Salsa Warbird - My Initial Thoughts!

Bokeh out - Warbird in
All change for 2021, and here are my initial thoughts on this all American Warbird.

[chrisrebbeck]

Hopefully the background noise, which I think is a cow, won't be too off-putting!

[thecappy]

Wow, a Brit with a Salsa. Glad you got it on sale. They aren't cheap here in the States either, but they are astronomical over there.

[willowwatts]

awesome review.I'm a roadie and want to get a gravel bike for bikepacking..This bike fits the bill nicely. I've shortlisted the diverge and the aspero the latter being far out of my budget.

[daztop]

Love my warbird, I put a laugh fork on mine transformed it of road and mega comfy, running SRAM AXS single ring set up

[garypostell]

Love to see you on gravel with the 650b wheels

[LeoInterHyenaem]

I agree on slow cornering: Mine, too, struggles with very steep turns. Otherwise, it's very fast on tarmac (I'm no fan off off-road / gravel rides, although I very much appreciate the WarBird's ability to can cope with almost any terrain, coupled with its relatively high max. system load stat). It is My favourite bike of 15 or thereabouts I've had over the years, incl. the 5 I have today (if by a hair, compared to the Genesis Datum and the Norco Search XR C).
I also find the WarBird particularly beautiful, up there with the much more exclusive and expensive Bastion road bikes (and the Bokeh - particularly ugly).

[jerico]

Nice looking bike, interested to see it in 650b mode.

[conanfa]

I look forward to finding a YouTube channel that actually shows the bicycle and not just a talking head. Thank you.

[rossdouglas]

What size are you running? How tall are you, what's you saddle height center of BB to top of saddle? Sorry for all the questions, I'm on the fence on either a 57.5 or a 56.. Great review.. Thanks in advance..