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| My Salsa Cycles Fargo |
Through this bike I have been connected to many people that figure heavily in my relationships. Some of my most intense and memorable experiences were had while riding this bike, or because of this bike. It is for these reasons and many others that I do not ever plan on letting this bike get away.
I also am somewhat of a nut when it comes to the history of this particular Salsa Cycles model. While I have had a front seat to some of its earliest days, I certainly don't know but a drop or two of this model's story. That is why I am excited to see, and share, that Jason Boucher is writing up more of this bike's early history.
Jason, for those of you who may not know, was leading the Salsa Cycles team for Quality Bicycle Products during the time that the Fargo was developed. Due to certain limitations and just timeliness, there is a lot about this bike and its design from the earliest days that has never been shared.
If you are interested in learning more about this bicycle's early days and its impacts, Jason's blog is where he has started to tell the story. Check out his first post on the Fargo Gen I HERE. I will likely link to his forthcoming posts, but I encourage you, if you are interested, to bookmark his blog. Jason has a lot of very interesting imagery and stories to show and to tell.
Second entry HERE.
7 comments:
I also own a size large generation one fun guy, green Fargo. I don’t think there’s ever been another Bike that potentially changed the course of cycling history line the Fargo did. Except with maybe the exception of the Raleigh Tamland.
I’ve never been one to get emotional over a bicycle, but thinking back over the years spent with that bike brings a tear to a guy‘s eye
I'm intrigued to read this.
I bought a Fargo in 2015 because of this blog, Eric Benjamin, and Jay Petervary, and to me, it's still the gravel bike that many others aspire to be. I see design cues and features on 2025 bikes that I've had for 10 years.
When this bike came out I was so excited that I purchased it immediately. I was working at a shop in Dekalb,IL at the time. I ended up selling over a dozen of them that season. It was a bike beyond everything else out there at the time. I still have mine and still ride it. The ride quality, fit, and the mystery aura this bike has are still an enigma to me. I cherish my Fargo.
Thanks for the heads up on that. Those are some great memories. When I asked Salsa to build the Fargo, I actually asked them to build a love child of their El Mariachi and Casseroll models… Jason just coyly replied “you’ll probably like what we’re working on then.”
Shortly after that, the infamous ‘black electrical tape’ bike surfaced.
This is going to be good. I am so glad to have my Gen1 back in the stable.
I test rode the Fargo at interbike when it was introduced. I was looking for a full suspension model so rode the Big Mama (also new), Niner RIP9 and JET9, and a BMC (26”), but being a dropbar guy I had to include the Fargo.
I rode each bike on the XC trail loop at Bootleg and recorded it with my GPS computer (cutting edge) for the day.
I don’t remember which was the fastest, but the Fargo was not the slowest, for elapsed time or top speed (that was the JET) despite being rigid, on semi slicks, and stopping to check a loud crack sound after landing a rock drop (bar rotated in the stem, no harm). Loved it.
Didn’t get one as I had a similar 4 year old custom bike at home.
Bought the Big Mama and still ride it. One of my favorites
@shiggy person - I remember this. You had a fairly good report on the Fargo, as I recall, which gave me a lot of confidence in the bike's capabilities.
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