L’Eroica California

Instead of a full blog post about the 2017 version of the Eroica event held in Paso Robles, CA, here’s a link to a story about the event I wrote for Handbuilt Bicycle Guide.  Check out the full story.  And if you didn’t go, put it on your calendar for next year.  It’s a super […]

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Salsa Ala Carte SM609

In its first life, this frame was painted purple and had yellow decals.  I bought it through Ebay about 12 years ago.  Maybe 11.  It was pretty worked over and, back then, there were a lot of really good deals still to be had in the vintage mountain bike scene on Ebay.  I don’t think […]

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