Comments on: Salsa La Cruz - So Far, So Good

By: budgie

budgie — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:49:23 +0000

coi!!!
i just got the frameset…now i’ll be drizzling jism on it soon..CK headset first!!!

By: MK

MK — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:54:36 +0000

What size the frame is? Saddle may be could be a bit higher..?

By: Aqua Dublavee

Aqua Dublavee — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:49:34 +0000

Great review. I love how your commute sounds just as fun (and funny) as mine! I also love how that bike looks. I want to put drop bars on my bike now…

By: brad

brad — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:48:07 +0000

Funny. That cable stop is my only complaint I’ve ever truly had about my Crosscheck. It has a braze-on under the chainstay that I catch on my shoe occasionally. It’s getting to the point that I think I’m just going to head it up and pull it off. I’ll use full-length housing if I have to in the future.

By: Ikon O. Klasst

Ikon O. Klasst — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:48:24 +0000

Nice review, Jeff, sounds like a sweet ride! I dig the orange paint scheme, thief-magnet notwithstanding.

I’ve experienced the same chainstay issue on my Casseroll, which is aggravated by the fact that I run it fixed. Catching a heel cup on a braze-on while spinning super fast downhill on a fixie is NOT cool. I think if they just shift the cable stop a millimeter or two under the stay (or forward even), the problem would be greatly reduced.

By: Jeremiah

Jeremiah — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:58:10 +0000

I love the last picture. Salsa should call the color Sunkist Orange. It’s interesting that it has good paint, My paint on my Salsa mountain bikes is pretty weak… It looks fantastic, but shows wear quickly. It doesn’t really matter, bikes are for riding not looking at. Nice write up on the bike… Now I want one of those too.

By: Babdah

Babdah — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:12:23 +0000

Dude, raise your seat.

By: rick

rick — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:01:02 +0000

Cross bikes are so much fun in the urban environment, the go over anything versatility makes them a real blast to ride. 700 x 32/35 tires rule.

By: JP

JP — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:59:04 +0000

I disagree Salsa should bother offering the La Cruz in a second paint option for ‘life in the city’. If you want a tough CX bike you can ride around in the city with no disc brakes and a drab color, then you need a Surly Cross-Check. One of the nice things about Salsa is their better paint job. Although one can use any bike anywhere, Surly’s branding and product seems more concerned ‘life in the city’, while Salsa is somewhat less obssesed with that. Even a quick look at their websites reveals as much.

You’re right, one cannot blame Salsa for making the La Cruz look good. One can only praise them.

By: Terry (peatbog)

Terry (peatbog) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:37:01 +0000

I know you want PEOPLE to be the main subject of your magazine, but as your printed magazine gets better and better (which it is), it would be cool to have equipment reviews such as these in there also. My favorite non-bicycling way to relax is reading, so being able to set back with my feet up and read your magazine would even be better with some of these equipment reviews thrown in the mix. Besides, you and Brad have always been great at equipment reviews.

Anyway, whatever you do, just don’t ever take sides in a political debate. That could be bad! And I won’t ever bring up politics on your forum anymore as my part. It leads to unnecessary strife, division, and loss of focus.