Salsa al a Carte Titanium...... Nice!

[haggis]

I see lynskey are building a Ti framed al a carte for salsa. It's in this months what mountain bike mag and looks pretty damn sweet. Future retro classic?

 

[cannondale king]

im toying on the idea of getting one to race on they look the nuts il read that review i think

 

[haggis]

Got 4.5 stars and they seemed very impressed with it

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/c ... nium-24791

I like the chilli headbadge

 

[Neil G]

can't really see the appeal in this....like most other Ti frames on the market but with a fancy headbadge.

 

[scant]

Future retro classic?

no, but the original prototype salsa titanium is.

http://tastydirty.com/d/627-2/090408+008.jpg

 

[Pickle]

Future retro classic?

no, but the original prototype salsa titanium is.

http://tastydirty.com/d/627-2/090408+008.jpg

Thats beautiful.

 

[Neil G]

Did Salsa ever do a steel Jellybean re-issue?

 

[chaser]

Did Salsa ever do a steel Jellybean re-issue?

Funny you mention that!

I emailed Salsa a few months ago because I wanted an Al La Carte and it was all sold out [the root beer colour one] I was asking about a 2010 model and when it would be available, colour etc..

I pointed the Breezer re issues out to them and asked them what they planned.

They told me that they had a real problem with the new CEN standard and it was turning their steel frame plans into a 'ship anchor' [their words]

I suggested a jellybean re issue to them and they said it would be very cool to do that for sure. So i really got my hopes up!

I guess they lost the CEN battle and went for an outsourced Ti frame instead.

I'd love to see them have the bottle to offer the Ti frame in a jelly bean paint job

Cheers,

Chaser.

 

[kaiser]

I have the new(ish) Ala Carte and its lovely. Not the greatest finish tbh but the ride is really really nice.

 

[kaiser]

can't really see the appeal in this....like most other Ti frames on the market but with a fancy headbadge.

Kinda agree with Neil on this, You'd be hard pushed to distinguish it from any of the other lynskey fab'd frames. Still if you were gonna have one why not this one with a tie to some retro roots.