Salsa Cycles

Salsa Cycles
Company typePrivate
IndustryBicycles
Headquarters
Bloomington, Minnesota[1]
,
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.[2] 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.[3]

History

Ross Shafer founded Salsa Cycles in the early 1980s.[4][5] The company initially focused on producing bicycle frames and custom stems.[6] 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.[3]

Products

Salsa has bike frames made in Asia out of aluminum, carbon fiber, titanium,[7] and chromoly steel.[8] They have several bike touring bicycles, fat tire bikes, bikepacking bikes, and gravel bikes, as well as full-suspension mountain bikes.[2] 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.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Contact Us". salsacycles.com. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Bikes". salsacycles.com. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  3. ^ a b 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.