UPDATED: Salsa Teases Full Suspension Gravel Bike!

Salsa is both actually unhealthy at holding secrets and techniques, or they’re actually hoping to generate a little bit hype round their upcoming pedal-assisted drop bar journey bike. It’s nearly positively the latter, on condition that they initially teased this bike again in September, and it has even had its personal touchdown web page on the Salsa web site ever since. Earlier in the present day, Salsa took it one step additional with a Fb publish that included the bike’s identify, an image of somebody driving it, and a short description.

From Salsa’s Fb Submit:

“Prepared for a peek behind the door?“

“That is Wanderosa, our mild electrical full-suspension gravel bike, constructed to push boundaries so you’ll be able to take your Journey by Bike farther and sooner than you thought doable.“

“This genre-bending mix of full-suspension functionality, progressive drop-bar geometry, and motorized help is a radical journey expertise for individuals who need to begin from their entrance door, get bold with longer, rowdier routes, and rally their favourite backroads.“

“Wanderosa arrives January 2026“

Primarily based on the photograph and transient description, it seems that a lot of our hypothesis was right or at the least pretty shut. It’s clear that this can be a full-suspension bike that appears to blur the traces between gravel and mountain biking. It’s difficult to find out the efficiency tier of the SID fork from the photograph, however most fashions include both 110 or 120 mm of journey. Which leads us to guess that the rear finish will in all probability have someplace between 100 and 120 mm of journey as nicely. Most SID fashions promote a max tire width of 66 mm (~2.5″), and the body appears like it may possibly clear a fairly extensive tire, too.

The largest query that is still is what drive system will probably be offering the Wanderosa’s pedal help. The downtube doesn’t seem like too cumbersome, however we will’t see the motor space nicely sufficient to determine a motor model. That stated, the TQ-HPR40 could be a logical alternative, however that drive system doesn’t embody a prime tube built-in show — which is seen within the silhouette within the teaser shot under. This leads us to imagine that it’s going to probably be powered by the compact Fazua Experience 60 drive system, however that’s simply our greatest guess. Appears like we’ll know extra in January. The opposite burning query that we need to ask is: the place’s the non-electric model?

From the Authentic Submit:

Salsa Cycles has been placing plenty of vitality into new bikes these days. Just lately, they’ve launched all the things from journey gravel ebikes, to a refreshed MTB lineup (which is surprisingly good).

Now, Salsa is teasing a brand new bike, and it’s sure to get some consideration. After posting a silhouette of the bike with the caption, “Curioser and curioser,” Salsa had added little or no element, solely stating that it’s coming in January 2026.

By the define, there are some things we all know for positive: it’s a full suspension bike, and it has dropbars and a dropper publish. The tires seem like of MTB measurement, however with how massive gravel tires are getting lately, it may simply fall into the aggressive gravel or ATB class. Figuring out Salsa, there’s probability this bike will work nicely for bikepacking and journey driving – what seems to be body bag mounts contained in the entrance triangle, and beneath the highest tube appear to help that idea. Replace: We now know, primarily based on the touchdown web page for the brand new bike on Salsa’s web site, that that is certainly a full suspension gravel bike!

At the moment, Salsa simply provides this as a teaser, “One other business first from the parents who outlined the modern-day gravel bike. A few of you understand what it’s; a few of you suppose you understand what it’s. It received’t be for everybody (then once more, what’s?), however it should redefine what’s doable. Full suspension gravel? Sure and…”

The opposite massive query is whether or not this will probably be an ebike? There’s a darkish patch behind the top tube on the highest tube that appears prefer it could possibly be a management panel for an ebike system. And the downtube definitely appears massive sufficient to accommodate a battery, maybe a smaller capability battery for a light-weight ebike system. However the hole spindle on the crank throws a wrench in that idea – all of the centerdrive ebike motors we all know of don’t have a hole spindle.

It’s doable it may nonetheless be an ebike with a rear hub motor, although. Or it could possibly be simply {that a} crank with a hole spindle was used within the mockup, and the precise bike received’t have it. Or a brand new crank or motor or each?

Regardless, will probably be attention-grabbing to see the place this goes!

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