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[Closed] El Mariachi Titanium 29er now all finished 🙂

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 gee
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I posted a pic of this a while ago while it wasn't quite finished. It's now had a new set of bars, cranks and a few other small bits. The flat bar has transformed the handling, it's so much better in the corners now as the front has so much more grip.

GB


 
Posted : 11/07/2011 8:38 pm
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Fantastic bike. Salsas are very underappreciated in this country.
I will be buying one of these when I get back to my home country.


 
Posted : 11/07/2011 8:48 pm
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Looks fantastic, very 'right'.
One or two of your chainrings have fallen off though...and that garage door, lets no even go there!
Bike is beautiful fella, enjoy


 
Posted : 11/07/2011 8:50 pm
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Nice bike.


 
Posted : 11/07/2011 8:50 pm
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Awww yesss. Hell yesss.


 
Posted : 11/07/2011 8:52 pm
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yeah thats cool


 
Posted : 11/07/2011 9:03 pm
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Very nice, wouldn't mind one myself, just need a lottery win.


 
Posted : 11/07/2011 9:05 pm
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I've ridden one of these and can confirm they are damned nice. Handling is bang on but also the frame feedback is sooooo nice.
What's more this ti frame is guaranteed for life and cost much the same as a carbon 29er.
Jealous.


 
Posted : 11/07/2011 9:40 pm
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Nice bike and good to see a Salsa Ti for a change!


 
Posted : 11/07/2011 9:41 pm
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Lovely bike Gee!

My selma* will be up for an "all finished" display next week once my spangly wheels arrive.

You do realise that this will mean that i want a Ti selma now, so will have to sell my kidneys an possibly a part of liver to afford once.

*still blame gee for the purchase of this having seen his 😆


 
Posted : 11/07/2011 9:58 pm
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Nice looking bike and am looking at one of these myself, what size is it?

Is that a Salsa guaranteed for life or by the manufacturer?


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 6:49 am
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Yeah all the salsa ti is USA made and guarranteed for life by salsa.
I am so happy with our Fargo that I may swap the frame for ti. It's one of the cool things with salsa: try the steel or alloy version, see if you love the bike, and then get an identical frame in ti. A sort of try before you buy thing.


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 7:14 am
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very nice, no adjustable dropouts though?


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 7:16 am
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Adjustable drop outs. Yeah go for the ti Selma. Very similar but with flopouts.

[url= http://www.charliethebikemonger.com/salsa-ti-selma-titanium-29er-frame-654-p.asp ]http://www.charliethebikemonger.com/salsa-ti-selma-titanium-29er-frame-654-p.asp[/url]

Salsa really have our weird bike fetishes covered.


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 7:34 am
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ooooooo, shiney


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 7:40 am
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One of the most aesthetically pleasing frames I've seen. A mate has got one, and it's the closest I've come to being tempted by big wheels.


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 7:48 am
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lovely. Definitely on my wish list one day


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 7:58 am
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The ti Selma has swinging dropouts but no cable guides - so you can run it geared or SS but you'd have to zip-tie the cables on. The 2011 El Mar ti has a 44mm headtube but the same dropouts as mine.

Taz - tell me about it - the ti Selma is lovely but I don't think I could justify one for the handful of times a year it gets ridden...

The new tyres are brilliant too - the Snakeskin Schwalbes last for so much longer than the normal ones. Loads of miles ridden on it and still no signs of wear.

GB


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 8:12 am
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looks lovely, was soo close to getting the singlespeed version but bottled at the last minute, should have took the plunge 🙁


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 9:11 am
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just a thought... lovely light bike with 800g of water onboard.
Camelbak would get the weight off the bike


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 11:14 am
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just a thought... lovely light bike with 800g of water onboard.
Camelbak would get the weight off the bike

personally I'd rather the weight on the bike than my back (hence why I also use bottles), but each to their own 🙂


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 11:21 am
 gee
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Haha - yes but Charlie - racing with a Camelbak = GAY. Also it's too sweaty in the Summer, even on a normal ride.

GB


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 1:05 pm
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Gee, are you sure the Selma has a gear hanger? I heard all the pics were wrong and it has a 'swinger' w/o a hanger...


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 1:34 pm
 gee
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The Selma comes out of the box with the alternator dropouts without a gear hanger - singlespeed only. The drive side alternator dropout with a gear hanger is available as an aftermarket spare part. It just swaps right on in place of the single speed one.

GB


 
Posted : 12/07/2011 2:30 pm

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