Thanks for the good word Rich. The Casseroll really was a good bike to me. It is now sold.
On Sunday, January 19, 2014 7:56:29 AM UTC-8, richd...@gmail.com wrote: > > I really love this bike. Longer each brakes with plenty of room for a > smart tire size. I have become a fan of the sloping tube as well. It is a > a great combo of speed and practicality. IMHO a cheap man's Rodeo. OK- not > the flash-but it rides very well and for a fraction of the cost. I also > like the rear drops- can go single if that is your thing. Day tripper! > The model of what 98% of road bikes should be for the non-racer. > > No connection to the seller- but a very happy owner of a size med. and fan > of Salsa(the condiment) and the bikes. > > Rich (In Iowa with a heat wave of up to 36 today!) > > On Sunday, January 12, 2014 4:53:30 PM UTC-6, Jeremy Till wrote: >> >> Just a bump and reduction in asking price. $675 OBO. If you're >> interested, let's talk! >> >> On Sunday, January 5, 2014 1:53:55 PM UTC-8, Jeremy Till wrote: >>> >>> Hey Riv folks (x-post with the iBOB list, apologies if you see it twice)- >>> >>> A burgeoning interest in off-road riding has me selling my Salsa >>> Casseroll road bike to fund potential explorations in the MTB realm. Not >>> exactly Rivendell, but I've always thought of this bike as my poor man's >>> Rambouillet, being a versatile and comfortable road bike with high >>> handlebars and good clearances. This is a early 2008 (caliper-brake) frame >>> and fork that I bought new, having built and re-built it many times. It is >>> the largest size, with the seat tube measuring 59cm center-top, but a >>> sloping top tube and long head tube mean the frame fits like a traditional >>> 62cm frame. Salsa "Classico" chromoly tubing. >>> >>> The frame uses 47-57mm reach brakes, allowing for a ~28mm tire with >>> fenders and a ~37mm tire without; it currently has 28mm Ruffy Tuffy tires >>> and SKS P35 fenders. >>> >>> Having long campy-style horizontal dropouts, I ran it for a long time as >>> a fixed gear road bike, but in the past couple of years I've settled on a >>> 2x7 derailleur setup. It has an eclectic but really functional mix of >>> parts, including 7spd Shimano 600 DT shifters and derailleurs indexing >>> perfectly with 7 of 8spds on a Campagnolo Athena cassette rear hub, Sugino >>> XD 48/36 double crank, Shimano A550 front brake, Dia-Compe single pivot >>> rear brake, Tektro R200 levers with gum hoods, Salsa Cowbell bars, Thomson >>> Elite setback seat post. >>> >>> This is a definitely used but well-maintained bike; I'm a professional >>> mechanic and like to keep my own bikes ship shape, if not perfectly clean. >>> There is some minor paint wear on the downtube, top of the seat tube, and >>> seat stays, but no rust. >>> >>> A full set of pictures, with more information on parts spec, can be >>> found here: >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/85709120@N07/sets/72157639449138215/ >>> >>> Full frame geometry can be found on Salsa's bike archive: >>> http://salsacycles.com/bikes/archive/casseroll_double >>> >>> Price is $750 OBO. Local pickup in the SF Bay Area (I'm in Berkeley) is >>> preferred, but if you're really interested and not local we can work out >>> something for shipping. Feel free to contact with any other questions. >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
