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Salsa Fargo
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Posted 2 years ago #
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You'll be wanting one of these
Fargo is one thing. That Vaya on the other hand, makes me feel physically sick at the sight of it.
WTF is that jacked up front end?
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Your right ourmaninthenorth, although should only need one set of wheels really, the off road i'll be doing wont be that burly but would be nice to have the space to fit some tires with a bit of nobble 1.5" to 2.0" for a bit of muddy canal/track riding. A cross bike may be a better option and I do like the look of the Salsa Vaya.
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Hi, Fargo owner here...
Because of the big tyre clearance, you'll need to run a mountain bike chainset, or an XT trekking chainset. - not a problem, just so's you know.
I reckon it's a great bike. Mine is 22lbs or so unloaded, with chunky slicks. Loaded it was 54lbs and still rode fine. I wanted discs for the paranoid reason that I'm terrified of blowing a tube on a long road descent using rim brakes... That's all.
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cynic-al - Member
Yes, but it's a compromise in the way that a mountainbike with drops on the road is.Buy a bike suited to the purpose!
What mountainbiker can resist pointing his bike up an interesting track he sees when out on his roadbike?Every time I go out on my roadbike I end up somewhere it shouldn't be, so now I ride a cross bike on the road so I don't feel so bad about bashing skinny tyres over rocks etc
Fargo looks good to me. So does the Singular Peregrine or Gryphon.
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Exactly, why cut off any potential for going exciting places?
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I bought a Cotic roadrat from Tim a couple of years ago. I ahve toured, commuted, winter trainer even done a tt (badly!!) on it. Discs or not, gears or not, mudguards and racks. Loads cheaper than a fargo iirc.
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I'm using a roadrat for that too. I have 1x9 with a 50tooth compact road chainset, XT cassette and rear mech. BB7 brakes and an ultegra STI lever with another brake lever on the other side.
I got sick of the hassle of changing flats with the stupid dropout arrangement so I bought some stupidly heavy 37mm Continental Contact Something or other tyres with a 1 year no-flat garuntee which are bomb proof and I use it for witner riding in the forest, on the roads and just about wherever I want.
The BB7s are a bit of hard work to keep working how I want them and I could do with some more grip sometimes, but in general it is agreat do anything bike. I even tow the kids in the trailer in the summer, but the 50tooth chainring makes it hard work now there are 2 of them Posted 2 years ago # -
I would drop the disc brake idea and get a Salsa Casseroll.
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