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Private Classified => Wanted => Topic started by: lmarc on May 21, 2018, 11:37:57 am

Title: WTD: Salsa El Mariachi XL
Post by: lmarc on May 21, 2018, 11:37:57 am: Ideally with 44mm headtube and alternator dropouts.
Frame or Complete bike - I am sure we will figure something out.
Title: Re: WTD: Salsa El Mariachi XL
Post by: mickeg on May 21, 2018, 04:42:17 pm: Are you aware that you posted this on a forum hosted by a different brand of bicycle? It is unlikely anyone here will own a Salsa bike.
Title: Re: WTD: Salsa El Mariachi XL
Post by: jags on May 21, 2018, 10:46:45 pm: i came close to it Mike.
Title: Re: WTD: Salsa El Mariachi XL
Post by: Danneaux on May 22, 2018, 01:05:08 am: Quote
i came close to it Mike.
Me too, but George beat me to it. :) Chances for a used Salsa on a Thorn-specific forum are pretty well nil.

All the best,

Dan.
Title: Re: WTD: Salsa El Mariachi XL
Post by: mickeg on May 22, 2018, 01:26:05 am: I used Salsa rims on my Thorn Sherpa, but it sounds like the Gordo 26 inch rims are no longer sold. Nice rims. Inner width is perfect for a 40 to 50 mm tire.
http://salsacycles.com/components/archive/category/rims
Title: Re: WTD: Salsa El Mariachi XL
Post by: Tiberius on May 22, 2018, 06:22:25 am: I've never owned a Thorn and ended up here by researching building an indestructible/expedition type bike. It may well be a long shot asking here but not everyone here owns just Thorns.

To the OP.....I have just had a quick Google to check that Salsa out. I love those dropouts....I can feel a Salsa drop bar/Rohloff (Marakesh ??) coming on.....What have you started ??!!!

Good luck with your search.... ;)
Title: Re: WTD: Salsa El Mariachi XL
Post by: jags on May 22, 2018, 01:21:16 pm: ;D ;D
Title: Re: WTD: Salsa El Mariachi XL
Post by: mickeg on May 22, 2018, 04:54:07 pm: Quote from: Tiberius on May 22, 2018, 06:22:25 am
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To the OP.....I have just had a quick Google to check that Salsa out. I love those dropouts....I can feel a Salsa drop bar/Rohloff (Marakesh ??) coming on.....What have you started ??!!!

Good luck with your search.... ;)

Be advised that dropouts with really high rack mounts add limitations to your rack selection. Thus, with that bike model, if you wanted a different brand of rack you could have difficulty getting a good fit. I learned that when I bought my Lynskey, the rack mounts were unusually high up on the chainstays, that means that my rear rack sits unusually high.

I have seen in print on several occasions that Salsa Marakesh was the first touring bike that came in both a "short" frame for drop bars and a "long" frame for flat bars. But that is a crock, Thorn had long and short frames for the different bar types for many years, possibly even before Salsa existed as a bike company.