Ritchey Outback vs Salsa Flyway
Both published charts held against each other, on the specs that decide what the bike carries.
The short answer
The Outback takes the rack path; the Flyway takes frame bag space. Which matters more is your route, not a scoreboard.
Assembled from the differences below rather than written over them, so it cannot drift from the table. Every figure is the manufacturer's; nobody here has ridden either bike.
Where they differ
3 of the 6 things we can compare come out differently. The rest are close enough not to decide anything.
Frame bag space
136 cm² more on the FlywayFront-triangle area at the largest size, computed from stack, reach and seat angle. It is what decides how much full-frame bag you can run, and a frame bag is the one place weight sits low and central.
Rear rack
Outback is the one you can bolt a rack to without hunting for partsRead from each maker's own mount wording. An adapter is a real cost the price tag does not mention, and 'not published' is not the same as no — it just is not something to buy a rack on.
Chainstay
28mm longer on the OutbackThe gap between seat tube and rear axle, which a rack, panniers and your heels all share. Longer is more room for a load; shorter is a more compact bike. Which you want is a preference, not a winner.
Side by side
Including the rows where the two are level, because a spec that doesn't separate them is still a spec you might be checking.
| Ritchey Outback | Salsa Flyway | |
|---|---|---|
| Frame bag space | 1578 cm² | 1714 cm² |
| Widest published tire | 48mm on 700c / 29in, 51mm on 650b / 27.5in | 50mm on 700c / 29in, 51mm on 650b / 27.5in |
| Rear rack | Bolts straight on | Needs an extra part — Rack-Lock seatpost collar |
| Fork cargo mounts | Published | Published |
| Frame bottle positions | not published as a count | 3 |
| Chainstay | 453mm | 425mm |
| Sizes | 6 | 6 |
| Frame | Steel | Carbon |
Drawn to scale
Largest published size of each, built from the charts rather than illustrated. The front triangle is the part that decides frame bag fit.
