Salsa  Cutthroat

Salsa Cutthroat

Complete build from £2850
Framesets £2150

It’s a drop bar mountain bike designed for going fast and light. Take one of our stock off-the-peg builds or work with us to create something tailored to your exact needs.

We raced Version 1 of these awesome bikes at the first Silk Road Mountain Race  You might want to take a read of our account here – click for blog

Short version is that we finished, had fun and the bikes were fast, comfortable and trouble free. We’ve supplied numerous to other riders completing similar adventures.

Still what we consider the carbon evolution of the Fargo, Version 2 of the racey Cutthroat features full carbon frame, a Class 5 Vibration Reduction System in the seatstays, and a racing-inspired geometry making a quick bike that won’t leave you pummelled as you ride alongside the rising moon. Changes for this year include a 32% more compliant fork, longer wheelbase for increased stability day after day, dynamo cable routing and new direct mount frame bags (coming January). Road boost drivetrain (46/30 chain sets) on some complete models with the ability to run a standard 50/34. It’s what you’ve been waiting for!

Cutthroat Apex 1
£2850

Cutthroat Apex 1 combines the redesigned Cutthroat carbon frame and fork with the tried-and-true performance of SRAM’s Apex 1 drivetrain. Available in both a spicy Pink and Raw Black.

Full Cutthroat Apex 1 specs.

There is only one drop of Salsa carbon frames per year and when they’re gone they’re gone!

The choice of endurance racers doing bikepacking races such as the Tour Divide, Silk Road Mountain Race or the Italian Divide, we’ve been lucky enough to build more than a few of these to take part in such events.