2025 Salsa Beargrease C vs 2027 Trek Farley
The L is the Trek Farley size closest to your XL Salsa Beargrease C. We match frame stack and reach. This is a geometry comparison, not a fit recommendation; stem, spacers, handlebars and saddle setup also affect your riding position.
What changes on the Trek Farley
Compared with the Salsa Beargrease C in XL, the Trek Farley in L places the top of the head tube 12 mm lower and about as far forward, relative to the bottom bracket. Its wheelbase is 7 mm shorter, which can contribute to quicker direction changes.
- Frame stack
- −12 mm
- Lower front end
- Frame reach
- −3 mm
- About the same reach
- Wheelbase
- −7 mm
- Shorter: quicker to change direction
- Head angle
- −0.1°
- About the same head angle
- Chainstays
- +10 mm
- Longer: more planted
The two frames
Salsa Beargrease C, XLTrek Farley, LDrawn to scale and lined up at the bottom bracket.
Geometry side by side
| Measurement | Salsa Beargrease C XL | Trek Farley L | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reach | 462.8 | 460 | −3 mm |
| Stack | 625.3 | 613 | −12 mm |
| Head tube angle | 68.56 | 68.5° | −0.1° |
| Seat tube angle | 73.0 | 74.0° | +1.0° |
| Effective top tube | 654.0 | 633 | −21 mm |
| Chainstay length | 440.0 | 450 | +10 mm |
| Wheelbase | 1172.9 | 1166 | −7 mm |
| BB drop | 65.0 | 65 | ±0 mm |
| Standover | 804.0 | 760 | −44 mm |
| Seat tube length | 521.0 | 450 | −71 mm |
| Fork length | 483.0 | not listed | |
| Head tube length | 138.0 | 115 | −23 mm |
| BB height | not listed | 320 |
Differences are the Trek Farley minus the Salsa Beargrease C. Full charts: 2025 Salsa Beargrease C, 2027 Trek Farley.
Where each sits in its class
Salsa Beargrease CTrek Farley
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