Salsa moved the top tube down, which lowered the Warbird’s standover height.

Pictured is the 2019 Salsa Warbird Carbon Ultegra Di2 700 This gives the Warbird mountain bike-style steerability that’s nimble, stable, fast on descents, and still agile for climbing. The top tube is 1 cm longer, and the reach is 10 mm shorter. In the 2019 Warbird, Salsa reconfigured the bike’s geometry to help it ride better on technical tracks. Riders can flipflop between 700c wheels with up to a 45cc tire or 27.5/650b mountain bike-style wheels with tires up to 2.1 inches thick. The fourth and newest iteration keeps all those advancements in a lighter, vibration-absorbing, high-modulus carbon package. Since that first aluminum bike, Salsa has introduced titanium and carbon versions of the Warbird. Its frame also had ridiculous amounts of tire clearance. That helped riders fight fatigue by mitigating vibration of gravel’s uneven surface with a more compliant frame. Originally, the Warbird was a road bike-style frame with a lower bottom bracket and a stretched-out design for stability. It gave riders a more stable, more comfortable option to racing twitchy cyclocross bikes intended for an hour of twisty sprinting on retrofitted road bikes. The Warbird launched in 2013, and it was the first gravel race-specific bike to market. Mike Riemer, Salsa’s content marketing manager, said that those who already love this iconic bike can celebrate because the 2019 Salsa Warbird v4 “keeps all the great stuff of previous Warbirds, and only adds more capability.” Salsa Warbird History Today, Salsa announced the fourth and newest iteration of its beloved Warbird. Pictured is the 2019 Salsa Warbird Carbon Force 1 650 For 2019, it loses weight, gains a wheel size, and gets more capable. The Salsa Warbird is the original gravel race bike. Home » News » Salsa Warbird 2019: The Original Gravel Bike Gets Better

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