looks like the SALSA El Mariachi complete bike is now available. check with the guys and girls at speedgoat for availability, but this bike is pretty hot with the eccentric bottom bracket, mechanical disks and the super kewl 1x9 setup.
i'll be swapping out parts (or should i say, dan the man will be?) and moving old parts over to a salsa 29er for training soon. all the new xtr groupo stuff is going on the 2007 bikes - they've trimmed down the weights and finally got a pod shifting system as i don't dig the whole integrated shifter/lever thing. so, with the salsa coming soon, i need to sell off the surly k monkey. anybody interested in the cleveland area, drop me an email as i'll offer it up locals first.
races, races, races. seems to be a lot of them out there this year in the form of series events and the prize money seems like it is going up, so it is going to be interesting to see what riders show up at what races.
for those going out to sea otter, the 24 solo movie by gripped films will make it's premier on friday of that week. i won't have too much face time in the movie, but i am trying to get out there to check it out and support the 24 hour scene. it's come a long way since i first started.
looking like the temps are going to be above 30 today in ohio, so we damn near got a heat wave. looking to get in a good ride this weekend and start dialing in the new equipment and laying down the plans for the race schedule.
with that in mind, gotta run.
sologoat out.
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which Salsa are you training on? I was able to palce my order for the Mamasita last night. VERY geeked about that one. Won't have it till April though (sheeeeeeeit)
Good luck!
jm
right now, i am training on a soma juice 29er - when the mamasita comes in, i'll probably end up switching to that.
going to run it rigid as i don't like to try and maintain suspension forks - and it will not be a race bike at all.
more then likely going to run a white brothers rigid on it as it seems to be the latest light weight favorite of the shop.
been debating on the el mariachi as a single speed - have a surly 26 inch single speed in pepto pink (looks really nice) but i can't bring myself to ride 26 inch tires anymore - so i am thinking about selling it and making the salsa my new 29 inch single speed.
Sounds good. I'll be using the Mamasita for some of the 100 milers but for other enduros using the Dos Niner.
Mamasita rigid should be hella-light!
Good luck in o7.
j
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