Bike Test: Subrosa Salvador
Words and Photo’s: Dunk
Positioned slap bang in the middle of the Subrosa complete range you’ll find this months test bike, the Salvador. Coming in at a reasonable £365 the product you’re faced with is an intermediate entry-level bike – so you’ll see a few features found on the higher end models, but some materials may not be the same. The frame is a mix of 4130 Chromoly and 1020 Hi Tensile steel (top and down tubes being the former). The forks have a Chromo steerer with HiTen legs, which are tapered, giving it a higher end look, and the bars are full Chromoly. The 20.5” top tube would indicate that this bike is more suitable for the younger rider who may not be fully grown yet, but rides well and feels super solid right from the word go. The parts are all Rant – Subrosa’s in house parts company – with the exception of the Shadow grips. Looks wise there’s really nothing to fault this bike on, the front hub has female bolts, and the downtube is a cool teardrop shape, and as mentioned before the forks are tapered at the end, which ads a little bit of class. It would have been nice to see removable lugs and a decent chainring to really top it all off, but for a sub £400 bike you get everything you’d ever need to get riding!
It seems only right that we should have a Subrosa rider testing out the Salvador. Emerson Morgan transfers over the bricks at his favourite undercover spot.
Specifications:
Frame: 20.5” Chromo top and down tubes with 1020 Hi-tensile tubing elsewhere
Fork: Chromoly Steer Tube with 1020 Hi-Tensile Steel tapered Legs
Bars: 100% Chromo 8.5″ rise, 28″ wide
Grips: Shadow Thirteen
Headset: Sealed Integrated
Stem: Subrosa Hold Tight Top Load
Rims: Rant alloy 36H
Front Hub: Rant 3/8″ Loose Ball Female Axle
Rear Hub: Rant 14mm Semi-Sealed Cassette 9t driver
Tyres: Rant 2.3″ front and rear
Cranks: Rant 3pc Chromo, 175mm
BB: Sealed mid
Sprocket: Rant Steel 25t
Chain: KMC 510
Pedals: Rant Plastic
Brakes: Rant Alloy U-brakes
Seat: Subrosa Rose Shield Mid 1pc Combo
Seat Clamp: Rant Alloy
Weight: 26.8 lbs
Colours: Gloss Black, Silver, Green and Red.
RRP: £364.99
Website: subrosabrand.com
Distro: Seventies
Thanks to: Crucial BMX Shop
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