New toy: Salsa Vaya

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From 2012_09 Misc

Oh la la! Another bike! This one is a very sweet hybrid cyclocross touring beast. Chromoly steel 56cm frame, 20 speed SRAM Apex/X-9 deraillers with a wide ranging spread of 34-48 on the compact road double SRAM Apex crank paired to a mnt. 10 speed cassette 11-36, Avid BB7 cabled disk brakes, DT Swiss X470 29er rims, Clement USH 700x40 tires. Sweet set up for dirt, easy single track, and road. And braze ons for all sorts of racks and fenders. Nice!

Took it for its first ride today, from work up around the reservoir, mixing up some dirt, gravel, single track, and pavement. Handles really nice on all three and still manages to kick in around 20mph with this semi knobbly tires.

From 2012_09 Misc
The corporate spiel:

Vaya 2

The Vaya is our touring and road adventure bike, designed to handle any ‘road’ surface, from pavement to gravel.
The Classico CroMoly tubeset is carefully selected to provide an excellent ride quality with a full touring load, yet is a pleasure to ride unloaded as well.
Stable geometry keeps the bike from being twitchy, and makes the bike a pleasure to ride while loaded. We designed this bike for a very wide size range of people, thus our two smallest sizes use 26” wheels to provide improved fit, better standover clearance, and to eliminate toe overlap. The larger sizes (54cm and up) use 700c wheels.
A full compliment of braze-ons for fenders, racks, and lowriders, make the Vaya an extremely versatile machine, whether your intent is touring or general road or gravel exploration. Generous tire clearance allows for up to 700c x 42mm size tires without fenders, and 700c x 38mm with fenders. On our 26"-wheeled frame, clearance allows for 26" x 1.9" tires.
Enjoy a long day in the saddle. Do a light tour. Or load your panniers to the hilt for a month of two-wheeled discovery.
Vaya. Ride any road.
Drivetrain
Front DerSRAM Apex
Rear DerSRAM X.9
CassetteSRAM 11-36T 10-Speed
ChainKMC X10
CranksetSRAM Apex 34/46T
Components
GripsSalsa Gel Tape
ShifterSRAM Apex
Front BrakeAvid BB7
Rear BrakeAvid BB7
Brake LeverSRAM Apex
Rotors160mm Front/160mm Rear
SeatpostSalsa Pro Moto 2
SaddleWTB Pure V
TiresContinental TourRide 26 x 1.75" for 26" sizes, Clement USH 700c x 40mm ADV for 700c sizes
Wheels
Front HubSalsa 2 by Formula, 32H
Rear HubSalsa 2 by Formula, 32H
SpokesDT Swiss Competition
RimsDT Swiss X430 for 26" sizes, DT Swiss X470 for 700c sizes



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