1982 Salsa Mountain Bike - Fork Design

    This shot features Salsa's first fork design which was not used ever again in later Salsas. It was only used in the first batch of bikes. The fork crown ( both plates and center tube) was machined out of a single block of steel, and the underside of the bottom plate is concave in a beautiful, sculptured curve. Later Salsas had a fork design that was less labor intensive.

    This is one of first six Salsa mountain bikes, made in 1982 by Ross Shafer. An initial batch of five bikes was made and completed in July of 1982, then a sixth was completed later. These are the renowned "first six" Salsas. Only two have survived, this one which is completely restored and still owned by the original owner, and the one which belongs to Ross Shafer.

    UPDATE: This Salsa was sold and has a very happy new home in southern California.

    Comments and faves

    1. topquark22 (68 months ago | reply)

      Very colourful, crisp, great DOF, nice!

    2. Apple Crisp (68 months ago | reply)

      Thanks, topquark. I had a great time shooting this cool bike.

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    4. t.finnan (56 months ago | reply)

      This is beautiful. Salsa makes great bikes still today, but the style and craftsmanship that went into one-off pieces like this makes them unique and wonderful. Nice shot.

    5. Apple Crisp (55 months ago | reply)

      Thanks t. Salsa hasn't been owned by Ross for many years now. They're just not what they used to be. :)

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      ~gomez~ added this photo to their favorites. (54 months ago)

    7. elmario (53 months ago | reply)

      Hola, soy el administrador de un grupo llamado Only Mountain Bike / Solo Mountain Bike y nos encantaría agregar tu foto al grupo.

    8. Apple Crisp (53 months ago | reply)

      Thanks, mario! :)

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      ♔Siroker♔ added this photo to his favorites. (52 months ago)

    10. Jeroen Tiggelman (51 months ago | reply)

      This is a totally beautiful shot of a classic mountain bike. I don't go back to those days, I only started in 1989, but there's been a lot of revolution since then...

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      Jeroen Tiggelman, Henrique (BRAZIL), old_skool72, rodadas.net (alvaro & alicia), and 9 other people added this photo to their favorites.

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