It’s close though Trek’s geometry chart claims those of the Stache are 420mm. Salsa claims they’re the shortest 29+ stays on the market. The 29+ Woodsmoke’s are 417mm, although they can be fine tuned via the adjustable Alternator 2 dropouts. The chainstays are where this schema goes ultra-modern.
#Super stach squeed full
The Woodsmoke is built around modern trail bike sensibilities, a full carbon frame with internal cable routing, Boost 148 rear with Alternator 2 dropouts, long top-tube, and a slack front-end. The model reviewed here, the 29+ GX1, comes in matte khaki and has a clean black accent at the interior of the chain stay which adds a nice touch. It also helped that the company picked an interesting array of colors.
The pepper logo synonymous with Salsa is now reduced to a clean yet retro stencil design on several of their new carbon models. There are only a handful on the frame including the white logotype on the downtube, the word ‘WOODSMOKE’ in a nicely kerned font on the toptube, a small ‘WS’ campfire icon on the seat tube, and the new overhauled headbadge. To help in the aesthetic department, Salsa continued in their move toward minimal and tasteful graphics. In my opinion it has a rather peculiar and pleasing feng shui about it. It’s one that’s already drawn a maelstrom of critique from around the internet, or so I’ve heard there wasn’t too much ether surfing to be done in Kyrgyzstan.Įither way, after having admired this bike 12 hours a day for three weeks straight - granted, mostly set to incredible Kyrgyz mountain backdrops - I don’t mind the looks. As evident in the drive-side photos, this gives the Woodsmoke a rather unique aesthetic. To accomplish this, both companies built a bike around an unconventional asymmetric, and remarkably short, ‘mid-stay’ chainstay frame design.
#Super stach squeed plus
In the same manner as the Stache, the Woodsmoke was created to blend grin-inducing agility with the freakish traction and rollover ability of plus sized tires. People of the interwebs immediately compared the Woodsmoke to Trek’s Stache, and rightly so. It’s obvious that Salsa’s goal with this bike was to give riders the option of getting the platform they want for a one-bike solution - namely a trail bike and adventure rig in about any wheel/tire size you can think of, barring 26”. Although there are some subtle differences, the main variation between each model is in the fork, brakes, drivetrain, and of course wheel/tire sizing. To summarize there are five models total that combine one of two build kits - XO or GX1 - with one of three wheel/tire sizes. The 2017 Salsa Woodsmoke comes in a variety of flavors, each with it’s own color scheme. The same carbon frame can be adapted for multiple wheel and tire sizes - it was designed to fit both 29+ or classic 29er tires with a 120mm fork, or the 27.5+ wheel/tire combination with a 130mm fork.
So where does their all-new Woodsmoke fit in?įor starters, Salsa created the Woodsmoke with versatility in mind. And this year at Saddledrive, Salsa dreamt up a slew of new hybrids including the new Fargo plus and budget Timberjack. The Pony Rustler was equally as enchanting as one of the first polished attempts to fuse full-suspension with 27.5+. Let’s call it a roll-over anything dirt-road tourer. The Deadwood was last year’s frankenstein - it combined terrain squelching 29+ tires with drop-bars and long-distance geometry. Salsa has a penchant for creating bikes that attempt to merge worlds.
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