Short of the wheels on my downhill bike, these are the strongest wheels I have owned. It seemed to be the adventure bike that the Fargo wanted to be, but with a stout stature that couldn’t be matched.įor wheels, I chose a rear Phil Wood tandem cassette 48 hole with 12/13 double butted spokes laced to Velocity Chukker rims. It was designed to be run single speed, multi speed, Rollhoff compatable, any way you want. Disk tabs, rack, fender, and cage mounts galore. The Ogre seemed to have everything the Fargo had and more. The money I had saved for the trip would now have to go to a rebuild…Īfter unsuccessfully attempting to locate another Fargo frame, a friend suggested I look at the new Surly Ogre. My heart was broken and my trip was destroyed.
A month before leaving on said trip, the Fargo got lifted at a local Safeway while purchasing Avocados. I was also preparing for another trip to Alaska in 2012. I just figured this was what one was supposed to do on a touring bicycle.Ĥ700 miles later, I realized that this was, ultimately, the wrong choice for my riding style and for where I wanted the machine to go.Īfter arriving in California, I got to working on my various projects, that included woking as a carpenter, and on some film and video projects. Even though I was accustomed to riding a heavy Freeride bike, I, for some reason, bolted on traditional drop bars for my trip. I laced up some 36 hole Halo 29er wheels and bolted on all MTB gear. I had the geometry I wanted, it was made from steel, had disc brake tabs, and was intended for stout componentry. That was a good thing.Įventually, through many questions and research, I had settled on the fact that the Salsa Fargo was what I was looking for. Alas, the shop I worked at in the time was not able to acquire one.
It had disk brakes, but other than that, was a traditional touring bike in every sense. At the time my first choice was the Raleigh Sojourn. At first tho, I was in fact leaning toward the traditional, because that is what I knew. In preparing for a 4700 mile journey from Utah to Alaska to California, I pondered the possibilities of a bicycle for long distance travel that was different than what I was accustomed to seeing.
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