It's not at all period accurate as I think it would probably have been one of the Silver/Purple fade...

I couldn't resist this........ I saw some stickers on Fleabay but thye had the more modern Rock Shox font. Had to make my own with the circa early 90s font !!

So, I was trawling around the Bay of E recently looking for a cheap frame to build up into a winter commuter out of all the bits in the shed, when I stumble across a listing of a familiar looking frame. The guy selling it wasn't sure what it was, but the bloke down his LBS had apparently told...

Come on, let's all go through our old photos and post pics of our old bikes in unusual/strange places. I'll start the ball rolling with this pic a mate of mine unearthed of me on my Muddy Fox Courier in the main arena of Treworgy Tree Festival Cornwall in '89. Arrived there in the week before...

Just been going through all my bike pics/files etc and dug up the artwork I drew up when I was renovating my '91 Salsa Ala Carte. I'm a designer by trade and I've got very accurate vector art files for all the repro decals I made for my project. If there's anyone out there who needs early 90's...

Been sorting out my loft recently and found a bunch of old MTB photos from 'back in the day'. So I'm going to post some on here showing my 1991 Salsa Ala Carte in its many different builds over the years. It's had quite a mix of bits and bobs on it over the last couple of decades, some good...

Hi Island Bikers, Let's get together and have a ride. Throw some dates into the pot and see where we go ?.

I've posted my old Ala Carte on here a few times now and generally the restored version has been greeted with very complimentory comments. But a few folks have made comment about the fact that I'm running it with sus forks ( I've had them on since 1997) and that the geometry is 'messed up'. Sure...

Hi, how about we raise a Retrobike posse for the Isle of Wight 7 Hills Killer? It's on 25th September. Check out www.sunseaandcycling.com. Let me know if you're interested and we can all have a meet / bike appreciation at the start or finish. I'm gonna ride it this year on my Salsa Ala Carte...

Hi, I posted pics of this bike about 18 months ago after it had it's seat tube replaced. Some of you may remember. It's a 1991 Salsa A La Carte (SM517) which I have owned since new. When I last posted it, it was plain white and general opinion was that the rasta paint should go back on. Well...

Just completed rebuilding my 1991 Salsa A la Carte which had suffered a damaged seat tube. I've had the frame since new and it's done many thousands of miles till, to my horror I discovered a crack at the junction of seat tube and BB back in the summer. After months of deliberation I've...

As I haven't posted anything for a while I thought it was time I did. First up is my '91 Salsa A La Carte - some of you will be familiar with this but it's had a couple of spec changes through the spring. I'm paticularly chuffed with my Rock Shox ' Frankensteins'. They've got the...

Hi just found some old photos that reminded me of 'back in the day' !!! I think it was April '92, Ssshockwave in Nottingham organized their first MTB holiday to Nidri, on the island of Lefkas in Greece. Around 40 bikers went and when we arrived all the Salsas, Manitous, Mountain...

Hi, This is my first posting as I've only just discovered Retrobike. I've enclosed a .jpeg file showing my beloved 1991 Salsa A La Carte which I have owned since new. It's not a truely retro build as this bike has evolved over the years through constant use, but there are a few class bits...