Here's the Fargo in action. post yours when you get it here...
That's what I think makes the Fargo so exciting. How many other bike threads do you see where one bike is being used for so many applications and doing it so well. Hats off to Salsa.ATXSS said:In this thread alone there is a decent spectrum of different applications of this bike being represented. Good stuff all in all. Great info to base a new build on for future riders.
Greatness always catches on. Are you selling completes or frames mainly?ATXSS said:Incidentally, we just sold our 4th Fargo in as many weeks from my shop down in Austin. I can't believe how popular this bike is with people at first site. I thought my tastes were farther from the mainstream than that. Oh well
Get you one already.chumbox said:That's what I think makes the Fargo so exciting.
Greatness always catches on. Are you selling completes or frames mainly?
And on that note and not to deviate but what is the front derailluer clamp diameter for the Fargo?
Yes, hats off to Salsa for sure!chumbox said:That's what I think makes the Fargo so exciting. How many other bike threads do you see where one bike is being used for so many applications and doing it so well. Hats off to Salsa.
Yes, one of them is mine. The word is my medium complete will be here next week. I just couldn't pass up the BSS Annual Spring sale.ATXSS said:...Incidentally, we just sold our 4th Fargo in as many weeks from my shop down in Austin. I can't believe how popular this bike is with people at first site. I thought my tastes were farther from the mainstream than that. Oh well
Ah good for you! Lucky timing eh? Just tracked it. Looks like you'll we'll have that guy tomorrow just in time for the weekend if UPS holds up their end of the deal.MudInMyEars said:Yes, one of them is mine. The word is my medium complete will be here next week. I just couldn't pass up the BSS Annual Spring sale.
-mud
I'm going to take your advice and try that.I ran into this problem with my fargo. I called Salsa and was told to do one of two things:
1. Return the fork to your Salsa dealer to get a new fork.
2. Bolt on a brake adapter and use pliers to bend out the disk brake mount. (This is the method I chose and it worked just fine. The advantage of steel frames.)
Salsa is aware of the problem and said that it was a hiccup in the production run. They said they are doing method two above when assembling the complete bikes.
Hope this helps.
papajoe said:has anyone else encountered this problem?
everything else is ready, i just can't mount the front brake without the washer grinding on the disc. no idea what to do... :/
I fully expect that DP and GT have thrown more than a fair share of dirt our way on this year's TI route based on comments and photos that have been posted. If there was a "Level D" road in the state, I'm fairly certain those two would have found it by now.montclairbobbyb said:The RAGBRAI and Trans Iowa.... Now THOSE were made for the Fargo (especially if you get to weave in a little dirt along the way)....
Now that most of the ice is gone up here, I switched my tires over to the big Apples too. On my other bike, they were great off-road, as long as I stayed on the hardpack. I plan on doing a couple of trips this summer with the Apples too. Have to love the cush ride on the rough roads. It reminds me of my first bike, a banana-seat number with round, bouncy tires. What a ride!montclairbobbyb said:My Fargo is the ultimate mutant... It goes everywhere... I am planning to ride it on a "mutant century" from High Point to Central Jersey over mostly trails and dirt roads. (That's right, Jersey's got some awesome back roads, paths and trails that few people ride)... I rode a 30 mile section of the course a few weeks ago... it included a steep trail climb and a tight, technical single track descent... the Fargo handled both like a champ, and with the Big A tires, it was super comfortable!
We are not ignoring you, this was discussed in the first page of this thread and many other Fargo threads here. You might want to go back and review them first?seankno said:How do I go about sizing for the Fargo?
I asked a similar question in another post. I haven't found an XXL but here's a 22"/XLgrimm said:Hi, ive been trying to find a pic online of a xlarge or xxlarge Fargo, but with no luck. Anyone got a pic, or know where i can find one? Im a tall guy and i wanna have a visual look before i get more serious about buying one. I have no local dealer who can bring one in, unless im in the market of actually buying one.
Yeah, thanks, i found that just a little while ago myself, it looks more fitting to me, but still on the look for the XXL one.klydesdale said:I asked a similar question in another post. I haven't found an XXL but here's a 22"/XL
mgersib has a big one. Here's a post from his blog that shows it well: http://dirtstories.blogspot.com/2009/03/return-of-allergy-season-and-new-wtb.htmlgrimm said:Hi, ive been trying to find a pic online of a xlarge or xxlarge Fargo, but with no luck. Anyone got a pic, or know where i can find one? Im a tall guy and i wanna have a visual look before i get more serious about buying one. I have no local dealer who can bring one in, unless im in the market of actually buying one.
I'm riding my Fargo pretty much exclusively as a singletrack bike right now. I bought it with the intention of doing gravel exploration, but that just hasn't happened yet.chumbox said:Anyone have any updates on doing any serious single tracking on the Fargo or are we just talking dirt/gravel here all the time? I suspect GT might have (I have read your previous off road post on twentynineinches). That would be one of my main purposes for a Fargo.
Sure it's a mountain bike but not seeing a lot of reports of moutain biking being done on it so far, although I'm sure it will hack the abuse.