Salsa Warbird #2
You might be wondering why there are 2 of these bikes on my website. They both are (or were) mine.
The first one has been destroyed in a very nasty accident, and I nearly was destroyed too. But I’m still here, and this is the new bike replacing the first one.
It's a strange feeling to spend so much time and efforts into building a new bike, only for it to be exactly the same as the one you had before, like nothing happened…
Most of the components are from the first bike. Only the frame, the front wheel, the crankset, the bar tape and the top cap had to be replaced. The rest was only slightly scratched. Many thanks to Salsa for sending me a new frame at no cost after hearing what happened to the first one. Many thanks to Clément Random too for helping me with the building process, and to a mysterious benefactor who sent me a brand new Sram Force carbon crankset to replace the previous one ︎ without expecting anything in return, simply to help me get back on track as quickly as possible.
Before leaving the place where we built the bike, I jokingly told Clément (who did most of the work) that I would try to keep it in one piece for over a year this time, unlike the first one.
But guess what… A cab driver managed to hit me on my very first trip with it…
But wait… the most incredible part has yet to come.
I was not even moving, I was just waiting at a red light, at full stop for over a minute, when I got rammed into from behind…
The driver got out, and his explaination was that he was very tired, and that he had a long day…
Well, I’m so sorry to hear that, but you know, I’m the victim here, and I’ve had a pretty long year!
The weekly hospital sessions at the rehab hospital aren’t over yet since the crash from 2023, and it's already the third time I've been hit by someone in a car...
I just don’t get it… Give me a break!
New custom frame bag and top tube bag by Copra
This bike is slowly getting back in shape with these new bags, thanks to Timothée from Copra!
