2010 Apollo Salt

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Bikes.com.au have the 2010 Apollo Salt for $499.
See page 3 of their catalouge at Bikes.com.au | Shop Online Bicycles & Bike Accessories
Also see the Apollo website at 2010 Bicycle Range - SALT - Apollo Bikes

Spec looks okay.
Frame: CroMo TIG welded.
Fork: Lugged with sloping crown, CroMo blades and forged ends.
Headset: Tange 1-1/8" sealed.
Handlebar: Bullhorn alloy.
Crankset: FSA Vero 170mm 46T.
Pedals: Alloy with toe clip and straps.
Brakes: Tektro R310 alloy dual pivot with C.Star 233 top mount short alloy levers
Rims: Deep V section aero 700c double wall alloy with CNC sides
Front Hub: High flange 36H nutted Alloy
Rear Hub: Flip-flop (single speed or fixed) high flange 36H nutted Alloy
Cartridge bottom bracket
Gloss White

Has anyone ridden the Salt? Does anyone have any opinions about it?

Of course, Cell has the Solo for $100 less (see Fixed Gear Fixie Bikes & Single Speeds ) with some freebies (which is pretty incredible value), and the Mallet 2 for the same price (see Fixed-Gear-Bike CELL-Mallet-2- ) if you’re not into the ‘classic track bike’ look.

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Frame ChroMo TIG welded three main tube road frame

from specs.

Rear end is hiten apparently, so not a full Cro Mo frame.

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User Squid on here has / had one I think.

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Rear end is hiten apparently, so not a full Cro Mo frame.

That’s pretty disappointing. I wonder how much money Apollo saved by not using CroMo chainstays & seatstays? Whatever they saved almost certainly wasn’t worth it.

Perhaps Apollo did it to try to differentiate the Salt from the Apollo Pepper. I see that the spec sheet for the Apollo Pepper (see 2010 Bicycle Range - PEPPER - Apollo Bikes ) says “Frame Full ChroMo TIG welded lugged road frame with forged dropouts” (my emphasis).

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yeah i’ve got one.
not a light bike (mine weighed in stock just under 11kg), but you can save a lot of weight by ditching the heavy (but damn strong) stock wheels.
i’m still pretty happy with it, and for that price it is worth it. if you have a bit more cash to spend though, the pepper is a better (and a lot lighter).