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Originally Posted by no1mad
(Post 7417978)
Read the specs. Just never actually seen fork mounted cages before.
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I like the fork mount bottle holders, I do think this doesn't belong in commuting but I tour too and they would be great for bottle battery in one and fuel bottle for the stove in the other, still leave the three mounts you need for consumables.
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just a heads up, if you want some good thoughts about the fargo, here's someone who has one, and loves it. . . or if you're dying for more pictures of the beautiful beast : )
http://gnatlikesbikes.blogspot.com/search?q= (just scroll down) |
That blog may be biased because he works for Salsa, but there are a lot of pictures and posts involving the Fargo.
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People knocking the bike as being overdone may not be getting the point of it. If you buy this thing, you're not getting the complete bike. You're getting the frame and fork. At that point, what you have:
*an extremely versatile frame with a geometry designed to accept whatever your throw at it *A bike with discs with mounts inside the rear triangle to keep them out of the way *braze-ons wherever you could conceivably want them *Clearance for any tire you want, including fenders That's pretty nice. To me, that's a bike you can ride all year, anywhere. It need not be a slouch on the road, either, with 32 or 35mm slicks. As to the price - as pictured, it's pricey, but they've also got the thing totally tricked out with what looks to be full XT hardware and Dura-ace bar ends. But $650 seems not-too-excessive for a good frame and fork, if you used sensible components you could build it up to a nice complete bike for $1300. |
i do wish they came with an option to have thinner tires off the bat. being a ToUrInG bike. although the vulpines are supposed to be really fast 29s, i imagine a good 35 slick would be gobs faster
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Originally Posted by juggleaddict
(Post 7838308)
i do wish they came with an option to have thinner tires off the bat. being a ToUrInG bike. although the vulpines are supposed to be really fast 29s, i imagine a good 35 slick would be gobs faster
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Originally Posted by Mr. Underbridge
(Post 7836460)
As to the price - as pictured, it's pricey, but they've also got the thing totally tricked out with what looks to be full XT hardware and Dura-ace bar ends. But $650 seems not-too-excessive for a good frame and fork, if you used sensible components you could build it up to a nice complete bike for $1300.
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Looks pretty sweet to me, hope I get to see one in person after they start selling them.
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Originally Posted by tate65
(Post 7425706)
I still think (see my post from last week on the bike) that this would be great for weekend tour/camping/MTB trips you could ride to you favoriate trail, camp and ride the trail, or if your lucky enough to have a epic trail you could ride to it ride parts during the day, and camp along the way. All with one bike. Overkil for commuting yes, but if you only want 1 bike to do it all this would be it. On or off road, weather be damned.
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Originally Posted by HardyWeinberg
(Post 7426497)
I don't see it as meaningfully different from a Karate Monkey, yet w/ goofier geometry. I know the KM has no rack braze-ons but there are lots of workarounds for that.
If you want to see the KM in adventure tour action check out this...:thumb: |
Originally Posted by Mr. Underbridge
(Post 7836460)
People knocking the bike as being overdone may not be getting the point of it. If you buy this thing, you're not getting the complete bike. You're getting the frame and fork. At that point, what you have:
*an extremely versatile frame with a geometry designed to accept whatever your throw at it *A bike with discs with mounts inside the rear triangle to keep them out of the way *braze-ons wherever you could conceivably want them *Clearance for any tire you want, including fenders That's pretty nice. To me, that's a bike you can ride all year, anywhere. It need not be a slouch on the road, either, with 32 or 35mm slicks. As to the price - as pictured, it's pricey, but they've also got the thing totally tricked out with what looks to be full XT hardware and Dura-ace bar ends. But $650 seems not-too-excessive for a good frame and fork, if you used sensible components you could build it up to a nice complete bike for $1300. |
I realize that the Fargo is not the market yet but I did see one 2 or 3 weeks ago at a LBS. I'm guessing it was on it's way to Adventure Cycling which is headquartered here. I thought is was cool.
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The frames are available now, but the complete bike won't start shipping until February or March.
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