A couple of days ago I noticed Salsa bikes on the REI website. I had not seen this before.
I was in an REI store last night and the clerk told me that they are being trained in February. He also said that only 11 stores in the US would actually have the bikes in the store and guessed that Salsa did not want to anger nearby LBS' who might carry the brand. Some of the more popular models say "Online Only" on the website so this makes sense.
https://www.rei.com/b/salsa/c/bikes
Dividend anyone?
-Tim-