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Steve Frederick, East Lansing, MI
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From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
[mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com]on Behalf Of Mike
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 6:45 PM
To: RBW Owners Bunch
Subject: [RBW] Re: Salsa Vaya aesthetics
Yeah, it's
on 2/9/10 6:44 PM, Bill Connell at bconn...@gmail.com wrote:
> I'll have to look at these again, i thought i'd read that the same
> Toyo guy (Tetsu Ishigaki) was still making the forks, even if the
> frames are being made in the Taiwan shop.
I'm not sure, but I thought the reference to the Tetsu
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 8:22 PM, Jason Hartman wrote:
>
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Jon Grant wrote:
>>
>> Mike wrote:
>>
>> Be sure to checkout Salsa's new Vaya model. Kinda like version of a SH/
>> AHH, although a little more tour-worthy.
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Meh. Another straight fork. I u
On Feb 9, 3:23 pm, Jon Grant wrote:
> Grant Petersen¹s designs have refined my notions about bike beauty --
> especially forks. I have a 25-year-old Trek on the wall I used to think was
> pretty; now all I see is the abrupt kink midway down the fork that passes
> for a bend.
You don't say!
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Jon Grant wrote:
> Mike wrote:
>
> Be sure to checkout Salsa's new Vaya model. Kinda like version of a SH/
> AHH, although a little more tour-worthy.
>
> ---
>
> Meh. Another straight fork. I understand that it works as well and takes
> less effort and $$ than
Those two Salsa bikes, IMO, encapsulate many of the same principles
that go into Riv designs: ample tire clearance, the ability to get the
handlebars up high, some smart braze-ons for accessories, and, of
course, they're steel and manufactured with high quality standards.
What they don't incorporat
Yeah, it's no Rivendell that's for sure. And it's not even as "classy"
as a Surly although it's from under the same umbrella (QBP), but it's
nice to see them making an all-road bike with big clearance and an
array of braze-ons. I certainly think it's better than a cross bike
for gravel grinders, S2
Mike wrote:
Be sure to checkout Salsa's new Vaya model. Kinda like version of a SH/
AHH, although a little more tour-worthy.
---
Meh. Another straight fork. I understand that it works as well and takes
less effort and $$ than a curved one, but it just looks so graceless to my
eye. Grant Pete
