During a 4:30am evacuation from January's Eaton fire, Topher's partner rolled one bike out to the car — his seven-year-old Salsa Vaya. “That's the one I see you ride the most.” It wasn't his lightest, fastest or blingiest bike, but it was the one he had the deepest affection for — a 15-year design that barely changed across its whole production run. “I like to think of it as the cockroach of gravel bikes.” — Topher. Words & photos via The Radavist — Readers' Rides.