{"id":480,"date":"2026-07-19T18:23:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T18:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/?p=480"},"modified":"2026-07-20T02:25:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T02:25:47","slug":"salsa-fargo-2021-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/en\/salsa-fargo-2021-present\/","title":{"rendered":"Salsa Fargo (2021 &#8211; present)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In May 2021, at the height of the Covid pandemic, my long-awaited Salsa Fargo frame finally arrived. I had ordered it from \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/suicycle-store.com\">Suicycle<\/a>\", a fantastic bike shop in Hamburg known for its own frame-building workshop run by Hagen Wechsel. If you ever find yourself in Hamburg\u2019s St. Pauli district, I highly recommend stopping by the shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After such a long wait, I was incredibly excited to finally pick up the Fargo. It was a moment to savor\u2014knowing that the next chapter of my cycling adventures was just beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image480_568562-fb .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image480_568562-fb size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/P3300074-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/P3300074-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/P3300074-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/P3300074-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/P3300074-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/P3300074-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/P3300074-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/P3300074-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image480_161cae-1a .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image480_161cae-1a size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/P3310075-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/P3310075-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/P3310075-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/P3310075-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/P3310075-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/P3310075-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/P3310075-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/P3310075-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-atomic-wind-text\" data-rich-text=\"\">Back at home, assembling the bike was a surprisingly quick process. During the extended Covid lockdowns, I had plenty of time to meticulously plan the bike's setup and gather all the necessary components. The wheels, which had been sitting patiently for months, were finally ready to be mounted.<br><br>My main source of inspiration was Martin\u2019s \"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biketour-global.de\/\">Biketour Global&#8220;\u00a0<\/a>website.\nHis detailed description of his Salsa Fargo setup was invaluable and gave me the confidence to build my own bike from scratch. A big thank you to Martin for sharing his expertise!<br><br>For all who are interested to built up a Salsa Fargo from scratch for their individual purpose, here's my <a href=\"https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Fargo-Teileliste.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Fargo-Teileliste.pdf\">parts list<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image480_c64889-3c .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image480_c64889-3c size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/P3310078-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/P3310078-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/P3310078-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/P3310078-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/P3310078-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/P3310078-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/P3310078-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/P3310078-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salsa Fargo \u2013 the jack of all trades. With this bike I\u2019ve done everything from the V\u00e4tternrundan to MTB tours.\nLight steel frame, carbon fork, drop bar or flat bar, suspension fork or rigid fork, 1.75 to 3-inch tires, Rohloff hub (even with belt drive) or derailleur gearing<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":593,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bikes"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-683x512-1.jpg",683,512,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-683x512-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-683x512-1-300x225.jpg",300,225,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-683x512-1.jpg",683,512,false],"large":["https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-683x512-1.jpg",683,512,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-683x512-1.jpg",683,512,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-683x512-1.jpg",683,512,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-683x512-1-16x12.jpg",16,12,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-683x512-1-400x300.jpg",400,300,true],"bravada-featured":["https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-683x512-1-583x300.jpg",583,300,true],"bravada-featured-lp":["https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-683x512-1-620x300.jpg",620,300,true],"bravada-featured-half":["https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-683x512-1-683x300.jpg",683,300,true],"bravada-featured-third":["https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-683x512-1-512x300.jpg",512,300,true],"bravada-lpbox-1":["https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-683x512-1-310x250.jpg",310,250,true],"bravada-lpbox-2":["https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-683x512-1-413x300.jpg",413,300,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/en\/author\/admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Salsa Fargo - die eierlegende Wollmilchsau. Mit diesem Rad hab ich von V\u00e4tternrunde bis zu MTB Tour schon alles gemacht.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":616,"href":"https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480\/revisions\/616"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivaenbici.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}