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American bicycle company
Salsa Cycles
Company typePrivate
IndustryBicycles
HeadquartersBloomington, Minnesota, USA
Websitesalsacycles.com
A Salsa Mukluk fatbike.

Salsa Cycles is an American bicycle brand based in Bloomington, Minnesota. The company produces touring, mountain, road, and gravel bicycles, as well as bicycle components. The Salsa Cycles brand, along with its sister brands Surly Bikes and All-City Cycles, is owned by the Bloomington-based Quality Bicycle Products. The Salsa brand is widely recognized by winter biking enthusiasts in cold climates.

History

Ross Shafer founded Salsa Cycles in the early 1980s. The company initially focused on producing bicycle frames and custom stems. In 1997, the brand was acquired by Minnesota-based Quality Bicycle Products, which transitioned from a wholesale bike-parts distributor to a bike-brand conglomerate, with a focus on biking in climates with cold winters. In 2021, Quality Bicycle Products employed over 600 people.

Products

Salsa has bike frames made in Asia out of aluminum, carbon fiber, titanium, and chromoly steel. They have several bike touring bicycles, fat tire bikes, bikepacking bikes, and gravel bikes, as well as full-suspension mountain bikes. Some Salsa frames are equipped with a unique dropout design that Salsa has manufactured in Asia. The "alternator dropout" allows for a bike to be easily converted from a rear derailleur to a single speed, permits the use of several different hub standards, and allows for an adjustable wheelbase.

References

  1. "Contact Us". salsacycles.com. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Bikes". salsacycles.com. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  3. ^ Ojeda-Zapata, Julio (18 January 2014). "Minnesota company keeps winter biking rolling". TwinCities Pioneer Press. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  4. "Featured Bike: Jim Cummin's Salsa Cutthroat – Founder of Dirty Kanza!". Gravel Cyclist. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  5. Simonovich, Ryan (February 18, 2021). "Salsa Farm Animal from Vecchio's". Bike Perfect.
  6. "Ross Shafer". Marin Museum of Bicycling. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  7. "The New 2018 Salsa Fargo Ti Frameset". CyclingAbout. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  8. Hill, Toby (21 July 2015). "Salsa introduces new touring and plus platforms". Bicycle Retailer. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  9. "9 Reasons to Love the Alternator Dropout". Salsa Cycles. 5 November 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
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