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Minnesota’s Salsa Cycles is known for building some iconic adventure race bikes, and the Stormchaser gravel bike is no exception. Bult for adverse conditions, the versatile Stormchaser will be now available in four different flavors. Two singlespeed options, as a frameset, or a geared version that comes with front suspension.
Salsa Cycles says the Stormchaser’s name comes from “the bike’s perseverance on weather-wrecked gravel roads. It’s a bike designed to reach the end of the ride no matter what, and to do so without being completely ruined on the way. It’s no coincidence that many of the biggest gravel races take place in Tornado Alley.“
Let’s touch on the different configurations that are available for the Stormchaser.
Stormchaser Single Speed
Retail: $1799
Color: Storm Gray
Highlights
- 6066-T6 aluminum frame
- Class 5™ VRS (Vibration Reduction System)
- Gravel race geometry
- Carbon fiber fork
- Alternator Flat Mount dropout
- Extra mud clearance and abrasion-resistant fork plates
- Rack mounts, Three-Pack mounts, and top-tube and down-tube accessory mounts
- Fender mounts
- Stealth dropper post-routing
- Includes 17t and 18t cog installed
Stormchaser Apex Eagle Sus
Retail: $3199
Color: Berry
Highlights
- 6066-T6 aluminum frame
- Class 5™ VRS (Vibration Reduction System)
- Gravel race geometry
- RockShox Rudy XPLR 40mm travel fork
- Dropper post
- Alternator Flat Mount dropout
- Extra mud clearance
- Rack mounts, top-tube, and down-tube accessory mounts
- Fender mounts
Stormchaser Frameset
Retail: $1249
Color: Black
Highlights
- 6066-T6 aluminum frame
- Class 5™ VRS (Vibration Reduction System)
- Gravel race geometry
- Carbon fiber fork
- Alternator Flat Mount dropout
- Extra mud clearance and abrasion-resistant fork plates
- Rack mounts, Three-Pack mounts, and top-tube and down-tube accessory mounts
- Fender mounts
- Stealth dropper post-routing
- Includes headset, axles, seatpost collar, and both single-speed and geared dropout plates
