Rodeo Labs Flaanimal vs Salsa Stormchaser
Both published charts held against each other, on the specs that decide what the bike carries.
The short answer
The Flaanimal takes tire clearance, the rack path and price; the Stormchaser takes bottle positions. 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
4 of the 7 things we can compare come out differently. The rest are close enough not to decide anything.
Widest published tire
10mm more on the FlaanimalThe frame figure, not the fork's — forks are routinely cut for more rubber than the rear triangle. Loaded, tire width is also seat-pack clearance: a big tire and a sagging pack compete for the same space.
Rear rack
Flaanimal 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.
Frame bottle positions
1 more on the StormchaserThe maximum the maker publishes across sizes. Worth knowing before you buy a frame bag, because a full-frame bag covers most of them.
From
$149 between themManufacturer's cheapest complete build. Every spec above belongs to the frame and does not change between builds of the same model, so the cheapest build of the right frame is usually the right answer.
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.
| Rodeo Labs Flaanimal | Salsa Stormchaser | |
|---|---|---|
| Frame bag space | 1647 cm² | 1630 cm² |
| Widest published tire | 60mm on 700c / 29in, 60mm on 650b / 27.5in | 50mm on 700c / 29in, 50mm 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 | 2 | 3 |
| Chainstay | 435mm | 435mm |
| From | $1,650 | $1,799 |
| Sizes | 6 | 7 |
| Frame | Steel | 6066-T6 aluminum |
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.
