For Adventure Racing, I had a set of criteria I wanted to meet.  Durable, light, and comfortable.  These bikes may spend a portion of a race in the bottom of a canoe, be pushed through thick underbrush, and be ridden like an XC race machine.  After a lot of research and a few test sessions, I concluded that the Salsa Dos Niner was a perfect fit.

I have been riding, training and racing on a Salsa Dos Niner for just over seven months.  I am right at six feet tall, so already a good candidate for the 29er wheel craze.  I really like the way the bigger wheels roll over obstacles and take the edge off of small bumps, roots, washboard and trail chadder.  The Dos Niner is a softail (a shock in the back, the chainstays flex up and down, there is not an actual pivot, nor is there the associated pivot hardware).  Those big wheels coupled with the 1″ Relish shock in the back really makes for an efficient, fast and smooth ride.

Bottom line.  I like the bike so much I am seriously considering getting a Selma as my singlespeed training tool!

See you outside,

Shane

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