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Nice bike nevadasmith!
The first Salsa with the heavier more closely painted jelly bean strokes had the RS1 forks with a Duraace headset and gripshift. The gripshift probably came off his Carrara. The XT cantis probably came off the Carrera too. Jason started with the frame and forks and a few bits like the nuke proof hub, every thing else was left to me. He loved the red brake outer so that was kept for each build.
Yes, they are STI (XT) on the 2nd Salsa. They were the first pair of Mag20 in the country. XT Headset, Tioga BB, Dura ace chainset with 53 outer ring, 12-21 7sp cassette on an XT hub and Tioga DD, Grafton cantis with Scott Mathauser blocks. The brakes were a pain, too much travel in the levers (really could have done with V brake style levers but they weren't invented yet!) Jason wasn't too fussed about the brakes - he didn't apply them very often.
He really just rode what he was given, it changed constantly. I don't think I have any more pics but still remember the spec quite well.
The first Salsa with the heavier more closely painted jelly bean strokes had the RS1 forks with a Duraace headset and gripshift. The gripshift probably came off his Carrara. The XT cantis probably came off the Carrera too. Jason started with the frame and forks and a few bits like the nuke proof hub, every thing else was left to me. He loved the red brake outer so that was kept for each build.
Yes, they are STI (XT) on the 2nd Salsa. They were the first pair of Mag20 in the country. XT Headset, Tioga BB, Dura ace chainset with 53 outer ring, 12-21 7sp cassette on an XT hub and Tioga DD, Grafton cantis with Scott Mathauser blocks. The brakes were a pain, too much travel in the levers (really could have done with V brake style levers but they weren't invented yet!) Jason wasn't too fussed about the brakes - he didn't apply them very often.
He really just rode what he was given, it changed constantly. I don't think I have any more pics but still remember the spec quite well.
