Finally, after two years of research, delays, setbacks and naysayers, I got the bicycle I wanted. A brand new 2008 Salsa Casseroll in a beautiful striking dusty gold color called “ginger beer”. It’s a classy sport-touring road bike with full 105 components and all sorts of handy braze-ons for fenders (comes with!), racks, panniers, even a pump peg. I rode it around the block yesterday with a huge smile on my face.
This is going to be more than just a toy though. It’s crucial to my plan to improve my health, become more fit, more stress free and generally happier. And I can tell it is already working.
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Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Mista Ryan
I’m interested in getting one . . . can you tell me where you got it? They don’t seem to carry them in DC.
Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 7:12 pm
John Dark
The actual shop/mail-order place I ordered it from gave me such horrible customer service that I would never buy anything from them again. Nor would I send them a single dollar in referred business.
However, it is my understanding that since Salsa’s parent company is QBP, which is a huge bicycle dealership, any shop that orders parts from QBP can also get Salsa complete bikes. They are like the Surly brand in that regard. But you probably won’t see any sitting out on the shop floor, since they’re not a very popular brand.
Call up a couple of your favorite shops and ask them 1) if they order from or use QBP as a parts distributor and 2) if they can get any bike from the QBP catalog. If they answer yes, they should be able to get you any model of either Salsa or Surly, provided they haven’t sold out nationwide.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 1:58 am
steve
Nice bike, elegant, stylish, and she’s a beautiful colour….. shame they called it ‘ginger beer’. Why? Well, because on the other side of the pond, ‘ginger beer’ = queer, it’s slang for Gay!
Not that that matters.
Happy miles
SB :)