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Re: 1982 Salsa Scoboni #6 Build Restoration
All the parts for this build have officially been curated and the bike should be finished being built up in the next couple weeks.... just enough time for me to start putting some miles on it for Keyesville.
After a lot of research and talking with Ross Shafer himself, I am confident that this bike is Salsa #5 not #6. On Mombat's site it says that 6 bikes were originally made however no one can confirm that there were ever 6 including Ross himself. He is confident that there are only 5 and there are 5 that are accounted for.
"It may be #5 since as it was in the first batch of Salsa's I built. I've always remembered that first batch as being 6 bikes, but for the life of me I can't come up with the 6 names they went to, I can only account for 5. ...no matter really." Ross Shafer
In order to ride this bike on a regular basis with "period correct tires" I opted for this repop set of Panaracer Timbuk II's available over at First Flight. Great for someone that doesn't want to ruin their NOS snakebelly's but wants to have a period correct look to their vintage stead. (and they even have that fresh new rubber smell)
http://mombat.org/MOMBAT/PartsForSalePages/tires.html
All the parts for this build have officially been curated and the bike should be finished being built up in the next couple weeks.... just enough time for me to start putting some miles on it for Keyesville.
After a lot of research and talking with Ross Shafer himself, I am confident that this bike is Salsa #5 not #6. On Mombat's site it says that 6 bikes were originally made however no one can confirm that there were ever 6 including Ross himself. He is confident that there are only 5 and there are 5 that are accounted for.
"It may be #5 since as it was in the first batch of Salsa's I built. I've always remembered that first batch as being 6 bikes, but for the life of me I can't come up with the 6 names they went to, I can only account for 5. ...no matter really." Ross Shafer
In order to ride this bike on a regular basis with "period correct tires" I opted for this repop set of Panaracer Timbuk II's available over at First Flight. Great for someone that doesn't want to ruin their NOS snakebelly's but wants to have a period correct look to their vintage stead. (and they even have that fresh new rubber smell)
http://mombat.org/MOMBAT/PartsForSalePages/tires.html
