When the trail gets rough, the tough keep on riding!

Meet El Kaboing, a new 5” travel, 26” wheeled, all-day ridin’ trail bike from Salsa. Designed for long days in big, burly terrain, El Kaboing delivers Performance, Reliability, and Durability.

Beauty is built right into this bike’s DNA. Starting with custom-drawn scandium tubing, we designed a machine that delivers a gorgeous ride worthy of its knock-out good looks.

The flexing seatstay, single pivot design pedals well seated or standing while the custom tuned Fox Float RP2 air shock, tuned flexing seatstays, low linkage ratio, and low shock pressure provide a bottomless feel on bigger hits.

In an effort to keep your wheels where you want them, lateral stiffness has been maximized through tube butting and shaping, removal of the rear end pivot, a one-piece linkage, and the use of large weld areas in critical places.

Our quest to build the best didn’t end with the frame design either. We’ve chosen parts designed to deliver premier performance for the long run: Cane Creek S-3 headset. Fox Float RL 140mm fork and custom-tuned Float RP2 air shock. Kenda Nevegal 2.35” tires. Race Face Deus XC crankset and seatpost. Shimano XT drivetrain and hydraulic disc brakes. WTB Rocket V saddle.

Of course, some fine Salsa parts complete the kit: Juegos de Fuegos grips. Flip-Lock seatpost clamp. Pro Moto XC riser bar. Semi Disc Rims.

All this results in a bike that’ll leave you smiling at the end of a big mile day, and won’t leave you wishing for something else. Satisfaction…now that is a noble concept.

El Kaboing.