The salsa Warroad is the most awesome bike I have ever ridden! It’s stiff and responsive and surprisingly comfortable. I have ridden gravel bikes and endurance road bikes for the better part of a decade now, and I am absolutely over the moon with my Warroad!
When I purchased my Warroad I had three things I was looking for. They were as follows. Carbon frame, electronic shifting and a bike that could be setup to do long days in the saddle. I.e. 100+ mile days.
My last bike, the Specialized Diverge was absolutely amazing, but having 36000+ miles on it and numerous stretches from falls and accidents I felt like I should retire it to the trainer. So that is what I did! I had just put electronic shifting on it too, oh well!
The new Warroad was a bike I had my eyes on for a few months before purchasing as well as the Trek Domane, the Specialized Roubaix and the Lynskey. I loved certain parts of all those bikes but the Warroad was everything I wanted and needed in my next bike. So that’s what we ended up with!
The Warroad is light, stiff, and extremely comfortable for any distance from 25-100+ miles! It is also capable enough to ride at 15mph up to 19mph and on the road in a Peloton.
The Warroad is a climbing machine. I have been able to climb numerous sections of rails and roads that on my old Diverge I would struggle on!
Overall I made one adaptation to the Warroad by making it a single chainring with a forty-eight tooth chainring on the front because I have limited mobility in my left hand.
I chose the orange and purple version because it was absolutely gorgeous and I wouldn’t change a thing.