Salt Cycles

Rain or shine, the real ones show up. ☔🚴

There is something about racing in the rain that filters out everything except pure determination. Racing season rewards the riders who prepared all summer and refuse to let conditions be an excuse. 🔥

Did you know that September is actually one of the best months for trail conditions in most parts of the country? 🌲

Summer rains have packed the dirt down, the heat has backed off, and the trails are dry and fast without being dusty and loose. If you have been waiting for the perfect time to get out on singletrack, this is genuinely it. 🚵‍♀️

MACH 4SL. 🟠🔥

This is what happens when you stop building bikes off a parts list and start building them exactly how you want.

The Pivot Mach 4SL got the full Salt Cycles treatment:

⚡️ SRAM XX SL
🟠 FOX Factory fork
🛑 Trickstuff Direttissima brakes
🛞 Salt Carbon wheels + Berd spokes
🔥 Maxxis Dissector / Forekaster
💨 Vittoria Air-Liner insert
⚡️ RockShox Reverb AXS

Every part has a reason. Every detail is intentional.

This is what we do. We build bikes that are as dialed as the rider wants them to be — whether that’s an XC race weapon, a trail bike, or something completely custom.

You bring us the idea. We’ll build the bike.

And if you want to see what a truly custom Salt Cycles build looks like, come see this one in person. 👀🔥

This is why we ride. 🙌

September mountain scenery on a bike is something that genuinely cannot be replicated any other way. The colors are starting to shift, the air is crisp, and you have the whole trail to yourself.

If you have a bucket list ride you've been putting off all summer, September is your window. 🍁

REDRUM. 🩸

We didn’t build this Yeti MT to be subtle.

This is a no-compromise custom build from top to bottom:

⚡ RockShox Lyrik Ultimate Flight Attendant
⚡ RockShox Super Deluxe Ultimate Flight Attendant
⚡ SRAM 1987 groupset & drivetrain
⚡ Trickstuff Direttissima brakes
⚡ 5DEV Titanium cranks & stem
⚡ ENVE M7 bars
⚡ Reverb AXS dropper
⚡ Industry Nine wheelset
⚡ Chris King headset & bottom bracket

Underneath it all is Yeti’s Sixfinity six-bar suspension platform, giving the MT 140mm of rear travel with a 160mm fork and three tunable leverage-rate settings.

The new MT is already a seriously capable platform.

But when you start throwing Flight Attendant, Direttissima, 5DEV Titanium, ENVE, I9 and SRAM 1987 at it…

You get something a little different.

Redrum is one of those bikes you need to see in person.

Come check it out at Salt Cycles. 🩸

Some bikes just deserve a closer look. 👀

This Intense Spider is one of those bikes.

Built around the 2026 Spider platform, this one gets a seriously dialed custom build:

• Shimano XTR mechanical 12-speed
• Shimano XTR 4-piston brakes
• Salt Cycles Carbon BERD wheels
• DT Swiss 240 hubs
• FOX Factory suspension
• OneUp V3 dropper
• Vittoria Mazza / Agarro tires
• Vittoria AirLiner Light insert in the rear

The Spider is a 130mm-travel 29er built around Intense’s DCR suspension platform—designed to keep things efficient on the climbs while staying planted and controlled when the trail gets rowdy.

But honestly, the mechanical XTR + BERD wheel combo is what really makes this build stand out.

Light, ridiculously clean, and built with the kind of parts you actually want to ride.

This one is an XL sitting right at 29 pounds 4 ounces, currently available through Salt Cycles.

Come check it out in the shop and take a closer look at the build. 🤘

No kit required. No Strava segment. No agenda. Just a couple of bikes and a reason to enjoy it. ☀️

September is a great reminder that cycling doesn't have to be serious to be good. Some of the best rides are the ones where you're just cruising through your neighborhood with someone you enjoy spending time with. 🙌