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SALSA Marrakesh Drop Bar, Touring Bike 2016-59.5 Cm
2016 Salsa Marrakesh Drop Bar Alaska to Chile, anyone? Portland Oregon to Portland Maine? Marrakesh is Salsa's new heavy-duty world-touring bike. It’s designed with all the amenities and durability needed to cycle the globe. Salsa’s Pete Koski, engineer for Marrakesh, says, “A true touring bike should have a lower bottom bracket and longer chainstay/wheelbase than a similar sized road, gravel, commuting, or mountain bike. The lower BB also lowers your saddle (without affecting saddle-to-pedal distance), and therefore lowers your body relative to the axles. This all results in a centre of gravity that makes riding and steering a loaded bike easier and more predictable.” Constructed with the next-generation, Salsa-designed Cobra Kai CroMoly tubing, the externally and
internally butted tubeset is engineered to provide an impressively strong frame. Koski adds, “Steel is tough and has a very long life span. In the unlikely event that anything will happen to damage a fine steel frame like Marrakesh, finding someone that can weld it back to a rideable state, even in distant lands, is much more likely than finding someone that can weld titanium or aluminium, or repair a composite frame.” Marrakesh comes stock with a dedicated Salsa Alternator 135 Low Deck Rack. The frame also features three water bottle mounts, and the fork includes Three-Pack mounts for Anything Cages or additional water bottles should you choose to use them. For a traditional front pannier set up though, it also includes low rider bosses. Fender clearance: there's room for
fenders with the 700c x 40mm Schwalbes that come with the bike, but that's about as wide as you can go. Without fenders, you can go up to 29 x 2.0” tires. Marrakesh fits a disc rotor size up to 180mm for plenty of stopping power when riding big mountain passes fully loaded. It comes with the excellent BB7 mechanical disc brakes with 160 mm rotors. Marrakesh also includes a spare spoke mount and a kickstand plate because as Koski says, “Kickstands are highly functional and cool when touring, despite what roadies and MTB’ers might have you think.” A great asset to have on a touring bike is a dynamo system that not only powers your lights but can also help keep your smart devices and external battery pack charged. We specialize in configuring complete dynamo systems using the
best components. Hit us up to discuss. Marrakesh is a world-touring bike, designed for fully loaded, rugged exploration. Intentionally designed whether riding drop or flat bar, Marrakesh’s unique geometries that employ Chromoly steel and Cobra Kai tubing make for a durable and predictable ride even when heavily loaded. Comes with Salsa Low-Deck Rear Alternator Rack, capable of safely carrying 60 lbs.
internally butted tubeset is engineered to provide an impressively strong frame. Koski adds, “Steel is tough and has a very long life span. In the unlikely event that anything will happen to damage a fine steel frame like Marrakesh, finding someone that can weld it back to a rideable state, even in distant lands, is much more likely than finding someone that can weld titanium or aluminium, or repair a composite frame.” Marrakesh comes stock with a dedicated Salsa Alternator 135 Low Deck Rack. The frame also features three water bottle mounts, and the fork includes Three-Pack mounts for Anything Cages or additional water bottles should you choose to use them. For a traditional front pannier set up though, it also includes low rider bosses. Fender clearance: there's room for
fenders with the 700c x 40mm Schwalbes that come with the bike, but that's about as wide as you can go. Without fenders, you can go up to 29 x 2.0” tires. Marrakesh fits a disc rotor size up to 180mm for plenty of stopping power when riding big mountain passes fully loaded. It comes with the excellent BB7 mechanical disc brakes with 160 mm rotors. Marrakesh also includes a spare spoke mount and a kickstand plate because as Koski says, “Kickstands are highly functional and cool when touring, despite what roadies and MTB’ers might have you think.” A great asset to have on a touring bike is a dynamo system that not only powers your lights but can also help keep your smart devices and external battery pack charged. We specialize in configuring complete dynamo systems using the
best components. Hit us up to discuss. Marrakesh is a world-touring bike, designed for fully loaded, rugged exploration. Intentionally designed whether riding drop or flat bar, Marrakesh’s unique geometries that employ Chromoly steel and Cobra Kai tubing make for a durable and predictable ride even when heavily loaded. Comes with Salsa Low-Deck Rear Alternator Rack, capable of safely carrying 60 lbs.
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