| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Bicycles |
| Headquarters | Bloomington, Minnesota[1] ,USA |
| Website | salsacycles.com |
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Salsa Cycles is an Americanbicycle brand based inBloomington, Minnesota. The company producestouring,mountain, road, and gravel bicycles, as well as bicycle components.[2] The Salsa Cycles brand, along with its sister brandsSurly Bikes and All-City Cycles, is owned by the Bloomington-basedQuality Bicycle Products. The Salsa brand is widely recognized by winter biking enthusiasts in cold climates.[3]
Ross Shafer founded Salsa Cycles in the early 1980s.[4][5] The company initially focused on producing bicycleframes and customstems.[6] In 1997, the brand was acquired by Minnesota-basedQuality 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 ofaluminum,carbon fiber,titanium,[7] andchromoly 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 uniquedropout design that Salsa has manufactured in Asia. The "alternator dropout" allows for a bike to be easily converted from arear derailleur to a single speed, permits the use of several different hub standards, and allows for an adjustablewheelbase.[9]
