Stack and reach
How high and how far forward the top of the head tube is, from the bottom bracket. They are the two numbers that decide whether a frame can be set up like yours.
BB, or bottom bracket
The axle your cranks turn on, in the middle of the frame. Every number on this site is measured from it, because it is the one point that sits in the same place on every bike.
Headset cover
The little cap on top of the head tube, under your spacers. Most makers do not publish it, so I assume 15 mm and add 6 mm to the band, which on its own is enough to hold an answer at "probably" rather than "fits".
Stem clamp, and its centre
The collar on the steerer that your stem bolts to. I need the middle of it. Where a maker gives only the height, I assume halfway up and say so on the answer.
Steerer
The tube coming up out of the fork. The cover, the spacers and the stem all sit on it, and it is the thing a mechanic cuts to length.
Bar reach
How far forward the hoods sit from the middle of the bar. Two bars on the same stem can put your hands 20 mm apart, which is why I ask.
Setback
How far your saddle sits behind the bottom bracket.
Drop
How much lower your hands sit than your saddle. On a riser bar I count the bar's rise, so the drop is that much less than it is to the clamp.
Rails, and the rail centre
The two rods under your saddle, and the middle of the straight part of them. That midpoint is the point I use, because it is the one you can find with a tape.
The band
How far out I could be, in millimetres, and why. It is a straight sum of everything I had to assume rather than a clever average, so it errs wide on purpose.
wb, stand, trail
Wheelbase, standover and trail: how long the bike is, how high the top tube is where you straddle it, and how steady the steering feels. I show them against your bike, and I leave them out when the maker does not publish them.
est.
Estimated: a number I worked out rather than read off the maker's table. Anything marked this way can move if the maker publishes the real one.
Close Escape closes it. The measuring guide has the pictures. Open the measuring guide
Salsa Fargo
Gravel · 5 sizes
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- Bike
- Salsa Fargo · Gravel · 5 sizes
- Versions
- 2026 · 2024, this table
- Geometry
- salsacycles.com, fetched 21 Oct 2026, re-checked, 6 corrected
- Cockpit
- Generic stem and bar, assumed
- Solved with
- cover 15 mm (assumed), max spacers 40 mm (assumed), stem clamp centre 20 mm (assumed), so every verdict carries ±10 mm at the bar
- Sheet
- 22 October 2026 · 686 bikes, 74 makes, 3,984 sizes in the catalogue
Geometry, every size, from the maker's table
The tinted row is the size drawn beside it. Press a size to draw it.| Size | Stack (mm) | Reach (mm) | Head angle (deg) | Seat angle (deg) | Head tube (mm) | Chainstay (mm) | Wheelbase (mm) | Standover (mm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X-Small | 594 | 350 | 68.5 | 74 | 90 | 445 | 1050 | 690 |
| Small | 615 | 364 | 69 | 74 | 110 | 445 | 1067 | 732 |
| Medium | 643 | 368 | 69 | 73 | 140 | 445 | 1083 | 778 |
| Large | 671 | 385 | 69 | 73 | 170 | 445 | 1110 | 821 |
| X-Large | 690 | 409 | 69 | 73 | 190 | 445 | 1141 | 859 |
The table runs on to the right: 6 more columns after Reach. Scroll it sideways to read them.
The Medium drawn to scale from the table, with no build on it. Stack and reach run from the bottom bracket to the top of the head tube; every size is solved from those two. One square is 100 mm.
The maker's cockpit
No stock cockpit I can name, so every size is solved on a generic stem and bar unless you choose one on the sheet.Generic stem and barAssumedNo bar is listed for this frame.
Stock stem and bar per sizeX-Small 60 x 420, Small 70 x 440, Medium 70 x 440, Large 80 x 460, X-Large 80 x 460 (stem length x bar width, mm)
Frame facts
not read off the maker's page yet: salsacycles.com- Tyre clearance
- not recorded yet
- Bottom bracket
- not recorded yet
- Axles and brakes
- not recorded yet
- UDH
- not recorded yet
- Seatpost
- not recorded yet
- Frame weight
- not recorded yet
In the maker's words
Kept whole, as I read it off salsacycles.com.Two-piece cockpit.
Cockpit and seatpost, in the maker's words · 34 words
Two-piece cockpit. Stock stem and bar per size from https://www.salsacycles.com/products/2024-fargo-steel-frameset (Stem Length and Handlebar Width rows; that page prints the bar widths without a unit as 42/44/44/46/46, which are cm, recorded here in mm).
SOURCE: salsacycles.com is Salsa Cycles' own store. Source: html table (maker's own store, the 2024 Fargo Steel Frameset page, Geometry table; parsed from the raw HTML)
How I read the maker's table
Rows not in the schema: J. BB Height 303.0 / 303.0 / 303.0 / 303.0 / 303.0; K. Chainstay Length printed as ranges 445.0-462.0 / 445.0-462.0 / 445.0-462.0 / 445.0-462.0 / 445.0-462.0 (the short end recorded); L. Fork Length Axle to Crown 480.0 / 480.0 / 480.0 / 480.0 / 480.0; N. Wheelbase printed as ranges 1050.0-1067.0 / 1067.0-1084.0 / 1083.0-1100.0 / 1110.0-1127.0 / 1141.0-1158.0 (the short end recorded); Crank Arm Length 170.0 / 170.0 / 175.0 / 175.0 / 175.0; Recommended Rider Height 150.0 - 160.0 / 160.0 - 175.0 / 173.0 - 183.0 / 180.0 - 191.0 / 188.0. Measurement basis: "A Firestarter Deluxe Fork which is 480 x 51 mm offset, this is equivalent to an average 100mm fork at 20% sag. Measurements listed are based on a 29 x 2.4" tire measuring 746 mm in diameter. Standover (P) for all sizes is measured vertically to top of toptube from a position 50mm forward of BB center.". Measured on the 480 x 51 mm Firestarter Deluxe fork (equivalent to a 100 mm fork at 20% sag). The 2024 Fargo Apex 1 build page now redirects to the home page; the 2023 Fargo Ti Frameset (archived) is the second reading. OTHER YEARS ON THE MAKER SITE, compared by script with this table: https://www.salsacycles.com/products/2026-fargo-steel-frameset: 20 of 60 cells differ (X-Small stack 594 vs 584, X-Small reach 350 vs 352, X-Small chainstay 445 vs 462, X-Small wheelbase 1050 vs 1067, Small stack 615 vs 605, Small reach 364 vs 366, Small chainstay 445 vs 462, Small wheelbase 1067 vs 1083, Medium stack 643 vs 633, Medium reach 368 vs 371, Medium chainstay 445 vs 462, Medium wheelbase 1083 vs 1099, Large stack 671 vs 661, Large reach 385 vs 388, Large chainstay 445 vs 462, Large wheelbase 1110 vs 1126, X-Large stack 690 vs 680, X-Large reach 409 vs 412, X-Large chainstay 445 vs 462, X-Large wheelbase 1141 vs 1158). Front centre and trail are not published (null). STACK DATUM: not stated; head tube top assumed. Size labels as printed. MODEL YEAR: the store tags the product 2024. No Panda Podium, Geometry Geeks or 99 Spokes request was made.