The new Salsa El Kaboing is designed for long days in big * burly terrain features a 5" travel, 26" wheel trail bike.  Crafted of custom designed scandium alloy & using a single pivot, flexing seatstay design to activate a custom tuned Fox RP2 air shock.  Climb high & descend fast.  Pedal through that rock garden.  Carve a precise corner.  What else can you ask for?  El Kaboing - five inches of fun.

Color:  BattleShip Grey     Sizes:  XS,S, M, L

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In a world filled with unobtanium wonderbikes, the Ala Carte is a reminder that ‘newer’ doesn’t always mean ‘better,’ and that steel is still real.

The Ala Carte’s True Temper OX Platinum frame is lovingly paired with our suspension corrected CroMoto fork. Both frame and fork feature ISO disc tabs and removable brake studs. Choose disc or V-brakes.

The balanced Salsa geometry lends itself equally to climbing and descending while the steel tubing provides the durability and ride quality it’s famous for. The CroMoto fork is well mannered and provides a surprising amount of trail dampening. The young pups in the audience might not know it, but everybody used to ride rigid!

So whether you’re a retrogrouch or someone who just likes to keep things simple, functional, and realistic, the Ala Carte stands as a contemporary tribute to mountain biking’s historic past.

Ala Carte. A classic ride with classic good looks.  Available in Ruby Red or Rootbeer Gold (as shown).  XS or XXS.

El Mariachi rolls into town on its big 29’er wheels as our one complete bike offering of the year. We present it as a great bike value using a versatile frame. Start with our stock 1 x 9 build and we guarantee you’ll enjoy the ride.

The El Mariachi frame is crafted from True Temper OX Platinum tubing and uses a Bushnell eccentric bottom bracket. As a 29’er, its larger wheels smooth out the bumps and offer a premium in traction. The geometry is dialed, providing excellent handling and maneuverability in the woods. El Mariachi rides as a mountain bike should and not like an oversized circus freak (nothing against circus freaks, mind you).

While we’ve spec’d the bike as a 9-speed, its eccentric bottom bracket lets you convert to a singlespeed setup with ease. El Mariachi delivers versatility, but we encourage you to give our 1 x 9 drivetrain a shot first. It works for us and we believe it will work for you.

Also Available in Frameset only.  Small or Medium

Make the jump to warpspeed with a Salsa Juan Solo singlespeed. Crafted from scandium tubing with new carbon seatstays, the Juan Solo utilizes vertical dropouts and ISO disc tabs to keep things clean and uncomplicated, while the Bushnell eccentric bottom bracket takes up the chain slack. Lightweight and responsive, the Juan Solo will free your mind from the dark side of 27-speed drivetrains and indexed shifting. Trust your instincts, Luke…pilot a Juan Solo.

Moto Rapido is our 26-inch wheeled “go fast” bike.

Designed for use with an 80mm travel suspension fork, the Moto Rapido is quick and responsive on the trail. Stand up on the pedals and you’re going no place but forward. While it is certainly race ready, it’s also ideal for off-road speed freaks who want their bikes light, simple, and efficient.

While some hardtails might leave your back a-hurtin’, we’ve matched up the Moto Rapido’s scandium frame with Carbones seatstays to give you just enough rear-end compliance to keep you smilin’.

Moto Rapido. Putting the “easy” in hardtail.

If rough, rocky, rooty cross-country trails are the problem, El Santo is Salsa’s solution.

Designed around a 100mm suspension fork, the rear end delivers a matching four inches of suspension travel. Its scandium frame utilizes a forged and CNC-machined rocker arm, and sealed cartridge bearings to activate a Manitou Swinger 3-Way air shock. It’s an effective and proven suspension design that grapples with the best of them.

Generous standover height and tire clearance for 2.3” tires make El Santo even more capable. For the vertically blessed or challenged, our XS through XL frame sizes have you covered.

Lightweight and efficient, El Santo is the perfect platform for a plethora of possibilities. All day trail bike? Ultra light XC bike or adventure racer? Solo 24-hour machine? Build it to be the bike you want.

El Santo. Full Nelson suspension..