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Salsa Cycles is an American bicycle brand based in Bloomington, Minnesota. The company produces touring, mountain, road, and gravel bicycles, as well as bicycle components.[2] The Salsa Cycles brand, along with its sister brands Surly Bikes and All-City Cycles, is owned by the Bloomington-based Quality Bicycle Products. The Salsa brand is widely recognized by winter biking enthusiasts in cold climates.[3]
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Bicycles |
| Headquarters | Bloomington, Minnesota[1] , USA |
| Website | salsacycles.com |
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Ross Shafer founded Salsa Cycles in the early 1980s.[4][5] The company initially focused on producing bicycle frames and custom stems.[6] In 1997, the brand was acquired by Minnesota-based Quality Bicycle Products, which transitioned from a wholesale bike-parts distributor to a bike-brand conglomerate, with a focus on biking in climates with cold winters. In 2021, Quality Bicycle Products employed over 600 people.[3]
Salsa has bike frames made in Asia out of aluminum, carbon fiber, titanium,[7] and chromoly steel.[8] They have several bike touring bicycles, fat tire bikes, bikepacking bikes, and gravel bikes, as well as full-suspension mountain bikes.[2] Some Salsa frames are equipped with a unique dropout design that Salsa has manufactured in Asia. The "alternator dropout" allows for a bike to be easily converted from a rear derailleur to a single speed, permits the use of several different hub standards, and allows for an adjustable wheelbase.[9]
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