{"id":2595,"date":"2021-01-30T02:55:17","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T02:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/?p=2595"},"modified":"2021-01-30T02:55:17","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T02:55:17","slug":"2013-nahbs-desalvo-custom-cycles-titanium-650b-mountain-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/2013-nahbs-desalvo-custom-cycles-titanium-650b-mountain-bike\/","title":{"rendered":"[2013 NAHBS] DeSalvo Custom Cycles – Titanium 650B Mountain Bike"},"content":{"rendered":"

photos by: Jake Moore<\/a><\/p>\n

Mike DeSalvo creates some very clean looking bikes. He is based out of Ashland, Oregon specializing in steel and titanium frames. Mike had a very nice looking titanium 650B mountain bike on display at the 2013 North American Handmade Bicycle Show.<\/p>\n

\"DeSalvo<\/a>
DeSalvo 650B titanium mountain bike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The bike featured the full SRAM XX1 drivetrain and some other nice components from ENVE and White Brothers.<\/p>\n

\"White<\/a>
White Brothers Loop fork<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"SRAM<\/a>
SRAM XX1 drivetrain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The bike is belt drive compatible thanks to the coupler in the seat stay.<\/p>\n

\"notice<\/a>
notice the coupler detail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The sliding dropouts turned out very nice on this bike.<\/p>\n

\"sliding<\/a>
sliding dropout detail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Mike DeSalvo Interview<\/h6>\n

Do you make more steel or titanium bikes?<\/span><\/p>\n

“I do both titanium and steel. I do a lot more titanium lately. Customer demand for it is high.”<\/p>\n

\"high<\/a>
high end ENVE cockpit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Were you going for anything special with your 650B mountain bike design?<\/span><\/p>\n

“This bike has a curved top tube. Not special to my building style, but nice looking. I try to balance adding performance vs cool factor to keep cost in check with my frames.”<\/p>\n

\"clean<\/a>
clean looking headtube badge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Do you do powdercoat or paint?<\/span><\/p>\n

“Steel bikes are powdercoated. I use Spectrum Powderworks.”<\/p>\n

\"no<\/a>
no doubt where this bike was made<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What would you do if not building bikes?<\/span><\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t know.”<\/p>\n

How did you start?<\/span><\/p>\n

“I took a frame building class at the United Bicycle Institute in 1990. I then Worked there for a few years and continue to teach.”<\/p>\n

What is your favorite trail?<\/span><\/p>\n

“Since I\u2019m in Colorado I\u2019d say Monarch Cross Trail”<\/p>\n

What was your first sweet childhood bike?<\/span><\/p>\n

“First real bike was a road bike Centurion Lemonds. First “mountainish” bike was a converted 24\u201d cruiser.”<\/p>\n

SRAM or Shimano?<\/span><\/p>\n

“Little bit of each.”<\/p>\n

Burrito or taco?<\/span><\/p>\n

“Little bit of each.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DeSalvo shows off his titanium building prowess on this latest 650B mountain bike creation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[15,11,58,12,18,41,159,20,24],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/2013-nahbs-desalvo-titanium-650b-mountain-bike.jpg",1280,903,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/2013-nahbs-desalvo-titanium-650b-mountain-bike-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/2013-nahbs-desalvo-titanium-650b-mountain-bike-282x199.jpg",282,199,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/2013-nahbs-desalvo-titanium-650b-mountain-bike-768x542.jpg",768,542,true],"large":["https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/2013-nahbs-desalvo-titanium-650b-mountain-bike-600x423.jpg",600,423,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/2013-nahbs-desalvo-titanium-650b-mountain-bike.jpg",1280,903,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/2013-nahbs-desalvo-titanium-650b-mountain-bike.jpg",1280,903,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"J.A. 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