Salsa Notch

[CarolinaCrawler]

Wanted to start a thread on the Salsa Notch. Not a lot of info on the new Salsa bikes on here. Salsa were running a massive sale so I picked up a Notch Cues 10 for the wife. I'm going to be demoing a Moraine from a local bike shop soon also so I'll make a separate post about that.

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I'll update once we get the wife's and we get a few miles on it.

 

[jb759h]

The Moraine is pretty awesome for my gal. I've done full rides on it as well and it does the job on those 2000+ft climbing days. Our climbs here aren't that bad, so i'm still trying to talk myself into a Notch.

 

[Chris L]

I picked up a Salsa Notch Deore XL rental with less than 1000KM on it for a great price this fall. It is a very capable beast. I got about 6 rides in before winter set in Minnesota. It is my first emtb so I am still getting used to anticpating the inputs on technichal climbing but otherwise the BoschCX motor is very intuitive and natural feeling on the trail. The Rockshox Domain Gold 38 (a surprisingly good fork) and the Split pivot suspension with Fox Float X shock make this a comfortable bike on any trail and very exciting at speeds dowhill. The reach #'s read extra long but the aggressive seat tube angle makes the the cockpit seem compact. It seems more compact than my Ibis Ripley XL with much less reach. I am big guy(250lbs) and can get about 30-35 miles on a full charge with moderate climbing. The bike is heavy but I don't notice it getting in the way on the trail. I had no trouble with switchbacks and tight and twisty singletrack. I have studded tires on it now for general, winter mayhem riding. At the current sales prices it seems like a solid deal with the great suspension and BoschCX!

 

[CarolinaCrawler]

We were pretty much just buying a frame and motor. I have a slew of 205x65 shocks, several forks and several sets of wheels both 29 and mullet. I look forward to experimenting with this bike.

As of right now the plan is to swap some m6100 brake levers, her personal bars and pedals. Then just to ride it and test it out.