Salsa Warbird #2

You might be wondering why there are 2 of these bikes on my website. They both are (or were) mine.

But the first one has been destroyed in a very bad crash, and I nearly was too. But I’m still here, and this is the new bike replacing the broken 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 me and the first one. Many thanks to Clément Random for helping me with the building process. Also, many thanks to a mysterious benefactor named Andy who sent me a brand new Sram Force carbon crankset to replace the broken 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 at, 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 astounding part has yet to come.
I was not even moving, I was simply waiting at a red light at full stop for over a minute, when I got rammed into from behind…

The driver explained 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 rehab hospital from the crash that happened a year before isn’t over yet, and it's already the third time I’m getting hit by a car... I just don’t get it… Give me a break!