Salsa Confluence Flat Bar Essa 8

Confluence is Salsa’s light electric gravel bike. It’s built to bring confidence to riders who want to squeeze more adventure into each day — think bonus miles, taking every tempting side road, and lowering the stakes on longer gravel rides or overnighters.

With a versatile aluminum frame, carbon fork, and class 1 hub-drive system, Confluence empowers riders to chase gravel with 45Nm of torque, on-bike cargo features for any mission, and geometry designed for comfort and stability — all in a bike that looks like, well, a bike. Confluence is where capability meets convenience.

-6061-T6 alloy frame with Confluence 2.0 carbon fork
-Suspension corrected for 40mm gravel suspension forks
-Mahle X30 Class 1 (20mph/32kph assist) hub-drive system
-45Nm max torque
-237Wh MAHLE iX2 internal battery in downtube
-Capable of up to 421Wh with MAHLE’S External Battery Ex1 171Wh range extender (sold separately)
-HMI compact remote top tube controller
-MAHLE Duo remote handlebar-mounted controller allows rider to cycle through assist modes and more without taking hands off handlebar
-On-bike cargo features including rack mounts and Three-Pack mounts on fork
-Massive 700c x 50mm tire clearance ?(max 42mm tire clearance with fenders)
-Fender mounts
-MAHLE X30 system certified to UL 2849:2020 standards, MAHLE battery certified to UL 2271 standards