Bike Build: Salsa El Mariachi Steel

What do you do when you have a box full of 29r parts and need a bike to race this season? Oh and the buget is limited. Buy a steel frame! To future proof this bike a little I decided that there were 2 features the new frame had to have. First of all it needed to accept a tapered fork steerer (because that's what I have waiting for the frame). Secondly, it had to be single speed compatible to serve a different purpose in the future.

After a little research I settled on a 15" Salsa El Mariachi frame with an FSA headset with 44mm bottom cup for the fork steerer.

A change is as good as a holiday...

Sometimes a change in store layout is just what you need to freshen things up a little bit. The first thing you will notice on entering the the increase in natural light we've achieved by moving the 2 tier bike rack away from the front window.

Bike Build: Cinelli Mash Histogram

We wanted to show off a little, that's basically all there is to it. The brief was to build a hot fixie, no budget, no restrictions at all (ok so some fashion restrictions). Here's what we came up with...

RMB and Delta BA

Rocky Mountain Bicycles and Liberty Bikes are proud to be able to support Delta BA Racing for the 2012 MTB race season with the Vertex 990RSL carbon hardtail 29er. The boys have already been racking up the results with wins for Dave Nairn in A grade of the last two 'Dirt Crits' held by Perth MTB Club. We wish the whole team every success this year.

The Vertex 990RSL is the top of the tree for Rocky Mountain in 2012, having dropped 26" hardtails from their race range altogether! A recent review in Australian Mountainbike Magazine saw the Vertex 990RSL score 9.1 out of a possible 10 with the following comments: "Lightning fast, yet tough and stable. Fantastic build quality and looks. Outstanding handling." and "Sure, we’ll give the Vertex back… one day…but they’ll have to catch us first!" Source: AMB FEB/MAR Issue 2012

Liberty Bikes is Perth's exclusive Rocky Mountain dealer.