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<h1 class="entry-title">Blowing it up like Krakatoa</h1>
<p class="headline_meta">by <span class="author vcard"><a href="../../author/kyle/" class="url fn">Kyle</a></span> on <abbr class="published" title="2011-10-27">October 27, 2011</abbr> · <span><a href="../../blog/blowing-it-up-like-krakatoa/#comments" rel="nofollow">0 comments</a></span></p>
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<p>You are salivating, you want that bike. Imagine the adventure, the middle of nowhere adventure, the end of the earth adventures you could get yourself into. Or maybe not, maybe you just want to head out for the weekend, use a credit card, sleep in a bed, you have had enough dehydrated food in the past, no thank you, you are over the long cramped hours in a tent while rain comes down like radio static. This time you will check into a hotel or a bed and breakfast, change clothes, tour the vineyards, have a nice dinner, read under a steady light, sleep with you head on a pillow and wake to coffee brewed by some one else. The Salsa Vaya is a diverse bike for a diverse rider it can handle loaded touring, light touring, off road touring, commuting, cyclocross and more. Honestly the bike is standing in front of an electrical tape depiction of an exploding volcano, do you need more? If you do, I am proud of you, you are an American, welcome. Be adventurous America, your backyard is there, here, right behind us, a bicycle is the perfect way to explore it, to see the slow features all the details. Lets make a pact you and I next year we are going to ride more, next year we are going to see more, next year we are going to be more. The Salsa Vaya is the perfect way to be more for only $1649.99. </p>
<p>Lets break it down with a Barbara Syllogism</p>
<p>1649.99 = Salsa Vaya<br/>
Salsa Vaya = Adventure<br/>
QED<br/>
$1649.99 = Adventure </p>
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